Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:23:36 -0600
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Steve Hilberg 
Subject: ARES of Champaign County QST  - November 2004

The November meeting of ARES of Champaign County was held Wednesday, November 3,
2004 at the Fire Service Institute. Here are important notes from that meeting 
and other news.

ATTENDING
N9XDC, KF8ZN, W9DML, AB9FJ, WB9HFK, K9SI, KB9KAI, N9DN   Guest:  Harry Osoff, 
KC9GRV (who has since registered with ARES - welcome Harry)


"GO" KIT SHOW 'N' TELL
Several varieties of "GO" or "READY" kits were shown at the meeting, and it was 
interesting to see what and how these were organized.  All ARES members should 
have some sort of "go" kit for emergency activations, and a list of recommended 
items is appended to our Emergency Operations Plan. Are your ready and prepared 
to "GO" on short notice?


WEEKLY NET SCRIPT
A revised weekly net script and net check-in list have been posted on the web.  
Please be sure to download these documents from the web site if you are 
scheduled to be NCS for the weekly net.


NOVEMBER NET CONTROL STATIONS
The weekly ARES net is held each Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., on the 444.100 repeater.

November 9		KF8ZN
November 16	W9DML
November 23	AB9FJ
November 30	N9XDC
December 7		KC9GRV


RED CROSS TRAINING
The Illini Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross will be offering regular 
training classes on a variety of topics.  The Introduction to Disaster course 
will be offered the first Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Red 
Cross headquarters on Main St. in Urbana.  If you have not taken this course yet,
please make arrangements to attend on of these classes.  Introduction to Disaster
is one of the components of our "basic training" program.  Red Cross is one of 
our served agencies and all ARES volunteers should have this training.


WMD DRILL RESCHEDULED
I have heard that the WMD drill that was originally scheduled for October has 
been rescheduled for December 21.  ARES will likely be involved providing 
support to the Red Cross.


NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 8, 7:00 pm at the Fire Service 
Institute.   This will be our annual meeting.  More info will be coming out 
about that soon.

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