[SARES] EC / AEC Meeting - Saturday, May 26

All,
                   *PLEASE read carefully*

    During our meeting we discussed several topics.

#1 - The one of most interest to the membership is the Tuesday evening 
Net Control (NC).  The decision of the leadership group is that the NC 
position will be assigned on a monthly rotation basis to the EC / AECs, 
with the first Tuesday of each month to be handled by a member (non EC / 
AEC).  The rotation will be on an 11 month cycle, Phil does the Monday 
NC - therefore exempt for Tuesday.  The EC / AEC that is unable to meet 
their NC assignment is required to contact a member to fulfill the 
assignment for the particular NC.  The rotation will begin on June 1, 
2007, the Monday NC will confirm with the responsible NC operator for 
Tuesday evening.  Tuesday NC is as follows:

                     Jun - Bob - KG6MOL
                     Jul - Howard - N6HM
                     Aug - Andreas - K6OTT
                     Sep - Ralf - WA6CQA
                     Oct - Dewey - KG6AM
                     Nov - Neal - WA6OCP
                     Dec - Rick - KG6KZV
                  2008
                     Jan - Skip - AA3WK
                     Feb - Roger - AA3AP
                     Mar - James - N6YB
                     Apr - Joe - KE6YHI
                     May - BACK TO TOP

#2 - SARES Emergency Procedure Manual.  The manual was reviewed and a 
few minor adjustments are required.  Training for the members will be at 
the next quarterly meeting - Wednesday, June 27 in the training room of 
the Department of Public Safety.  The manual has gone thru a years long 
revision process and is completed at long last.  The effective date of 
this new manual will be 1 July, 2007, as a new procedure.  The manual 
has been created in a manor that will allow for revision of individual 
sections as opposed to revising the whole manual.   The Emergency 
Procedure  Manual is considered a living document.

During the rewrite process we were given a copy of: "Communicator' 
Handbook - A simple and practical introduction to public service and 
emergency communications".  The second edition is dated March 30, 1944 
and was written by a group of former & current SARES members led by 
George Hopkins ~K6GL~, 95% of the information contained is still germane 
to our operation.  This manual will also be re-issued at the June meeting.

#3 - We discussed completing the EOC radio room.  We must design & build 
our operating positions.  The AECs will be working on this project and 
contacting members as needed for additional assistance.

#4 - SARES has been given a 2 meter high level repeater, repeater site 
with power provided - THATS the good news.  Checking with NARCC for a 
repeater frequency pair has come up with negative results - THATS the 
bad news.  In other words there are no known available repeater pairs in 
the SF Bay area.  Further research is needed.

Bob Gundrum ~KG6MOL~
EC - SARES


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