[FLARES] Local ARES groups formal structure issues

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:52:24 -0400

Keith,

The policy in the West Central Florida Section is that out of county
membership is allowed as long as all parties agree.  If the EC of the ham's
home county objects then the out of county ARES membership is not allowed.
I am not sure what the policy is in North Florida but your Section Manager,
Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP ([email protected]) can advise you.

I would not worry too much about the loyalty or availability issue.  Since
we all deal with volunteers we can never be 100% sure any particular member
will show up if called.  If a disaster strikes in your own back yard even
local members may decide to stay home to take care of family, friends or
property.  It is the out of county hams that may be able to provide the most
ARES support.

73,
Dave Armbrust, AE4MR
ARRL WCF Section Manager
3024 Salem Ave
Sarasota, FL 34232-5120
Tel: 941-685-2081
Internet: [email protected]
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: [email protected]
| [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Keith Kotch
| Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:27 AM
| To: Florida ARES
| Subject: [FLARES] Local ARES groups formal structure issues
|
|
| We, Seminole County ARES, is in the process of obtaining a
| Not-for-profit Corporate status and have a couple of sticking
| points in
| drafting our Bylaws. One in particular deals with a membership issue.
|
| I don't know how many of you have a formal corporate structure to your
| ARES groups but you may still have answers/opinions to the following:
|
| Do you have members of your group that may actually live within the
| boundaries of another ARES group's "territory"?  Do you allow or
| prohibit "dual-membership"?  If you've addressed this issue formally,
| please share your wording with me.
|
| We do have some members that live in another county just across the
| border but are actually closer to our meetings and are more
| active here.
| However, they do informally participate in their "home
| county" and keep
| in touch with what's going on with that ARES group.
|
| My contention, as well as my staff's, is that we need to be able to
| count on our member's "loyalty" from a participation standpoint when
| activated, as much as feasible.  We can't have people listed, and
| active, as "dual members" yet when the activation occurs, they decide
| that this time they'd like to stay at home and help there rather than
| travel to help us.
|
| Any comments?
|
| Keith, KF4BXT
| Seminole Co ARES/RACES EC
|
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