From: Steve Hilberg
Subject: [CCARES] ARES of Champaign County QST - September 2005
The September meeting of ARES of Champaign County was held Wednesday, September
7, 2005 at the Fire Service Institute.
ATTENDING
N9XDC, WB9HFK, N9XDH, AB9FJ, KC9AZX, KB9KAI, W9DML, KC9HND, K9MLT, KC9HXY,
N9GPA, KC9DEQ, KC9GIW, K9SI, N9DN, KF8ZN, K9MLT
NEW AECs
Three new Assistant Emergency Coordinators (AEC) have been appointed for
Champaign County ARES. Heather Schlesser, KC9DEQ, is AEC-Public Service,
and will help coordinate our participation in public service events.
Mike Spinar, KC9DSS is AEC-Training, and will be responsible for helping me
plan amd coordinate our training. Al Wolfe, K9SI, is AEC - Tech Service.
They join Debbie Fligor, N9DN, who has been serving as AEC-Operations &
Management. The position of AEC-Logistics is still open. The description of
the position was sent out in an earlier email. If you are interested in this
position please let me know.
LINKS FROM SEPTEMBER MEETING
"Ready" kits were the topic at the September meeting, and thanks to Mike, K9MLT,
and Mark, KB9KAI for bringing their equipment/kits for "show and tell".
Maike Haydon, KF8ZN, has volunteered to compile recommended equipment/gear
for different deployment time periods (for example, <6 hours, 24 hours, >
48 hours). There were a couple of web links given out at the meeting, and here
is the list:
www.longlifefood.com MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) "Welcome to the MRE
On-Line Smorgasbord!!"
www.gear911.com Gear designed for emergrncy professionals
www.newenough.com Motrocylce luggage, backpacks, rain gear
KATRINA DISASTER RELIEF
If you have entered your name into the volunteer database or have responded to
the email request for volunteers, please let me know that you have done this.
We need to keep ARRL section staff aware of who has volunteered to help (even
if you are not called) and who, if anyone, actually is deployed.
NATIONAL SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST WEEKEND
The national SET weekend established by the ARRL is the weekend of October 1-2.
The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test is a nationwide exercise in emergency
communications, conducted by ARRL Section, District and local Emergency
Coordinators, and by Net Managers. Both Amateur Radio Emergency Service(r)
(ARES (r)) and the National Traffic System (NTS) are involved. Local ARES
groups are encouraged to work with their local served agencies on this weekend.
We will explore conducting a SET exercise with the Red Cross. You have already
received a notice about a Pot Luck on October 1 hosted by Heather, KC9DEQ.
Hope to see everyone there!
NET CHECK-IN LIST
An updated net check-in list is now available for download from the web. Note
that there is no link to the Documents directory on the web page - you must
type in this URL to access it: www.wa9res.org/documents
OCTOBER PUBLIC SERVICE EVENT
We have been asked to provide communications support for the American Diabetes
Association Walk on Sunday, October 9. You may recall we helped with two years
ago when it was held at Market Place Mall, This year it will be held in Crystal
Lake Park in Urbana. More details will be available soon.
SEPTEMBER NET CONTROL STATIONS
The weekly ARES net is held each Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., on the 444.100 repeater.
Be sue to download the latest net check-in list
Sep 13 K9MLT
Sep 20 N9GPA
Sep 27 KC9DEQ
Oct 4 W9DML
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 pm at the Fire Service
Institute.ΚΚ
Back to ARES News
back to ARES Home