[South Florida DX Association] VU4NRO/VU4RBI QSL cards

[Bill Marx]

Received tonight...
-Bill W2CQ

Dear Sir,

We would like inform you that VU4NRO/VU4RBI QSL cards are being
despatched from our bureau.

We would also like to inform you that National Institute of Amateur
Radio is organisng an International Seminar on Amateur Radio in
Disaster Management and Information Technology on 18th April 2005 at
Hotel Savera, Chennai, India.

More details are available at www.niar.org/seminar

International delegates who wish to participate in the seminar may
kindly send their participation over email to us at vu2nro at gmail.com

Regards,
Mohan, VU2MYH


International Seminar on
Amateur Radio in Disaster Management and Information Technology
18th April 2005

Preamble

The National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR), Hyderabad is an Apex
organisation in India promoting Amateur Radio as part of 'Peoples
Participation in Communication and Information Technology and Disaster
Management'. It has played a major role in spreading amateur radio
activity among schools, colleges and other institutions creating
awareness and spread of amateur radio activity all over the country.
It has also played a major role in supporting various government and
other agencies by providing second line of communications during major
calamities, Tsunami emergency communications'2004, Gujarat Earthquake
relief operations'2001, Orissa Super Cyclone relief operation'1999 are
few examples.

The need for amateur radio in promoting Communication and Information
Technology as well as its use as part of Disaster Management is
increasing with the frequent occurrences of severe disasters.

The International Seminar offers a platform for face-to-face dialogue
with those hams who contributed their services during the most recent
Tsunami emergency communications in various parts of the country and
many other events in the recent memory. India's history of complex
disaster-related problems, and its direct disaster-related experiences
provide opportunities for gaining first hand information on
appropriate disaster management solutions.

The International Seminar is planed in response to the need to draw
global attention to address the issues arising out of Natural
Disasters such as tsunami, earthquakes, Cyclones, floods or landslides
with focus on the problems faced by developing countries and to evolve
strategies to mitigate the adverse impact of Natural Disasters by
adopting best of amateur radio communication technologies and
operating practices in different parts of the world.

Objective of the Seminar

The objective of the International Seminar is to highlight the need
for greater awareness on amateur radio activity and discuss issues
related to disaster communications with a greater participation of
various government, non government organisations, amateur radio
clubs/societies and individual experts to share their experiences with
regards to use of amateur radio as in different countries for
providing disaster communications. The discussions will lead to
developing an Action Plan for effective use of amateur radio
communication technologies for Disaster Mitigation and Management.

 
Program - overview

The programme for one-day seminar will be spread over four sessions
viz. Inaugural Session, Session-I, Session-II, Valedictory Session.

Session -I will focus on use of Amateur Radio in Disaster Management,
recent experiences, lessons learnt and its effective use in future.

Session-II will focus on Amateur Radio in Information Technology,
relevant to voice, morse code, visual, digital and internet related
technologies being used by amateurs globally today.

Participants

The International Seminar is aimed at creating awareness on amateur
radio among various sections of society. People from all walks of life
like students, teachers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists,
bureaucrats, technocrats and disaster management experts are likely to
participate in the seminar.

Special arrangements will be made for spouses and other persons
accompanying the delegates.

Submission of Papers

To be included for presentation in the seminar proceedings, the papers
must necessarily address one or two of the above listed themes. The
full length papers may be sent as hard copy, soft copy or email to
reach NIAR by 31st March 2005. Detailed instruction for presentation
of paper in the sessions will be communicated.

Proceedings

All the registered delegates as well as sponsoring organisations will
receive one copy of the proceedings of the International Seminar. More
copies can be supplied based on availability.

Expected outcome    

An action plan for accelerated growth of amateur radio in the country
as well as its use as effective tool for Disaster Mitigation and
Management in future.

Contact Information

National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda,
Hyderabad - 500 082.
Tel: 91 - 40 - 2331 0287
       91 - 40 - 5516 7388
Fax: 91- 40 - 2331 0287
E-mail: vu2nro at gmail.com
URL: www.niar.org