Feb 02, 2017 LPARC Minutes
Attendees:
Bert Bailey, KG6MBA, President
John Yontz, KA6HCG, Vice President
Ron Morin, KK6YZU, Secretary
Bill Rose, KG6VMX, Treasurer
David Katinsky, N2RDT, Floating Board Member Penny Allen, Member
Dan Pugh, KM6GNG, Guest
John Pugh, Guest
Introductions
Bert called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.
Meeting Minutes
Jan. 05 meeting minutes were reviewed and approved
Treasurer’s Report
Bill reported that the club current balance is $1,135.23
Nets
07 Feb17 Dave
14 Feb17 Bert 21 Feb17 John 28 Feb17 Bill
Equipment
AE6KE repeater is continuing to work fine.
AB6VS repeater is not back yet. It needed to be sent back to the factory,
no ETA for its return.
KG6TYG repeater was not worked when Bert checked on it.
Bert purchased a replacement cable for the TNC and computer and was
reimbursed
ARES EC Report
A schedule was distributed for Santa Clara County ARES/RACES training for 2017 – everyone is encouraged to attend these courses
Notes from the Santa Clara County ARES meeting that Bert and Gary attended are attached as a separate file to the e-mail.
President’s Report
As a reminder Bert stated he wants to accomplish 3 things this year 1) Club become better prepared to respond for a disaster
a. How do we call up resources, obtain resources – the process b. Getting members familiar with the equipment
c. Obtainheadphonesandprinterattheschool
d. Getting smart with templates in RMS Express
e. Message Logging
2) Put together a plan on how to increase the number of members in our
club
a. Increase our budget
b. Conduct HAM Licensing class
o Bert is currently conducting a class for Technician with 3 students
c. Haveguestspeakersatourmeetings
3) List of who are the active members in the club
Proposed projects for the club:
1) Members to take the trainings offered by Santa Clara ARES
o Schedule of 2017 courses was distributed 2) Participate in local drills
o Feb. 18th will set up the EOC and communicate with the personnel conducting the drill in Santa Clara County
3) Fix George’s vertical antennae
4) Put together a HF station (create a committee to explore) 5) Have a Field Day Station
Training
Bert conducted training on the basic types of NETS
o Directed / Open, Resource and Tactical
o Bert was the Resource Net and attendees practices calling into
the NET, being given assignments and communicating progress
with the assignments
o This was a refresher for some and new for others, all had a good
time
New Business
On Feb. 18th – Santa Clara County will be conducting a drill, our club members are being requested to meet at the school at 10:00am to set-up the EOC and communicate with the personnel in their drill
Dan and John Pugh attended as guests because they had contacted Bert with the interest of conducting a Technician class for the Emergency Preparedness Club at Los Gatos HS
o The details are being worked out
Old Business
o Issue a new phone tree – Gary volunteered – (in process)
o Editing and updating the ARES Handbook – Gary volunteered –
(in process)
o List of who are the active members in the club
o Action: Bill will put the list together – Gary will provide the ARES information.
o Name/Call sign/phone numbers – update club roster o Action: Google Doc’s – post the member roster – Dave
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.