[Wswss] FW: July August and September ORANGE Section Happenings

Wed Aug 23 19:42:24 EDT 2006



KG6TCV, Steven Rapata
kg6tcv at hotmail.com


>From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
>To: kg6tcv at hotmail.com
>Subject: July August and September ORANGE Section Happenings
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:45:35 -0400
>
>We have a new Affiliated Club Coordinator, lets all welcome Cheryl Day,
>KI6AFL, into our family. She was raised here in the Los Angeles area
>and was born with Cerebral Palsy. She got here technician license on
>July 28, 2005 in Costa Mesa and is active with the Orange County
>Chapter of the American Red Cross, Member of the Western Amateur Radio
>Assoication in Fullerton, Editor of the newsletter for the Fam-Comm
>Amateur Radio Association. She also works as Orange County Public
>Service Event Coordinator of which she gathers information on all the
>groups and clubs to call upon for an event. Non ham activities, she is
>a board member of the Orange County Regional Center which helps people
>that are "special" as she is and her saying is I'm not disabled I am
>"Handicapable"
>Welcome aboard Cheryl
>
>
>To all Amateur Radio operators
>
>ARRL members, please forward the following to Amateurs who are not
>members and will not otherwise receive this information.
>
>The Orange Section now has a new website: www.orange-arrl.org. We are
>in the process of a little face lift with an exciting new addition to
>the site.
>
>This has been a long time coming, but all of the pieces have finally
>been put into place and we are excited with the advantages and impact
>this can make for the benefit of the community. We now have a database,
>a secure database where we can find emergency communicators with
>different skill levels and assign those available to the post they are
>qualified for. Please continue reading the next letter from our Section
>Emergency Coordinator, Steve Grudzinski AD6HT.
>
>From: SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
>The ORANGE Section has a new ARRL website and it can be found at
>http://www.orange-arrl.org On this website we have added a new secure
>database for Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) operators. This
>site has 128 bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption similar to what
>the banks have. The secure portion of the site is located at:
>https://orange-arrl.org/secure
>
>We put this site together so that in the event of an emergency, we
>would have more of an idea of the capabilities and equipment of each
>operator. Even if you have filled out the paper registration, we ask
>that you take a few minutes and complete the online registration
>process as it allows your DEC's to have a much more complete picture of
>your capabilities and will be searchable when needing to fill specific
>requirements.
>
>Registration is a simple process; you create your login in, password
>and enter an email address. The system then sends an email with a
>validation link that you must respond to in order to continue the
>registration process. At that point you can enter your name, address,
>phone numbers, email and latitude / longitude etc. There is a text box
>that you can tell the Emergency Coordinators information that might be
>useful such as "can't stand long periods" or "Committed to County SAR
>team". We would also like you to enter an emergency contact person and
>phone number(s) in case of emergency. If you are comfortable with doing
>so, you can enter acute medical conditions you might have such as
>diabetes etc. (which is completely optional). You will then proceed to
>forms for the type of equipment and training you have. When you
>complete your 3 registration forms, an email will be generated and sent
>to your county District Emergency Coordinator so that your information
>can be reviewed and the DEC can get to know you.
>
>The data we collect is strictly for the use of the ORANGE section ARES
>management personnel. We do not permit the dissemination of this data
>outside of the ORANGE section ARES. We are looking for you to complete
>the form as completely as you are comfortable with. Any member will
>have access to other's email, but ALL the rest of the data is only
>visible to ARES management (EC's and above).
>
>If you have concerns, email Steve Grudzinski at ad6ht at arrl.net and I
>will answer your concerns as completely as possible. Emergency
>Coordinators will have tools that will allow them to identify operators
>that meet certain requirements such as having a dual band mobile or
>live within 50 miles of a target location. Automated tools will allow
>us to send out activation notices to hams during times of need as well
>as to select operators who meet the needs of the host agency.
>
>We would ask that all Hams interested in participating in ARES
>emergency activations and drills to go to this website to create an
>ARES profile. If at some time your profile changes (you know like when
>you get the YL's permission to go to Dayton to buy that new rig) you
>can then go back to the site and update your profile. If you are
>planning on leaving the ORANGE section, drop your DEC an email and your
>data will be deleted or inactivated. Thank you for your willingness to
>participate in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES).
>
>Steve Grudzinski, AD6HT
>Section Emergency Coordinator, Orange Section
>
>
>Other news:
>
>The Amateur Radio Expo 2006 at the L. A. County Fair in Pomona, CA -
>Come join us September 8 -- October 1, 2006 weekends only
>(Saturday/Sunday) except for media day on the Sept. 8-- This is the
>second year of the event, promising to grow by leaps and bounds -- This
>is a multi-county, two section event (LAX & Orange section) We will be
>having a Widget Factory for the young and young at heart on building CW
>keys and circuit boards, listening and seeing their voice on an
>oscillator as well as one for seeing those dit's and da's that we key
>in. We will have different emergency teams available to talk with the
>community as well as radio clubs. We will also have demonstrations of
>CW, ATV, T-Hunting, Microwave, Microscope transmission from the La
>Verne College. Many exciting events will be taking place. We can always
>use volunteers. Visit our website at: http://lafair.b2v.org/
>
>The Southwestern ARRL Division Convention will be taking place
>September 22 -- 24 at the Mariott Hotel in San Diego, please go to
>their website for further information: http://www.sandarc-conv2006.org/
>
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>Section Manager: Carl H. Gardenias, WU6D
>wu6d at arrl.org
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