[DCART] DCART net tonight

[Glenn Thomas]

Hi all!

Don't forget the DCART net tonight (Monday 
6Mar06) at 1830L on the 147.27+ pl123 repeater!

Also, I've received the following note. The folks 
up in Seattle are having a "Communications 
Academy", details below. As far as I can tell 
it's very like EMCOMMWest but way up in Seattle, 
a 2 day drive from Douglas county unless you're very ambitious!

73 de Glenn Thomas WB6W
ARES EC/Douglas county & Carson City

>From: "Terry Dettmann" <wx7s at cfsystems.org>
>Subject: Communications Academy
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:12:34 -0800
>
>To: Section Managers, SECs, and other section leaders ...
>
>We would appreciate it if you could pass this on 
>to your members, groups, ARES organizations, and 
>clubs. The Seattle Communications Academy has 
>been serving the Pacific Northwest for a number 
>of years, bringing together the best in EMCOMM 
>to help everyone. We'd appreciate your help in 
>getting the word out to people and getting your 
>encouragement for them to sign up early. Passing 
>on this email, mentioning it on your nets, and 
>any other way you can help let people know will 
>help. If you would like, I will be happy to make 
>a personal appeal to any list you'd like a post 
>on. Feel free to have any of your members 
>contact me directly for additional information, 
>but most specifically to check out our web site 
>at 
><http://www.commacademy.org/2006/index.php>http://www.commacademy.org/2006/index.php. 
>
>
>As always, the greatest difficulty is getting 
>the word out. Please take the time to help us 
>get people interested and signed up to come. 
>It's well worth the travel time and the effort 
>to be in Seattle for this very interesting and 
>informative learning experience. While you can 
>sign up on site, it will help us if you can 
>encourage your members to sign up ahead of time 
>online so we can be prepared for them when they 
>come. In addition, if you would like pictures or 
>other material from past events, let me know and 
>I'll be happy to make the available to you.
>
>This has always been an exciting event, a chance 
>to learn new things and meet people dealing with 
>the same problems as you are. Any help you can 
>give to publicize this event will help to make it that much more successful.
>
>Your help is greatly appreciated
>
>Terry Dettmann WX7S
>CommAcademy Committee
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>    * Volcanic Ash Effects on equipment and communications
>    * Weapons of Mass Destruction ­ Awareness Level (FEMA)
>    * Emergency Communications: the Wireless Response to Hurricanes
>    * Interim SATCOM Incident Site Comms
>    * Nature of Disasters: Implications for Amateur Radio
>    * Hazardous Material Certification
>    * Emergency Alert Systems: Latest Developments
>    * ACS/ARES/RACES Leadership Coordination Forum
>    * Partnership of Amateur Radio and the National Weather Service
>    * Katrina: Let’s not go there again
>    * Dual-band NVIS antenna for small lots
>    * Interoperability: Clearing Up Confusion
>    * Designing Your Amateur Radio Emergency Exercise
>    * Marine & Coast Guard Communications: Present and Future
>    * Basic Incident Command­IS-100 (FEMA certification)
>    * Personal & Family Preparedness
>    * EMS Response Coord. to Pentagon
>    * Intro. To Radio Communications
>    * NIMS­IS-700 (FEMA Certification)
>    * Marine Transportation Disasters: Economic & Social Impacts
>    * Amateur Radio Response to Gulf Coast
>    * Building a Portable UHF Repeater
>    * ARES & CERT Team Integration
>    * Pandemic Influenza­Bus. & Govt. Continuity
>    * Field Communications Workshop