[K3CAL] Proposed Constitution and By-laws

Wed Jun 6 04:10:02 EDT 2012

Dennis    Some good points, nice to see the concern for
having things right. I have added thoughts of my own to your comments below. 

First let me thank Jim K3UGA, Shawn N3AE, Ron WA4PRR,
Bill N3XMZ and John KB3SXC for their work. Nice job guys I have some points
that need clarification and correction and I am sure other members do as well.  I will bring my notes on it to Thursday’s
meeting. In the mean time I am off in search of the finest cookies available in
Calvert County.

Comments follow
73 
Brian 
KB3WFV

 Comments on Dennis' email below

“……..There is no such thing as the CARA RACES Officer
for Calvert County.  There is a R.A.C.E.S
Officer of Calvert County appointed by the County…….”

(KB3WFV) I would agree that there is no such thing as a CARA
RACES Officer …. 
Isn’t the R.A.C.E.S Officer approved not "appointed" by the
County” ?

Didn’t the CARA nominate the current R.A.C.E.S. Officer
who needed the “approval” of the County after the last R.A.C.E.S. Officer resigned?

If the R.A.C.E.S. Officer is indeed “appointed” by the
County, 

By what office or department? 

By what standards or process?

Where does the County choose it’s appointments from ? 

Important facts to know if final approval and disapproval
of CARA equipment is to be given to “One” individual

 “…….Since CARA is the steward of equipment on County
property and CARA benefits by having use of the building for radio equipment
and tower, the R.A.C.E.S Officer should have final APPROVAL over any actions,
agreements and etc. CARA enters into………….” 

(KB3WFV) Consider
this …. R.A.C.E.S. Officer has the final approval and disapproval on matters
relating to R.A.C.E.S. equipment IE: equipment in the EOC. 

“....CARA is on(e) County Property for one reason and that
reason is R.A.C.E.S………”

(KB3WFV) Right CARA is on County Property. In exchange for the
use of County Property to support CARA equipment and use for CARA meetings and
functions, CARA purchases, installs, maintains and repairs equipment     (at CARA’s expense) that R.A.C.E.S  can use for emergency communications when
activated by the County in the event of an emergency. 

If the R.A.C.E.S. Officer is to have the final say on
what happens with CARA equipment then the County needs to purchase the
equipment from CARA and absorb all cost related to its repair and maintenance, Expect this equipment to be poorly maintained much like the R.A.C.E.S equipment currently at the EOC.
CARA can operate and maintain equipment of back up
communication for Calvert  County
R.A.C.E.S. Officers far cheaper and move quicker on repairs such as fire board
interference and coax replacement (when not interfered with)  than
the County can or ever will. It is a pretty sweet deal for the County in
exchange for just a few square feet of space. CARA benefits from the use of space. The County and R.A.C.E.S. benefit from the use of back-up emergency communications equipment.   

The ONLY time that a R.A.C.E.S. Officer has final say
on the use of CARA equipment is

when
R.A.C.E.S. is activated by the government in times of an emergency. Period!  

R.A.C.E.S. may have input (not final say) to ensure the function of the CARA equipment can allow
R.A.C.E.S. to support the needs of the County in emergency communication. If CARA becomes unable to support emergency communications for the County it would ultimately threaten CARA's use of County property. IE:CARA no longer maintains a working repeater
so CARA no longer gets the use of County property.

CARA can and should do what it wants with CARA
equipment. Links can be added, features used or turned on. So long as when R.A.C.E.S
is activated the equipment can configure in such a way that allows R.A.C.E.S  to meet the County’s emergency communication
needs in the event of an emergency.

Giving ONE individual “Final” approval or
disapproval over CARA actions is a HUGE mistake. CARA’s actions are decided by
it’s members and ONLY it’s members …… that’s the right way to run an
association.
See ya Thursday Dennis 
-- Brian

--- On Tue, 6/5/12, Dennis N3QHC <n3qhc at verizon.net> wrote:

From: Dennis N3QHC <n3qhc at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] Proposed Constitution and By-laws
To: "'Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL'" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 7:24 PM

Bob and others > see attached file for comments...Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net
 [mailto:k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Sheskin
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:21 AM
To: k3cal at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [K3CAL] Proposed Constitution and By-laws

Thanks to the hard work of the Constitution and By-law committee we have
fresh new documents which are attached to this email. These documents are
proposed and not yet ratified until voted in. These are being sent out for
you to review so you can discuss any issues you may have at the next
meeting, this Thursday. These are private association documents and are not
intended for public disclosure at this time. Please do not share these
documents or any part of them with any other people.  
We all owe the committee a great big THANK YOU as they
 have spent many hours
working on these and getting them ready so quickly. Thank you to Jim K3UGA,
Shawn N3AE, Ron WA4PRR, Bill N3XMZ and John KB3SXC for giving their time to
the advancement of the association.

73,
Bob N3PPH

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