Call to order was given by President Bill Davidson, KW4J at 6:55 PM who requested the attendees to identify themselves and there were three visitors - Mike Thomason, K4FQF, Travis Prescott, KI4TME, and Greg Pack, KE4CTX.
VP Jim McLester, W4YXU, announced that Don Green, supervisor of the Shelby County EMA office. Ed Manley WA4AGA and Hub Harvey, N4HUB will make the August presntation on their recent trip to Iowa to aid the flood victims there. In September, Les Rayburn, N1LF will talk about ICS structure.
Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA, gave the following bank account balances:
Savings - $1,945.84
Checking - $131.41
Repeater fund - $1,191.07
Secretary Frank Hoult, KI4VVI, reported that the Birmingham News is still announcing our meetings. He is e-mailing licensed ham operators in our area informing them of our club. Most of the results have been positive.MEC,
President Bill Davidson announced the following upcoming events:
Cullman Hamfest, July 26th
EMA Indoctrination July 31st (John Wilder, WB4CCQ asked for instructor volunteers)
SCARC VE exams on August 1st @ 6:30pm,
Huntsville Hamfest on August 16 & 17
BARC VE exams September 7th
SCARC elections will be held in August (14th).
New member applications - Randall Dickerson, KF4NWQ was voted in as a new member.
President Bill also gave the following announcements:
Election committee - set up by President Bill Dickerson. Elections will be held August 14th.
President Bill also asked for volunteers to set up the Red Cross communications systems. Details will be announced next month.
Jefferson County CERT training August 18th. This is for residents of Jefferson County as well as for people who work in Jefferson County. It is not limited to ham operators.
Treasurer Jack Evans asked the club to reinstate the Family Day festivities and asked that the club refurbish the building behind the EMA HQ. That motion was voted on and passed. He also asked for members to check the club's roster to note if they are ARRL members.
Joe Ford mentioned that Jerry Fiore's wife, Carol, is in bad health.
Don Greene, Shelby County EMA supervisor, gave a talk on "Introduction to the Shelby County EMA, which was followed by a question and answer session.
John Wilder WB4CCQ gave an update on the Shelby EMA antenna installations.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20pm.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
SCARC Minutes June 10, 2008
Call to order was given by President Bill Davidson, KW4J at 7:00pm who asked the attendees to intro duce themselves and there were two visitors were - Mike Thomason K4FQF & Barbara McLester, KJ4FCK.
Vice President Jim McLester, W4YXU, announced the following program agendas:
July - Don Green of the EMA
August - Ed Manley and Hub Harvey, N4HUB who recently went to Iowa to aid in the flood relief
September - Les Rayburn, N1LF to speak about ICS
Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA, gave the following club account balances:
Checking - $131.41
Savings - $1,865.89
Repeater fund - $1,191.07
He also said that as of tonight's meeting, there are no outstanding bills. Field Day expenses were as follows: Budgeted - 505.00, spent - $473.11
Secretary Frank Hoult, KI4VVI, announced that the Birmingham News is continuing to announce our meetings in the Wednesday Shelby News section.
President Davidson passed around information about the Storm Response Team that Alabama Power Company is forming for the upcoming hurricane season. He said that many organizations are now using the ICS format for their emergency responses. He also read an e-mail from David Drummond W4MD of the Tuscaloosa ARC concerning their Field Day experiences (70 people with 1200 contacts).
New members applications - 6 new members were voted into membership -
Ty Hill KG9AH
Ken Browning KE4B
Kevin Ballard KB4RTR
James Turner KJ4ERO
Kristi Burchfield KJ4ERN
Barbara McLester, KJ4FCK
VE testing Committee Chairman Joe Ford, K4NVJ, announced that the next SCARC testing session would be August 1st at 6:30pm. He also announced that BARC's last testing session had 10 examinees with 8 passing (1 was a new tech).
Repeater Chairman Bob Thomas, KC4AF, told the club that he is currently working on the repeater's batteries with 3 good cells and 3 other cells that need some rehabilitation work. he said that work is slow. VP Jim McLester spoke about the ARCOM controller.
Red Cross Liaison Jack Evans said that the Red Cross needs blood donations. A club-wide blood drive was discussed, but it was agreed that individual members could donate on their own.
Shelby EMA Liaison John Wilder, WB4CCQ, said that the Winlink is up and running, but no contacts have been made yet. He mentioned that the club could use the 5th thursday of the 4 months of the year for an EMA training session. The first session would be July 31, 2008.
Webeb master John Murphy, KA4ZXL, gave an update on the club's web site, including the new links.
Field Day Chairman Joe ford gave a summation of the last Field Day - 4 stations with a total of 1,383 points. That figure exceeded the club's last Field Day in 2006.
New Business -
President Davidson said that the EMA building is finished and that a planning committee is needed to begin work on the Red Cross building.
He also said that a nominating committee for the 2009 officers will be formed in August. He will ask for 5 members to serve. Anyone interested needs to contact President Davidson.
President Davidson also mentioned about the upcoming Cullman ham fest on July 26th and the SCARC Elections on September 11th.
Ken Andrews, KC0I, asked for the club's support for two possible license classes - a general and an amateur extra upgrade. If interested contact Ken at (205) 987-2599.
The meeting adjourned at 7:48pm followed by an open critique/discussion of the 2008 Field Day.
Vice President Jim McLester, W4YXU, announced the following program agendas:
July - Don Green of the EMA
August - Ed Manley and Hub Harvey, N4HUB who recently went to Iowa to aid in the flood relief
September - Les Rayburn, N1LF to speak about ICS
Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA, gave the following club account balances:
Checking - $131.41
Savings - $1,865.89
Repeater fund - $1,191.07
He also said that as of tonight's meeting, there are no outstanding bills. Field Day expenses were as follows: Budgeted - 505.00, spent - $473.11
Secretary Frank Hoult, KI4VVI, announced that the Birmingham News is continuing to announce our meetings in the Wednesday Shelby News section.
President Davidson passed around information about the Storm Response Team that Alabama Power Company is forming for the upcoming hurricane season. He said that many organizations are now using the ICS format for their emergency responses. He also read an e-mail from David Drummond W4MD of the Tuscaloosa ARC concerning their Field Day experiences (70 people with 1200 contacts).
New members applications - 6 new members were voted into membership -
Ty Hill KG9AH
Ken Browning KE4B
Kevin Ballard KB4RTR
James Turner KJ4ERO
Kristi Burchfield KJ4ERN
Barbara McLester, KJ4FCK
VE testing Committee Chairman Joe Ford, K4NVJ, announced that the next SCARC testing session would be August 1st at 6:30pm. He also announced that BARC's last testing session had 10 examinees with 8 passing (1 was a new tech).
Repeater Chairman Bob Thomas, KC4AF, told the club that he is currently working on the repeater's batteries with 3 good cells and 3 other cells that need some rehabilitation work. he said that work is slow. VP Jim McLester spoke about the ARCOM controller.
Red Cross Liaison Jack Evans said that the Red Cross needs blood donations. A club-wide blood drive was discussed, but it was agreed that individual members could donate on their own.
Shelby EMA Liaison John Wilder, WB4CCQ, said that the Winlink is up and running, but no contacts have been made yet. He mentioned that the club could use the 5th thursday of the 4 months of the year for an EMA training session. The first session would be July 31, 2008.
Webeb master John Murphy, KA4ZXL, gave an update on the club's web site, including the new links.
Field Day Chairman Joe ford gave a summation of the last Field Day - 4 stations with a total of 1,383 points. That figure exceeded the club's last Field Day in 2006.
New Business -
President Davidson said that the EMA building is finished and that a planning committee is needed to begin work on the Red Cross building.
He also said that a nominating committee for the 2009 officers will be formed in August. He will ask for 5 members to serve. Anyone interested needs to contact President Davidson.
President Davidson also mentioned about the upcoming Cullman ham fest on July 26th and the SCARC Elections on September 11th.
Ken Andrews, KC0I, asked for the club's support for two possible license classes - a general and an amateur extra upgrade. If interested contact Ken at (205) 987-2599.
The meeting adjourned at 7:48pm followed by an open critique/discussion of the 2008 Field Day.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Field Day Was Fun!
SCARC had 2008 Field Day at the Shelby County EMA at Columbiana this past weekend and it was a lot of fun and a definite learning experience. Thanks to this year's FD Chairman Joe Ford K4NVJ things went smoothly and we were able to have four stations going, making us 4F for the contest. There was only minor interference between the stations which worked the entire 24 hour span. A modified ICS format was implemented to get the participants used to working under emcomm rules which have been adopted by most emergency serving organizations, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Home Security, etc. Cooperation and team work abounded during setup and takedown. All participants are commended on the way that the site was policed, as there was very little trash to be removed during takedown.
The food was supurb, especially the Boston butts cooked on the spot by Alex Davies W4AVD and the fine Sunday morning breakfast by Ken Caruso KS4NX. A special thanks goes to Marcus Thomas KF4YHP who donated a huge ice cooler which and filled it with an almost never-ending supply of drinks and ice.
I hope everyone had as good a time as I did, and I am already looking forward to 2009 Field Day!
The food was supurb, especially the Boston butts cooked on the spot by Alex Davies W4AVD and the fine Sunday morning breakfast by Ken Caruso KS4NX. A special thanks goes to Marcus Thomas KF4YHP who donated a huge ice cooler which and filled it with an almost never-ending supply of drinks and ice.
I hope everyone had as good a time as I did, and I am already looking forward to 2009 Field Day!
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