[MRIC] Approved Meeting Minutes for 2-27-2010

[brett.hammond]

The meeting minutes for our previous meeting (2-27-2010) were voted on and approved at this past meeting without change. Please find those approved minutes below.

Brett Hammond
Talbot County RACES Officer
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Maryland RACES Interoperability Committee (MRIC) Meeting Minutes for February 27, 2010:


Al FitzSimons hosted the meeting at the MEMA. Thank you Al.

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ATTENDANCE:
The meeting was called to order at 10:38 AM. The following RACES Officers (or their representative) were in attendance:

Allegany - Bill Tucker
Anne Arundel - Mike Montrose (for Frank Winner)
Baltimore County - Joe Krystoforski
Baltimore City -
Caroline - 
Carroll - 
Calvert - 
Cecil - Will Owens (RO)
Charles - Mike Tackish
Dorchester - 
Frederick - Jim Ridgley (for Jim Devilbliss)
Garrett - 
Harford - Pat Scolla
Howard - Dave Prestel
Kent - Bob Lovell
MEMA - Al FitzSimons
Montgomery - William Hatfield Deputy RO (for Fred Bader)
Ocean City - 
Prince George’s - Dan Blasberg
Queen Anne’s - Chuck Hodell
Somerset - 
St. Mary’s - 
Talbot - Brett Hammond
Washington - Bob Long
Wicomico - 

Guests - Bill Clark (ARO Kent), Wayne Darrell (Kent Director), Kristin McMenamin (Assoc Pres), Michael Boldosser (Talbot Emergency Planner).
 
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, seconded by Bill Tucker. Motion passed 14 to 1.

yes - Allegany - Bill Tucker
yes - Anne Arundel - Mike Montrose (for Frank Winner)
yes - Baltimore County - Joe Krystoforski
Yes - Cecil - Will Owens (RO)
Yes - Charles - Mike Tackish
Yes - Frederick - Jim Ridgley (for Jim Devilbliss)
No - Harford - Pat Scolla
Yes - Howard - Dave Prestel
Yes - Kent - Bob Lovell
Yes - MEMA - Al FitzSimons
Yes - Montgomery - William Hatfield Deputy RO (for Fred Bader)
Yes - Prince George’s - Dan Blasberg
Yes - Queen Anne’s - Chuck Hodell
Yes - Talbot - Brett Hammond
Yes - Washington - Bob Long


- Welcome
- Attendance
- Review Agenda
- Approval of Minutes
- Update MD RO Contact List
- Interop Recommendations Document
- Lunch
- MRIC Web site and contact info/links
- Whether or not to make freq and contact info public
- Meeting schedule for 2010
- Next Meeting Agenda
- Update MD RACES Freq list
- Chairman Elections
- Adjourn
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Approve Minutes:
A motion was made by Bob Lovell to approve the April 25, 2009 meeting minutes as distributed earlier this week. Seconded by Pat Scolla. Motion passed by unanimous consent without objection.
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RO Contact Info:
The RACES Officer contact information list was updated and a motion made by Bob Long to accept updated contact info, seconded by Bob Lovell. Motion passed by unanimous consent without objection.
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RACES Frequency List:
The Maryland RACES Frequency List was updated and a motion made by Will Hatfield to accept the updated freq list; seconded by Dan Blasberg. The motion passed by unanimous consent without objections.
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Public Frequencies:
Chuck Hodell provided information on how to make RACES Frequencies widely available to the public by posting them on Wiki pages. Anyone that wants to post their frequencies, or update the frequencies already posted, should provide the information to Chuck and he will add it to the Wiki pages.
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Web Site:
There was general consensus that our web site should provide a means for readers to contact Maryland RACES Officers. Brett will check with our web master, Bill Bickley, to see if it is possible to have a dialog box to send an email to a particular RACES Officer, so that their email address is not publicly displayed (to prevent spammers from using it). Brett will also ask if it is possible to add a test to make sure the email sender is a real person.

There was also consensus that we display the website and primary contact frequency of any jurisdiction that wants that information available to the public. They must send an email to Brett specifically requesting that their website and/or frequency be made public and what it should be, or it will not be displayed.

There was also consensus that a button be added to be able to send an email to everyone on the MRIC Winlink Tech Support group.
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Next Meeting:
There was general consensus that MRIC reduce the number of meetings per year from 3 to 2, and set those dates well enough in advance of the 2 Association meetings each year, so that any interoperability recommendations approved by MRIC can be distributed 30 days before the Association meeting in order to be voted on at the Association meeting.

Since the Association meetings are usually Memorial Day week and December/January, MRIC will try to set their meeting dates in April and October/November.

The next MRIC meeting will be held on Saturday October 23, 2010 in Howard County.
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MRIC Interop Doc:
After some discussion there was general agreement that the equipment originally listed in Appendix A (with updates proposed at the previous meeting), should be added back into the document in a new appendix. The document was updated and reviewed during the meeting. The Winlink email addresses in Appendix B, were moved to Appendix C, and new Appendix B was added to include the specific equipment list.

Motion by Dave Prestel, seconded by Paul Tackish: To approve the MRIC Amateur Radio Interoperability Recommendations for Maryland Jurisdictions as amended at today's meeting.

yes - Allegany - Bill Tucker
yes - Anne Arundel - Mike Montrose (for Frank Winner)
yes - Baltimore County - Joe Krystoforski
yes - Cecil - Will Owens (RO)
yes - Charles - Mike Tackish
yes - Frederick - Jim Ridgley (for Jim Devilbliss)
yes - Harford - Pat Scolla
yes - Howard - Dave Prestel
yes- Kent - Bob Lovell
yes - MEMA - Al FitzSimons
yes - Montgomery - William Hatfield Deputy RO (for Fred Bader)
yes - Prince George’s - Dan Blasberg
yes - Queen Anne’s - Chuck Hodell
yes - Talbot - Brett Hammond
yes - Washington - Bob Long

The motion passed unanimously, 15 to 0.
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Next Meeting:
- Minimum requirements for mutual aid RACES Operators
- Uniform credentialing
- How does it work (MEMA)
- Winlink Tech Support group report
- Spreadsheet parts list - Dave Prestel
- Comments from Association - Kristin McMenamin
- 2011 Meeting dates
- Chairman Elections (normally held in the fall, but delayed this year because the fall 2009 meeting was postponed).
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Elections:
Kristin McMenamin conducted the 2010 Chairman elections with Michael Boldosser assisting. Brett Hammond and Dave Prestel ran for the office, and Brett won with the vote 8 to 7.
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The meeting was adjourned 45 minutes early, at 14:15.
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