[MRIC] Welcome to MRIC

[BrettHam at aol.com]

RACES Officers:
 
I have completed the task of adding all the RACES Officers to the MRIC  email 
list. You should have received an email a few minutes before this,  informing 
you that you have been added. It includes instructions for sending  emails, 
and logging onto the mailman service if you want to change your  preferences. 
Remember if you want to send email to the ROs using this service,  you must 
send your email in plain-text format with no attachments. Details on  how to do 
this for your email software can be found on the mailman web site  indicated in 
the email you received. Only ROs can send/receive using this  service. Please 
forward emails to anyone in your organization that you think  should be kept 
informed. There was $16 left over from the money we collected for  pizza 
yesterday, and I will apply it toward the $25 annual donation requested  from 
qth.net for the mailman email reflector service. This is the first email  sent via 
the MRIC mailman service.
 
I would like to thank you all for attending and participating in a very  
productive first meeting. I am proud of how everyone handled themselves and  
stayed focused on the topics at hand. As I mentioned at the beginning of the  
meeting, we had a very full agenda and I am very happy that we accomplished so  
much. I would also like to thank Pat, Joe and Frank for being so gracious as we  
skipped over their presentations on recruitment and lessons learned in order 
to  complete all our business items. Thanks again to Frank for being a gracious 
host  and coordinating the use of the AA EOC facility. Thanks to Al for 
conducting so  much research and his presentation on ICS-213. And a special thank 
you to Dave  for offering to be our secretary and taking minutes. He will be 
distributing the  minutes soon.
 
During yesterday's meeting, we accomplished the following:
 
- Reviewed and discussed our charter (i.e. the motion by Ed Mullikin to the  
Association)
- Elected Dave as Secretary
- Compiled a list of Maryland  RACES Officers and all their contact info
- Agreed to use this mailman email  list for communications between ROs
- Compiled a list of all the frequencies  used by RACES groups in MD, 
including simplex frequencies. Indicated purpose of  each frequency and which to use 
to attempt to contact that jurisdiction.
-  Began discussions on a standard message format, web site, HF net, and 
state-wide  exercises
- Set meeting times and dates for the remainder of 2007
-  Compiled a list of future topics of discussion
- Selected agenda items for  next meeting
 
Congratulations on a job well done! If you agree it was a very productive  
meeting, please share that with your Emergency Manger so we continue to receive  
their support. I look forward to another productive meeting on April 21 and  
November 10, 2007.
 
Sincerely,
 
Brett Hammond
MRIC Chairman
 
 
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