[MRIC] Proposed Minutes 4-21-07

[BrettHam at aol.com]

All:
 
Please find below the minutes of the last meeting that need to be approved  
at this meeting. They were distributed via email after the last meeting, and I  
don't recall receiving any feedback, so I don't think there is anything  
controversial. I am sending them again for your convenience and review, if  
interested. We will not spend meeting time going over the minutes in detail, so  if 
you are interested, please review them before the meeting. Please bring your  
comments to the meeting, as I will not be incorporating any changes until 
then.  Thank you.
 
Brett Hammond
Chairman, MRIC
 

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

---------------- 4-21-07 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 the  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, 
Training 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  15:05.

Brett Hammond
Chairman, MRIC
 
 



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