[KYHAM] AEC

[John D. Meyers]

Ron Dodson, KA4MAP the S.E.C. will be entering all the AEC's in Kentucky
that is in his database, so make sure he has the most current stats as this
will have to be done very soon. Please read the message below.

73

John D. Meyers, NB4K
Kentucky Section Manager
Great Lakes Division
859-472-6690


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Several of you pointed out a potential snag with the Level I Emergency
Communications Course (ARECC) registration that will open to Field
Organization appointees next Tuesday, October 1, for courses beginning
October 15. These courses are offered under the auspices of ARRL's grant
from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC) is not an official Station or Section
Field Organization appointment. It is a local appointment made by ECs as
needed to help manage the program in their area. AECs are not tracked in the
national Field Organization appointment database.

The ARECC registration system relies on this appointment database to
determine who is eligible for a class restricted to Field Appointees.

Since HQ has no way of knowing who is an AEC, we'll need your help to build
a database of AECs who are eligible to register along with the official
appointees next Tuesday. If an AEC also holds a Section or Station
appointment, he or she is all set.

To include your AECs in the database, please visit the following Web page:

http://www.arrl.org/members-only/field/ccecand.html

Access to this page is restricted to SMs, SECs, DECs and ECs, who may enter
the call signs of AECs in their Section. SMs can see the list of all AECs
entered in their Section. Others (SECs, DECs and ECs) can see only the
entries they supplied.

This message is being sent only to SMs and SECs, so please spread the word
to DECs or ECs if their assistance is needed.

Again, AECs who also hold other ARRL Field Organization appointments are
already eligible to sign up for the ARECC, Level I, course scheduled to
begin registration October 1. You do not need to list them. Also, anyone who
has already completed or registered for the Level I course need not be
registered, and the system will identify those individuals if you enter
their call signs.

Please note: Entering the call sign into the form does not register the
student for the class. After you have nominated the student, the student
must still visit the following Web site to register for the course:
https://www.arrl.org/forms/cce/ after registration opens October 1.
Approximately 200 seats will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis to Field Organization appointees (including AECs who are registered).


If you have questions, please contact Dan Miller, K3UFG, at dmiller@arrl.org
or via the telephone at 860-594-0340.  Thank you.

73,

Steve Ewald, WV1X
sewald@arrl.org
860-594-0265