NWMO ARES® Meeting 8-14-10

Members in attendance

kg0cx
kc0qlu
w0afs
wd0hhj
kd0eev

W0AFS Jay took the Extra test last week and passed and wants wants to be a VE NJ0Z will set him up

4 members will go to Fairfax hospital today to take down the ham station to get ready to move to new hospital being built and should be done in a month or so.

Members will be going to Bethany Aug. 28th to finish install of ham station in the Harrison County Community Hospital

hamfest we have coffee and supplies to sell. Members need to help run the table at entrance and with testing.

Decided to use online badge company to get badges made up for the group at a price of $20 each. Members will be responsible for the cost.

NJ0Z ordered 10 reflective vests from the ARRL for members to purchase. They will be $26 each. They will have the ARES® badge on the front and “Amateur Radio Emergency Communications” on the back.

testing session that was scheduled for next saturday has been pushed back to Sept. 18th at the St. Jo hamfest to give more time to prepare.

NJ0Z discussed WINLINK class that he attended at the KCNORTH ARES meeting and how it relates to our group and emergency communications.

Nj0Z is looking into shirts for the group to wear for Public Displays and events we attend.

N9NIC called on the repeater to report a motorist assist request. He passed a car that was on the side of the road at the 48 MM of I35 NB that had a strong gasoline odor and believed they needed help. KC0QLU relayed info to Cameron PD.

Meeting adjourned at 11:00am