KN4YZ announced operators are still needed at WX4PTC for SKYWARN Recognition Day.KL0UD reminded the net about the BGMRC meeting coming up on Tuesday, 27 November.
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Chris KL0UD announced that volunteers will be needed to serve as net control on the evenings of November 11, 18 and 25. Sam KI4WNA volunteered to run the net on November 18. Chris said she would send an appeal for more volunteers via the Coweta ARES and BGMRC email reflectors.Net concluded at 2108 hrs.
Chris KL0UD announced that she, Bill K4WPM, and Kevin AK4MC attended a fast-track workshop in Fayetteville last Thursday (10/25) evening to cover three NIMS courses that are required of ARES volunteers. The material for all three courses -- ICS-100, ICS-200 and ICS-700 -- was covered in two and a half hours by Lynn Bianco KN4YZ and David Benoist AG4ZR.Net concluded at 2107 hrs.
The October meeting of theBGMRC was scheduled tonight at 7:30 at the Newnan Coweta Public Safety Training Center on Greison Trail. However because only seven members attended and it was the understanding of the acting chair that eight are required for a quorum, the meeting was not called to order and there was no business acted upon. Informally, those in attendance discussed a few things that are or will become matters for the club to consider at the next meeting. BGMRC president Eddie Wilson K4UN was in Costa Rica and vice-president Jim May AE5M was out of town. Kevin McGehee AK4MC, secretary, was present to act as chair and Chris McGehee KL0UD, treasurer, was also in attendance. Also present:
Ellis W8PY
Bill K4WPM, brought cookies
Phillip KG4WSL
Sam KI4WNA
Scott (callsign pending)
Sam is a new member who joined BGMRC at the county fair where members of the club manned a booth next to the Coweta EMA communications van, and Scott passed for Technician at last Sunday's VE session and paid his dues tonight at the meeting.
Chris reminded everyone about the NIMS workshop in Fayetteville Thursday night. Any member wishing to attend this workshop who needs a ride should send a message to the BGMRC email reflector.
Bill announced that the planned new 911 center on Walt Sanders Memorial Drive -- in the building formerly housing the skating rink, across from the baseball and soccer fields -- is expected to be ready for operations to move in around the middle of next year. County EMA director Eddie Ball WB4QAU had told Bill the new building will have a room set aside for amateur radio, and this space would be available for BGMRC meetings.
Those present agreed that having another potluck for the December eating meeting sounded like a good idea, as these have been well-received in the past. Date and location have yet to be determined; Chris KL0UD will be seeing to the arrangements.
Bill K4WPM announced that we will have a table set up next to the county's Mobile Command Center at the Coweta County Fair, which starts this Thursday, 9/20, and runs through Saturday, 9/29. We will staff the table 6 to 9pm each day, with more hours on weekends if sufficient volunteers are found. Eddie Ball WB4QAU has also requested that ACS/ARES/RACES/BGMRC members get training on some new equipment in the mobile command post; we can do this in the evenings as well. Bill will try to bring some existing BGMRC flyers; Chris KL0UD will bring ARES/RACES flyers. At present it is unknown who has the K4NRC banner -- it was last seen at Field Day, so please let Bill know if you have it.
The Coweta ARES/RACESnet takes place every Sunday night at 2100 hours local time, on the K4SEX repeater at 145.13 MHz, courtesy of the Bill Gremillion Memorial Radio Club. Backup repeater is 146.79. (Posted on behalf of Chris, KL0UD)
