[MRIC] Feb 27 Meeting Reminder and Minutes

Wed Feb 24 12:45:06 EST 2010

Brett, 

One question.  Why is the January 2009 version of the "Amateur Radio Interoperability Recommendations for MD Jurisdictions" still posted on the MRIC RACES website?  As stated in the minutes below "Only approved documents authorized for public release will be accessible by the public."  I believe you stated a few months back that you would remove the January 2009 from the website. 

As stated in the minutes, the April 25, 2009 version which was voted on and approved is the only approved version that should be posted on the website if I correctly understand your statements recorded in the minutes. 

73 & See you on  Saturday, 

Pat Scolla, wb0egr 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Hammond" <brett.hammond at missioncriticalengineering.com> 
To: "MRIC" <MRIC at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:16:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [MRIC] Feb 27 Meeting Reminder and Minutes 

All Maryland RACES Officers, 

Just a reminder that we will be having our next MRIC meeting at MEMA this 
coming Saturday February 27, 2010 from 10:30 AM until 3:00 PM. We had poor 
attendance at our last meeting and it is very important you attend this 
meeting. If we don't get adequate representation throughout the state, there 
is no purpose in meeting. If you cannot attend, please send someone from 
your organization to vote in your stead. We will be conducting elections for 
Chairman and we need to discuss our goals for 2010 and decide if it is 
necessary to continue to meet 3 times per year since we have successfully 
accomplished most of the charges of our charter. Perhaps once per year will 
be sufficient. There is also overwhelming interest in revisiting the issue 
debated at the last meeting regarding whether or not to create a recommended 
equipment list. One way or another, we will put that issue to bed 
permanently at this meeting. 

Please find below the minutes of our last meeting that we will be approving 
Saturday. Please take time to review them now so we do not have to take time 
during the meeting. 

I will be sending out an agenda shortly. I will also send out another 
security notice regarding MEMA access, and will send directions. Please 
remember bring a few dollars 
for pizza, or a bag lunch if you cannot eat pizza. 

I know many of you voluntarily give up your entire Saturday to attend these 
meetings, given the long distances some of us must travel, not to mention 
the cost of gas, and I very much appreciate your dedication and service. We 
really have accomplished a lot in 3 years, including: compiling contact 
info; frequency coordination; standardized message form (ICS-213); HF voice 
net; digital mode (Winlink); and web site. 

Brett Hammond 
Chairman, MRIC 

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Maryland RACES Interoperability Committee (MRIC) Meeting Minutes for April 
25, 2009: 

Pat Scolla hosted the meeting at the Harford County EOC. Thank you Pat. 

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ATTENDANCE: 
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 AM. The following RACES Officers 
(or their representative) were in attendance: 

Allegany - 
Anne Arundel - Frank Winner 
Baltimore County - Joe Krystoforski 
Baltimore City - 
Caroline - 
Carroll - 
Calvert - 
Cecil - Will Owen 
Charles - 
Dorchester - 
Frederick - 
Garrett - 
Harford - Pat Scolla 
Howard - Dave Prestel 
Kent - Bob Lovell 
MEMA - 
Montgomery - Fred Bader and William Hatfield 
Ocean City - 
Prince George's - Dan Blasberg 
Queen Anne's - 
Somerset - 
St. Mary's - 
Talbot - Brett Hammond 
Washington - Bob Long 
Wicomico - 

George Remhoff of Cecil County also attended. 

The jurisdictions listed above with no name, did not send a representative. 
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AGENDA: 
A motion was made by Bob Long to approve the following Agenda as distributed 
earlier this week. Seconded by Bob Lovell. Motion passed by unanimous 
consent without objection. 

- Welcome 
- Attendance 
- Review Agenda 
- Approval of Minutes 
- Update MD RO Contact List 
- New 80 meter net frequency (Dan Blasberg) 
- Winlink Frequency List (Ray Brown) 
- Update MD RACES Freq list 
- Publishing RACES Contact info? (Chuck Hodell) 
- MRIC Winlink Tech Support contact procedures (Dan Blasberg and Bill Clark) 
- Discussion on HF Net test results/schedule 
- Lunch 
- Finish HF Voice and Additional Equipment Sections of our Interop Doc 
- 2009 MRIC Interoperability Exercises 
- Simplex net 
- Next Meeting Agenda 
- Adjourn 
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Approve Minutes: 
A motion was made by Fred Bader to approve the January meeting minutes as 
distributed earlier this week. Seconded by Frank. Motion passed by unanimous 
consent without objection. 
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Contact List: 
The Maryland RACES Contact List was reviewed and updated. A motion was made 
by Bob to approve the RO Contact info, seconded by Dan. It was approved 
without objection by unanimous consent. A copy will be emailed to the MRIC 
email reflector after the meeting. 
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80 Meter Freq: 
Dan reported there are no 80 meter frequencies that don't have a net running 
on them at some point. He recommended we stay with the frequency previously 
agreed to. 
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Winlink Freq: 
The discussion on Winlink frequencies was postponed until the next meeting 
with Ray Brown can attend. 
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Freq List: 
There were no changes to the Maryland RACES Frequency coordination list. 
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RO Contact Info: 
The discussion on how much RACES Officer contact information we want to make 
public was put off until the next meeting since Chuck could not attend. 
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Winlink Tech Support: 
No change since last meeting. 
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Web Site: 
Brett reported that Bill Bickley of Kent County graciously created a web 
site for MRIC (www.marylandraces.org). Part of the web site will be 
accessible by the public, and some will only be accessible by Maryland RACES 
Officers. Only approved documents authorized for public release will be 
accessible by the public. We discussed creating a discussion thread for a 
contribution to be made by Dave Prestel. Also Brett will talk to Bill about 
adding the following links: 

About - what we are doing right now. 
History - What we have done so far (milestones). 
Contact - TBD. 
Web Master contact link. 
Links Button - to other RACES sites. 
Suppliers - of equipment 

Also, Brett will address the following concerns: 
Verify that everything is not accessible by the public (i.e. readable). 
Ensure ability for all ROs to distribute documents to MRIC members. 
Add Home page links to other Maryland RACES web sites. 
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HF Test Results: 
No further comments regarding HF test results. 
Dave Prestel volunteered to draft a new section to recommend procedures for 
establishing multicounty contact in the event of loss of region-wide 
communications. 
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Interop Document: 
Motion by Pat that MRIC not recommend specific equipment in guidance 
materials. However equipment used by jurisdictions will be posted to the 
MRIC web site for reference. Seconded by Dave Prestel. 

Baltimore County - Yes 
Cecil - No 
Harford - Yes 
Howard - Yes 
Kent - No 
Montgomery - Yes 
Prince George's - Yes 
Talbot -  No 
Washington - Yes 

Motion passed 6 to 3. 
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Motion to "delete Appendix A as re-written without guidance on which 
equipment meets these requirements" by Brett, seconded by Pat. 

Motion failed by voice vote. 
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Motion by Bob to accept the document as amended. Seconded by Dave. 

Baltimore County - Yes 
Cecil - Yes 
Harford - Yes 
Howard - Yes 
Kent - Yes 
Montgomery - Yes 
Prince George's - Yes 
Talbot -  No 
Washington - Yes 

The motion passed, 8 to 1. 
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Motion by Pat to submit to the Association for approval. Seconded by Joe. 

Baltimore County - Yes 
Cecil - No 
Harford - Yes 
Howard - Yes 
Kent - No 
Montgomery - Yes 
Prince George's - Yes 
Talbot -  No 
Washington - Yes 

Although it appeared this motion failed during the meeting by not getting a 
2/3 vote, while working on the minutes later I found that the vote actually 
passed with 6 YES, 3 NO. I believe during the meeting one of the votes may 
have scrolled off the top of the window resulting in an inaccurate count. 
Therefore, the interoperability document will be passed to the Association 
for approval. 
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Motion made by Bob Long: "Be it resolved that MRIC expresses its 
appreciation to Bill Bickley for his work to create and maintain an MRIC web 
site for the dissemination of interoperability recommendations." Bob Lovell 
seconded it. 

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. 
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A motion to adjourn was made by Dan, seconded by Bob Long, and approved by 
unanimous consent at 15:03. 

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