[ARRL-OK] Reminder: SATERN and ARRL conference Saturday, February 21, 2004

[arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net]

Time is running out to register for The Salvation Army Team Emergency Networ=
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(SATERN) and Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) conference slated for=20
Saturday, February 21, 2004, from 9 AM to 1 PM.  The Salvation Army Oklahoma=
 City=20
Citadel Corps Community Center, located at 2808 SE 44th Street in Oklahoma C=
ity,=20
is the site for the joint conference.=20

To register for the SATERN conference, contact ARRL Oklahoma section manager=
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John Thomason, call sign WB5SYT, at Thomason-WB5SYT@arrl.org or call him at=20
(405) 844-1800.

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Dan Miller, K3UFG, is the ARRL emergency communications course, grant=20
manager. Miller oversees all aspects of the League's emergency communication=
s courses=20
from his office at League Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. He has a=20
deep-rooted interest in local and national emergency communications activiti=
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and has presented training seminars throughout the country. The ARRL=20
presentation includes background information, group discussion of multiple d=
isaster=20
scenarios, as well as testimony from emergency communications leaders, ARECC=
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mentors, and students. There will be an open discussion regarding the ARRL=20
emergency communications courses and a final quiz to determine personal prep=
aredness.

Guest speaker, Andrew McGregor, N7XYQ, of Colorado, is a nationally respecte=
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expert and practitioner in amateur radio. An active amateur radio operator,=20
McGregor has supported search and rescue teams in Colorado emergency service=
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for 16 years. He teaches a two day, no-code class to emergency managers and=20
professional firefighters in the Colorado Rockies where communications are m=
ost=20
difficult. His model for large-scale searches using volunteers has caught th=
e=20
eye of professional managers, Homeland Security experts, and the media.
McGregor has appeared on Larry King, Good Morning America, MSNBC, CBS, CNN,=20
ABC World Evening News, and many newspapers and radio talk shows. He chronic=
led=20
the search effort for Elizabeth Smart in his book Ten Days In Utah: The=20
Search For Elizabeth Smart. The book extols the amateur radio operators who=20
responded to the mission. For more information go to his website=20
www.tendaysinutah.com.

Miller said, "With the continuing support of our federal homeland security=20
grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and th=
e=20
national grant from our corporate partner, United Technologies Corporation,=20
ARECC participants are reinforcing the ARES Field Organization. This seminar=
 will=20
explain the importance of every team player with emphasis on using lessons=20
learned to effectively move amateur radio emergency communications to the ne=
xt=20
level."
=E2=80=9CAll SATERN and ARES/RACES volunteers, ARECC course participants, AR=
RL Field=20
Organization leaders, course participants at every ARECC level, mentors,=20
certification instructors, and examiners, as well as other interested amateu=
rs are=20
invited to share their  experiences and ideas. We will focus on coordination=
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between ARECC volunteers and students and their integration into the Field=20
Organization, helping us to provide the community impact stressed by CNCS fo=
r Year=20
2," Miller said.