Fwd: [MRIC] Meeting Minutes for 4-21-07
BrettHam at aol.com
BrettHam at aol.com
Fri Apr 27 14:25:16 EDT 2007
Terry,
It was nice to have you join us and brief us on the Pandemic drill in August.
Very nice catch on the minutes. You are correct. That was a typo. The time
in the last line of the minutes should be changed from 13:05, to 15:05. We
adjourned 5 minutes late. Thanks!
Brett
In a message dated 4/27/2007 10:34:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
TSapp at dhmh.state.md.us writes:
Hey Brett
thanks for the invitation to attend--very valuable meeting.
Saw one little thing--didn't you adjourn at 3pm?
T
State CRI Coordinator
Office of Preparedness & Response
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 W. Preston Street, 3rd Floor
Baltimore MD 21201
Office: 410-767-4621
Cell: 443-695-8208
Fax: 410-728-4825
Email: tsapp at dhmh.state.md.us
>>> <BrettHam at aol.com> 4/26/2007 12:22 pm >>>
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.
------------------------------
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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