[MRIC] 4-21-12 Meeting Reminder and Oct Mtg. Minutes

Wed Apr 18 20:16:41 EDT 2012

REMINDER: 

The next meeting of MRIC will be on Saturday, April 21 at 10:30
a.m. in Montgomery County.  Thanks to Montgomery RO Fred Bader for all of
the efforts to make this happen after some scheduling conflicts entered the
picture.  Thanks, too to Dave Prestel for having Howard County EOC on hold
for us if necessary.

The meeting location will be the Montgomery County center in Clarksburg, MD
(a/k/a Clarksburg Cottage, Clarksburg Ombudsman) at 23201 Stringtown Rd,
Clarksburg, MD.  It is located at the intersection of MD-355 and Stringtown
Rd which is about a mile from I-270.

Google Maps Links is:
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&q=23201+Stringtown
+Rd,+clarksburg,+MD&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b62bd25820394d:0xd2e29357b3f
c4f88,23201+Stringtown+Rd,+Clarksburg,+MD+20871&gl=us&ei=JFaPT-XHFaKY0QGe8cH
GDw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA

It is my understanding that there is no phone hookup for those that asked.

Any RO that will not be attending and that wants someone to represent them
for voting purposes must forward an email with the name of the
representative.

As always, if you can't attend and you would like me to represent your views
on a particular issue or agenda item, please email me your thoughts and I
will represent them to the group verbatim as I did last meeting.  I realize
not everyone can make each meeting and I want to make sure your voice is
heard.

The tentative agenda for April is as follows:

- Welcome, Attendance and Introductions
- Minutes from October Meeting Review and Approval
- Update RO Contact Info
- Update MD RACES Frequency List
- Updated 213 Form
- MEMA Auxiliary Communications Service Proposal
- Uniform Credentialing and Resource Typing
- Health and Welfare
- Adjournment

I have a pdf copy of the Howard County Resource Typing Standards that Howard
RO Dave Prestel forwarded to me.  If you want a copy before the meeting,
please email me and I will forward you the file.  I can't attach to these
emails, so I won't even attempt it.

Al and I attended a meeting at MEMA on March 24th concerning the formation
of a MEMA Auxiliary Communications Service similar to what exists in
California and Pennsylvania (among other jurisdictions) and Al and I will
offer an overview of that concept.

Please feel free to forward additional items for the agenda and I will add
them.

Unless anyone objects, I will continue the practice from the last two
meetings and not schedule a lunch break unless the group wishes to do so.

Please let me know if you will be attending.

I have attached the minutes from the October meeting at the bottom of this
email for your review.  I will have copies of the contact info and repeater
info for your review and updating at the meeting.

73

Chuck Hodell N8ADN
MRIC Chair

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Maryland RACES Interoperability Committee (MRIC)

Minutes for October 22, 2011 Meeting

Location: Howard County EOC

The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by the Chair.

Attending were:

Frank Winner  Ann Arundel RO

Kenneth Greenhouse  Prince George RO

Al Fitzsimons  MEMA RO

Jim Devilbriss  Frederick RO

James Ridgley  Frederick ARO

Robert Long  Washington RO

Bill Clark  Kent ARO

Tom Velvin  Kent ARO

Brett Hammond  Talbot RO

Kenny Coyle  Lt. EM Howard

Butch Egenbrode  Washington ARO

Ben Acton  Montgomery DRO

Jon Wilson  Howard

Dave Prestel  Howard RO

Dan Wilt  Howard ARO

Chuck Hodell - Queen Anne¹s RO and MRIC Chair

An agenda was presented for the meeting as follows:

- Welcome, Attendance and Introductions
- Minutes from April Meeting Review and Approval
- Update RO Contact Info
- Update MD RACES Frequency List
- Irene and other activations
- Uniform Credentialing and Resource Typing
- RACES 101 Presentation Concept
- NIH BHEPP
- MEMA Monthly Exercise
- Meeting Location
- Election of MRIC Chair
- Health and Welfare
- Adjournment

 A Master copy of the MRIC RACES Contact List was circulated and changes

made as necessary by attending representatives and returned to the Chair for

amendment and distribution.

A Master copy of the MRIC RACES Frequency List was circulated and changes

made as necessary by attending representatives and returned to the Chair for

amendment and distribution.

A motion was properly made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes from

the April 23, 2011 MRIC meeting.

A discussion was held relating to the activities of several jurisdictions
during the Hurricane Irene activities of August 20-28, 2011. Counties
reporting were Queen Anne¹s, Prince George, Howard, Kent, Ann Arundel,
Talbot, Frederick, Montgomery and MEMA.

A discussion was held concerning the issue of uniform credentialing and
resource matching.  A correction was made to call this ŒResource Typing¹ and
several jurisdictions reported on their experiences.  Howard County
presented their Resource Typing Standards to the group as well as their
experience with the issue.  Lt. Coyle presented his perspective as an
Emergency Manager on the issue. It was decided that this would be discussed
at the April meeting.

The group had a short discussion concerning the RACES 101 presentation that
Brett Hammond and Bill Clark presented in Talbot County for representatives
of the Eastern Shore Health Department Planners.

Bill Clark of Kent County presented his experiences related to the NIH BHEPP
setup that he toured and saw in operation.

The Chair recommended that ROs look at visiting MEMA to assist in conducting
the monthly commex.

An election was held for MRIC Chair and there being only one nomination,
standing MRIC Chair Chuck Hodell was re-elected by unanimous vote under the
direction of Dave Prestel Howard County RO.

There being no further business a proper motion was made, seconded and

passed to adjourn the meeting to reconvene again on April 21, 2012 at

10:30 a.m. at Montgomery County or another site to be determined and
communicated prior to the next scheduled meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Submitted by the MRIC Chair

Chuck Hodell