[Ares-races] ARES administration and organization details?
Howard Watson
Howard Watson" <[email protected]
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:38:31 -0700
I (and I am sure I am in the minority) would have no problem with paying
twice my current membership if I could have all that. I guess I shouldn't
have said that I agree wholeheartedly with the whole post. I was agreeing
mostly with idea of having a centralized location with all the info easy to
find and in one location. : )
Howard
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From: "Howard Coleman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ares-races] ARES administration and organization details?
I do not "agree wholeheartedly." Some of the mentioned items have merit, in
an ideal world but the world we live and operate in is not ideal. Many
times I have read the messages that all training should be free or the
league should pay for this or that. Ain't gonna happen folks! To do what
some suggest would require an increase in membership fees, in my opinion, to
about double what we now pay.
The league is the largest voice we have but they are not omnipotent. You
want the league to do something different, volunteer to help it come about.
Howard Coleman N6VDV
OOC - Santa Barbara Section
Southwestern Division
----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Watson
To: John Burch ; JOE
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Ares-races] ARES administration and organization details?
I agree wholeheartedly!
Howard
N3TNQ
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From: "JOE" <[email protected]>
To: "John Burch" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Ares-races] ARES administration and organization details?
> Although the ARRL is behind emergency communication training (they
received
> a grant), I don't see them as being behind ARES in a supportive way that
is
> needed to help ARES grow.
>
> Some of the things that the ARRL could be doing:
>
> 1) Support a nationwide ARES web site and host web pages for the various
> local ARES groups. I am a member of Connecticut ARES and we need an
> expense free web page to post information. The ARRL already has the
> ability to expand their present web site and host such local ARES web
> pages. There are some excellent ARES web sites around the country. The
> ARRL could then supply a link to these pages.
>
> 2) Support an email list for ARES members. I run the ConnARES list on
> YahooGroups. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConnARES/ (Used to be
OneList,
> EGroups, etc) This has been a very successful email list in the
> Connecticut area for ARES. For years it has kept us in daily
> communications (vs once a year when a disaster happens). But,
YahooGroups
> is getting too commercial lately. We need a web site for the list
owners
> to easily manage their local ARES list, just like YahooGroups has.
>
> 3) Support a nationwide and regional database of ARES members. I have a
> database of approximately 800 ARES members here in Connecticut.
Wouldn't
> it be nice if the ARRL had a nationwide database of ARES members? If I
> die, there goes the list. This has been a long time problem with ARES,
> people going SK and knowledge and information lost. BTW, it would be
> interesting to ask the ARRL how many ARES members they have nationwide,
I
> bet they don't have a clue. I would like to post my database to a
National
> list that can be shared by all ARES leadership members. I would not
share
> it with the general ARES membership to avoid Spam and other problems. I
do
> share some information with members,
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConnARES/database
>
> 4) As you suggest, a "site that details the overall organization and
> administration of ARES" Something that is very easy to find, not buried
> somewhere at a web site.
>
> 5) Someplace to easily find an ARES membership application. Pretend you
> are a new ham and you are looking to join ARES. Search the web for
> information on how to join. Search the ARRL web site for information on
> how to join your local ARES group. No luck? No wonder most of us ARES
> members are old farts like me.
>
> I'm being sarcastic at times and hard on the ARRL a lot. BUT, if we and
> the ARRL are going to train people for emergency communications, we have
to
> have a viable organization for them to belong to. The ARRL can't just
take
> the grant money and leave it at that.
>
> I feel that I have the right to complain because I have tried to do
> something in the Connecticut area. Many people have gotten behind my
> ConnARES email reflector efforts and have been a great help through the
> years. Am I bragging? No Am I proud of my efforts? Yes
>
>
> 73, Joe, K1ike
>
> At 09:37 AM 8/3/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >ARES folks:
> >
> >Is there a web page or site that details the overall
> >organization and administration of ARES?
>
>
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