[ARRL-OK] Fw: [EmergencyCommunications] RE: How to Involve the

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:13:59 -0700

I'm not really sure where this will land as far as email but feel that
KD5KZY just might have been pushed to far to fast. Looking at the Payne
County ARES roster we have 16 out of 32 ARES members who hold a Tech. ticket
and we need every one of them!  All of us know that 2 meter FM handles the
bulk of the traffic in a local emergency.  And we have more than enough HF
operators to handle the out of state traffic here in Payne County.   To date
we have 3 Tech. ticket holders studying for their 5 W.P.M. and they're doing
well.  None of us " old farts" have put any pressure on them, they're doing
it because they want to!  Pressuring anyone to learn CW when they don't want
to is like trying to play pool with a rope.
   To the other county E.C.'s the following advise, know your ARES members,
value them for the help they can give, help them as you can as far as
upgrading goes and know the members you can count on when it hits the fan.
                                          All the Best de A.J. - K5AJK
----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd Colston <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; Mayes County Hams <[email protected]>
Cc: OK Ham <[email protected]>; OK ham <[email protected]>; OK MARS
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Fw: [EmergencyCommunications] RE: How to Involve the


> While I don't agree with every premise of his assertion, there is
certainly
> some issues to address.
>
> For example, if the volunteer does not see the need to upgrade, there
> certainly are programs where upgrading would not be needed, i.e. Military
> Affiliate Radio System, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, Citizen
> Emergency Response Team, just to name a few, would be a viable outlet for
a
> person who does not wish to continue the incentive licensing route.
>
> The reality is that we need to approach the volunteer with a meaningful
job
> and the skills to do that job or, in this apparent case, the volunteer
> walks.
>
> The opposite side of the same coin is that, if the volunteer is unwilling
to
> learn additional skills to make himself useful, then that volunteer is
> useless.  It's more than operating a radio folks.  So much is related to
> understanding (and fitting into) chain of command, the Incident Command
> System, and the like.
>
> Just my two cents....
>
> Lloyd Colston, OCEM     Mayes County Emergency Management
> Pryor, OK USA                      Survival is not compulsory.
>                http://www.geocities.com/mccem
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:56 PM
> Subject: [EmergencyCommunications] RE: How to Involve the
>
>
> >Posted By KD5KZY
> >
> >I joined the local ARES and was appointed an ARRL Offical Emergency
Station
> shortly after obtaining my  license. Then it all went downhill. The State
> ARES leader wanted to know what my plans to upgrade were. Upgrade? 99% of
> emergency traffic in the OKC Bombing and May 3, 1999 Tornados were 2
meter.
> Then came the "good old boys" club that consisted of a hand full of "I am
in
> charge" types that would not allow input form the group as a whole. I
washed
> my hands of the whole sorted mess. I am not alone. Many Amateurs in this
> area would love to be involved but the smug attitudes of the "click"
turned
> them off. During the damage assessment phase of the tornados one of the
ARES
> officals traveled all the local repeaters looking for 50 hams to assist.
The
> repeaters fell silent. ARES and the like need to accept those with lower
> class license and also kill the "my way or else" attitude. Folks Amateur
> Radio is a hobby. That is why you have 8-10 hams checking in during the
ARES
> nets. They !
> >have NO one to blame but themselfs.
> >
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