[Oremem/Idamem] OR/ID SMD BCST 13-04 UPDATE ON MOU NEGOTIATION

[John Jewkes- SMD OR/ID US ARMY MARS]

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R 160508Z MAR 04
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SUBJ: OR/ID ARMARS SMD BCST 13-04

1. AS OF THIS BROADCAST, OREGON ARMY MARS, OREGON
AIR FORCE MARS AND OREGON NAVY MARS HAVE GOTTEN
A BASIC GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH ARES/RACES IN
OREGON FOR THE BASIS OF EVENTUALLY SIGNING AN MOU.
2. OF COURSE, AS WITH ALL MOU'S IT WILL NEED TO BE ALSO
APPROVED BY THE CHIEF ARMY MARS, NMCM AND AFMARS
AS WELL AS THE SECTION CHIEF FOR ARES/RACES/ARRL AND
WILL THEN BECOME BINDING ON ALL AGENCIES/GROUPS.
3. IN ESSENCE, THIS FIRST STEP SIMPLY STATES THAT WE 
AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORM AN MOU.
4. SIMILARLY, IDAHO ARES/RACES AND THE THREE SERVICES
MARS ARE LIKEWISE IN DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
5. IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT WASHINGTON ARES/RACES WILL
BE SEEKING THE SAME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT. 
6. REASONING BEHIND THE AGREEMENT IS THIS: ARES/RACES
HAS FOUND IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT MARS DOESN'T
WANT TO 'COMPETE' WITH ARES/RACES IN EMERGENCY OR
EXERCISE OPERATIONS, BUT RATHER TO SUPPORT THE EASY
TRANSITION OF TRAFFIC FROM LOCAL TO FEDERAL AGENCY
AS WELL AS WELFARE AND SAFETY TRAFFIC.
7. THIS AGREEMENT TO SEEK MOU HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR
IN THE WORKS AND HAS HAD SEVERAL STUMBLING BLOCKS
ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING RUMORS AND THE LIKE.
SGD JOHN JEWKES, SMD OR/ID US ARMY MARS
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