[SARES] Net Check-in

    At our last quarterly meeting there was a discussion about; "What is 
an early check-in?" and "What is a proxy check-in"?.  For those not on 
the SARES portion of the net this evening there was another discussion 
about the same subject.  After listening / participating in the 
discussion here are the final results.

    ACTUAL check-in ~ at the time of the SARES net is the desired method 
of check-in.

    EARLY check-in ~ can be hours before the net but MUST be on the 
radio you would use for the net AND on the radio frequency of the net.

    PROXY check-in ~ can be by other means (phone comes to mind), with 
the proviso that at the time of the actual net, you could be within 
hours (2 or 3 hours come to mind) of being able to assist in a mission 
if SARES were to be activated.

    Members are strongly ENCOURAGED TO ACTUALly check-in and only use 
the Early / Proxy check-in for the exceptional event.  Net control will 
report ALL check-ins to the main net with no differentiation as to the 
check-in method used.

    If you need you can contact a member by phone to request that you 
both get on the radio, which would suffice for an "Early Check-in".

    This is a SARES only function and not binding on SPECS or SVECS.

Bob ~W6MOL~

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