[KYHAM] Spring Cleaning...

[Ron Dodson]

When Spring comes, we usually go through things and rearrange, change or 
generally give stuff a good cleaning from the winter. 

As a suggestion, all EC's and DEC's need to be looking over their roll 
of membership, getting updates on member contact and availability  info 
and cleaning out the ones on the roll who said they would and yet never 
did. 

I report a section ARES membership figure each month, but in truth, I 
have no idea myself who any of these people are except for the 
appointees in leadership positions. http://www.kyham.net/county.html   
Aside from those listed on these pages, local ARES rolls have 
traditionally stayed LOCAL. 

With the cooperation of everyone, I'd like to change that this summer.  
Once your local membership rosters are updated for 2005, please give me 
a copy.  It can be in Word, Excel or whatever works for you.  I will not 
release this info except on a need to know basis.  If I can report a 
total of 1,093 members I need to know it is not really only 547 because 
everyone is on two rosters!

Likewise, I ask that we check our info (both contact info and net info) 
on the KyHam site and give kd4pwl at insightbb any errors and the correct 
info so he can update with the most accurate info possible for anyone 
seeking it.  Far too often EC's and DEC's will change e-mail addresses 
or other info and fail to tell Pat or myself.  When we try to contact 
them for something, it bounces.  Not good!

Lastly, I ask that anyone in a leadership role (or anyone who may find 
themselves in one) take the IS-700 Home Study Course  
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp this summer sometime if you 
already have not.  By October 1, 2005, ALL served agencies will have to 
have their personnel do this (Failure to do so will endanger their grant 
funding for the future at state and federal levels!!!) and I see no 
reason why we should not also.  Please advise Pat or myself when you 
have your certificate of completion.

73,
Ron Dodson, KA4MAP
SEC Ky