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 What is the mission for the team?
To further the education and preparedness of amateur radio operators by developing a program which ARRL will use to certify ARRL members as emergency communicators.  The program establishes some minimum credentials for those individuals engaged in emergency communications on behalf of the ARRL and amateur radio.  This course will provide a baseline communication level training that will assure all areas in the U.S. of this person's minimum emergency communication knowledge.
What are the goals?
  • Determine the appropriate content for certification and study guides.
  • Deliver study guide material for Level 1 students by July 31, 2000
  • Delivery of study guides for Levels 2 and 3 by August 31, 2000.
What is in the scope for the team?
  • To define the process which the deliverables will be produced.
  • To define the principles for amateur radio operators to follow in support of emergency communications.
    • What is out of scope for the team?
      Final editing and production of the study guides.  This will be done by the ARRL certification and publications department.  The ARRL certification and publications departments is to report back to the team on revisions that are made to assure its content is not altered.  A smaller subset of the team will assist them with this function to assure quality of the product.
    What are the ground rules for the team?
    • Be nice.
    • Try to be open-minded.
    • Make it user friendly.
    • Look at "what has worked" elsewhere.
    • Use what works, but improve it, if possible, based on collective experience.
    • It will be a guide of recommended practices.
    • Accept that this compilation is not going to be perfect for everyone in all circumstances and that it must be used with judgment according to the situation at hand.
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    Pat Lambert, W0IPL is the focal point of the effort.
    Ron Hashiro, AH6RH is the webmaster for the team charter.
    Dan Miller, K3UFG is the ARRL staff person for the effort.
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    Copyright © 2000 Ron Hashiro, editor
    Updated: May 28, 2000