[MRIC] Meeting Minutes for 4-21-07

[BrettHam at aol.com]

All ROs,

Congratulations on a very successful MRIC meeting this past  Saturday! 
Congratulations also on approving a standardized message form for use  when passing 
messages between RACES jurisdictions. This is a very big  accomplishment for 
just our second meeting. We are off to a very good start.  Thanks for all that 
attended the meeting, despite it being the nicest weather  outside so far this 
year.

I want to personally thank you all once again  for all the many contributions 
that you made; for helping to move the process  along and not get bogged 
down; and for keeping the discussion germane and  professional. I am very proud of 
how you all kept the discussion to the subject  at hand; showed respect for 
others; and held a legitimate detailed debate. It  was a very fair discussion 
that continued until no one had anything else to say,  before we voted. There 
were so many significant contributions I won't be able to  remember them all, 
but I would like to say a special thank you to Al FitzSimons  (State RACES 
Officer from MEMA) for making the motion and all his research and  accommodations 
during this process. 
 
Al will be directly emailing the approved ICS-213 form to the ROs in  the 
next few days using his COMMEX announcement email list. If you do not  receive it 
by Monday, and would like a copy, please contact him.

I would  also like to recognize Frank Winner for being so accommodating as 
our  host.

In the absence of our MRIC Secretary, I have prepared the minutes  of the 
meeting:


---------------- MINUTES ------------------

The following were in attendance of the second MRIC meeting held on  April 
21, 2007 at the Anne Arundel EOC:

ANAR - Frank Winner (RO)
BACO  - Joe Krystoforski (RO)
CALV - Les Dickey (RO)
CECI - Dave Gray  (RO)
HARF - Pat Scolla (RO)
HOWA - Rich Firestone (Assistant RO)
KENT -  Bill Clark
MEMA - Al FitzSimons (RO)
MONT - Fred Bader (RO)
PG - Dan  Blasberg (RO)
STMA - Ray Brown (RO)
TALB - Brett Hammond (RO)
WASH -  Carlo Belella
WICO - Joe Woods

The minutes of the previous meeting were discussed. The following  amendments 
were made:
 
- Change phone number for Joe Woods to 443-523-6061.
- Under Item 6, change "hose" to "host".
- Add roll-call votes to the minutes.
 
The minutes were accepted with amendments without objection. Updated  minutes 
will be distributed.
 
------------------- MOTION -----------------

There was a motion by Al FitzSimons, seconded by Frank Winner to remove  the 
following motion from the table:

MOTION: To adopt ICS-213 as  presented by Al FitzSimons as the standard 
message form to be used by RACES to  send messages between jurisdictions.

The motion was discussed for several  hours, after which time several 
amendments were made.

-----------------  AMENDMENT ----------------
There was a motion to amend made by Pat Scolla,  seconded by Joe Krystoforski:

AMENDMENT: Change the date and time field  of the proposed ICS-213 to 
yyyymmdd and hhmmss.

ROLL-CALL  VOTE:

YES - ANAR - Frank Winner (RO)
YES - BACO - Joe Krystoforski  (RO)
YES - CALV - Les Dickey (RO)
YES - CECI - Dave Gray (RO)
YES -  HARF - Pat Scolla (RO)
YES - HOWA - Rich Firestone (Assistant RO)
YES -  KENT - Bill Clark
YES - MEMA - Al FitzSimons (RO)
YES - MONT - Fred Bader  (RO)
YES - PG - Dan Blasberg (RO)
YES - STMA - Ray Brown (RO)
YES -  TALB - Brett Hammond (RO)
YES - WASH - Carlo Belella
YES - WICO - Joe  Woods

The amendment passed unanimously.

-----------------  AMENDMENT ----------------
There was a motion to amend made by Pat Scolla,  seconded by Joe Krystoforski:

AMENDMENT: Remove the message number field  from the proposed ICS-213 form.

There was some discussion about using the time/date as a means of uniquely  
identifying a message.

ROLL-CALL VOTE:

YES - ANAR - Frank Winner (RO)
YES - BACO -  Joe Krystoforski (RO)
YES - CALV - Les Dickey (RO)
NO - CECI - Dave Gray  (RO)
YES - HARF - Pat Scolla (RO)
YES - HOWA - Rich Firestone (Assistant  RO)
YES - KENT - Bill Clark
YES - MEMA - Al FitzSimons (RO)
YES - MONT  - Fred Bader (RO)
YES - PG - Dan Blasberg (RO)
YES - STMA - Ray Brown  (RO)
YES - TALB - Brett Hammond (RO)
NO - WASH - Carlo Belella
YES -  WICO - Joe Woods

The amendment passed 12 to 2.

-----------------  AMENDMENT ----------------
There was a motion to amend made by Dan Blasberg,  seconded by Frank Winner:

AMENDMENT: To remove the message boxes from the  proposed ICS-213.

ROLL-CALL VOTE:

YES - ANAR - Frank Winner  (RO)
YES - BACO - Joe Krystoforski (RO)
YES - CALV - Les Dickey  (RO)
YES - CECI - Dave Gray (RO)
YES - HARF - Pat Scolla (RO)
YES -  HOWA - Rich Firestone (Assistant RO)
YES - KENT - Bill Clark
YES - MEMA -  Al FitzSimons (RO)
YES - MONT - Fred Bader (RO)
YES - PG - Dan Blasberg  (RO)
YES - STMA - Ray Brown (RO)
YES - TALB - Brett Hammond (RO)
YES -  WASH - Carlo Belella
YES - WICO - Joe Woods

The amendment passed  unanimously.
 
---------------- MOTION --------------
 
There were no more motions to amend the motion on the floor. There was no  
more discussion, so a roll-call vote was taken on motion on the floor:
 
MOTION: To adopt ICS-213 as presented by Al FitzSimons [and amended above]  
as the standard message form to be used by RACES to send messages between  
jurisdictions.
 
ROLL-CALL VOTE:
 
YES - ANAR - Frank Winner (RO)
YES - BACO - Joe Krystoforski  (RO)
NO - CALV - Les Dickey (RO)
YES - CECI - Dave Gray (RO)
YES -  HARF - Pat Scolla (RO)
YES - HOWA - Rich Firestone (Assistant RO)
YES -  KENT - Bill Clark
YES - MEMA - Al FitzSimons (RO)
YES - MONT - Fred Bader  (RO)
YES - PG - Dan Blasberg (RO)
YES - STMA - Ray Brown (RO)
YES -  TALB - Brett Hammond (RO)
YES - WASH - Carlo Belella
YES - WICO - Joe  Woods
 
The motion passed 13 to 1.
 
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Ed (AA3X) gave a presentation on automating ICS-213 and other forms using a  
PC program he developed and made available to all.
 
Al FitzSimons gave an update on the state drill scheduled for April  26.
 
Terry Sapp (DHMH) gave an update on the Pandemic drill scheduled for  August. 
There is not any specific participation of RACES requested, but each  
jurisdiction is welcome to participate per their EM.
 
The list of ROs was updated and approved by unanimous consent, without  
objection. An updated list will be distributed in a subsequent email.
 
The list of Maryland RACES Frequencies was updated and approved by  unanimous 
consent, without objection. The updated list will be sent in a  subsequent 
email.
 
There was a motion by Dan Blasberg to provide DHMH with our complete list  of 
Maryland RACES Frequencies so all our frequencies could be programmed  into 
all the DHMH ready-kits. The motion passed by unanimous consent,  without 
objection.
 
Rich Firestone talked briefly about the web site he and Dave Prestel were  
preparing to develop. There was general consensus that they should go ahead and  
start to develop it, with the understanding MRIC has no budget.
 
Dan Blasberg presented a list of all HF frequencies that were available for  
RACES under the old rules. There was general consensus he should progress with 
 more detailed recommendations for HF frequencies for state-wide HF net(s) 
using  these frequencies as a starting point. The discussion will be continued 
on the  email reflector this summer, with the objective of running some trial  
nets during the fall COMMEX prior to our November MRIC meeting, so we  can 
vote on this in November.
 
Pat Scolla and Joe Krystoforski gave a presentation on RACES Recruitment,  Tr
aining and Retention.
 
Frank Winner gave us a tour of the AA EOC.
 
There was discussion on agenda items for the next meeting. The consensus  was 
to focus on finalizing HF frequencies for state-wide nets so we could vote  
in November. There was also consensus to make digital communications our next  
priority, and begin discussions on standardizing a digital mode for state-wide 
 RACES communications at our next meeting.
 
The following people tentatively agreed to look into making  presentations at 
our November meeting:

Dan Blasberg - HF nets
Joe Krystoforski - MT63
Associate of Brett  Hammond - APRS packet
Associate of Dan Blasberg- WinLink
Associate of Dan  Blasberg - ATV
Associate of Joe Krystoforski - DSTAR

The next MRIC meeting is scheduled for November 10, 2007 at the Howard  
County EOC from 10:30 until 15:00. The 2008 MRIC meeting schedule will be  
discussed at that time.
 
The meeting was adjourned at 13:05.
 
Brett Hammond
Chairman, MRIC




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