[SARES] Assist Santa Clara ARES / RACES

    Santa Clara ARES / RACES has requested our assistance during the 
Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival on Saturday, Sept. 15 & 16.  They are 
asking for a minimum of 15 SARES members.  The duties could be as a 
radio operator in a information booth (3), assisting in the ARES / RACES 
booth (net control station), lost child area, and as a rover.  The hours 
would be in three 4 hour shifts, starting at 7:00 AM and ending at 7:00 
PM.  This is event is much like assisting the Los Altos Festival of 
Lights parade and is an excellent training incident with very low stress.

    I have had three members express interest from my "heads-up" e-mail, 
and am forwarding that info to the Santa Clara A/R lead - Terry 
Hoffman.  Any SARES members assisting should contact Terry Hoffman 
directly for sign-up and shift selection / assignments at (cell) 
750-6640 or via e-mail - *hickengr@INTERNET. sonic.net* .  All I ask is that you 
also advise me of your assisting.

    Sunnyvale will NOT be providing DSW coverage for this event.  That 
being said, I request that members assisting to wear our current SARES 
vest.  At this time I have access to 4 vests (loaned by other members) 
and will be the contact for vests, only.

Shown below is the original e-mail I sent about this event.

Bob Gundrum ~W6MOL~
Emergency Coordinator
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*/Robert Gundrum <pafidt@INTERNET. rawbw.com>/* wrote: We might be able to ASSIST 
our counterparts in the City of Santa Clara.
THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVATION!!!!!! Santa Clara ARES / RACES is trying to
get up and running again and I have offered the assistance of SARES.
Tom Root is working closely with them at this time, BUT there is an
event were we can have some fun and use our radios in a laid back mode.
This would be at the Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival being held in their
Central Park (Homestead & Kiely area) on the weekend of Sept. 15 & 16.

At this time all I have had is a "heads-up", that we might be asked to
help. If we are helping it would be in a SANTA CLARA ARES /RACES booth
that will have as a NC station, and talking to the public (Santa Clara
would need a member in this booth at all times). There will also be
four festival info booths and a lost child area, which will have ham
radio operators, as well as roving radio operators. The shifts would be
a slots of a couple of hours or so in a booth then one could just roam
around. SARES members would wear our current vests for ID.

If you would be interested in assisting, please reply to this e-mail.

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