[MRIC] 4-21-12 Meeting Minutes (draft)

[Chuck Hodell]

Maryland RACES Interoperability Committee (MRIC)

Minutes for April 21, 2012 Meeting

Location: Clarksburg, Montgomery County

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
Henry Black ­ MEMA
Paul Tackish - Charles RO
Brett Hammond ­ Talbot RO
Jim Wortman ­ Talbot
Ben Acton ­ Montgomery DRO
Fred Bader - Montgomery RO
William Hatfield - Montgomery DRO
Dave Prestel ­ Howard RO
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
- Updated 213 form
- Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) - MEMA
- Uniform Credentialing and Resource Typing
- October Meeting Location
- 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.

As requested, the chair will place a 'date last modified' notation on future
contact and frequency lists to assure accuracy.

A motion was properly made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes from
the October 22, 2011 MRIC meeting.

The chair thanked Montgomery RO Fred Bader for his efforts in securing the
meeting site.

Hank Black and the group discussed the current version of the 213 form and
the chair took responsibility for distributing the most recent version -
20070421 - dated March 2012.

A discussion was held concerning the Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS)
initiative by MEMA.  The group will participate in the ACS steering
committee activities as members are able and will report any discussions or
actions of the steering committee back to the group.
 
A discussion was held concerning the issue of uniform credentialing and
resource typing.  After discussion it was decided that a subcommittee would
be formed with the following participants:

Hank Black - chair
Dave Prestel
Brett Hammond
Ben Acton
Frank Winner
William Hatfield
Chuck Hodell (ex officio)

The subcommittee will report back to the group at the October meeting with a
framework for the group to discuss.  The chair recommended that the next
step following the subcommittee's work is to have each jurisdiction review
the draft framework with their EM.  Final action on a framework is expected
to be voted on at the April, 2013 meeting.

Jurisdictional updates were presented from Anne Arundel, Howard, Frederick
and Prince Georges.

There being no further business a motion was properly made, seconded and
passed to adjourn the meeting to reconvene again on October 13, 2012 at
10:30 a.m. at Howard County EOC or another site to be determined and
communicated prior to the next scheduled meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m.

Submitted by the MRIC Chair

Chuck Hodell