BCARES Board meeting February 12, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM in a Ball Corporation meeting room by Jim Kubitschek.

Persons Present

Board status

Name (position)

Present?

 

BARC Primary

Jack Ciacca WM0G

N

 

 

BARC Alternate

Jane Przedpelski KC0FGE (Asst. Secretary)

Y

 

LARC Primary

M. Daniel Hysom

N

 

LARC Alternate

Ron Putnam KC0IUK

N

 

RMVHFS Primary

Len Koppl KD0RC

Y

 

 

RMVHFS Alternate

Mike Borenstein N0BP

Y

 

-2 year At Large, elected even Primary

Pete Goldman WB2DVS (Secretary)

Y

 

2 year At Large, elected even Alternate

Doshia Kretke KB0NAS

Y

 

2 year At Large, elected odd Primary

Jim Kubitschek KG0HU (Chairman)

Y

 

2 year At Large, elected odd Alternate

Nima Gharavi N0YX (Asso. Vice Chairman)

Y

 

1 year At Large Primary

Dale Scott KAQPV (Vice Chairman)

Y

 

1 year At Large Alternate

George Weber KA0BSA (Asso. Chairman)

Y

 

Office of Emergency Management

Larry Stern (Treasurer)

N

Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

Chuck Pringle KC0DGP

N

 

 

Others: Rick Woodsome K0ETN (Asso. Vice Chairman)

            Mike Borsuk WB2CBU

 

Temporary Secretary

Jane Przedpelski was appointed temporary secretary for this meeting.

           

Minutes

The January minutes were reviewed and minor corrections (additional attendees) were made.  Minutes were unanimously approved as corrected.

 

The Annual Membership Meeting minutes were approved as corrected:  The Colorado ARES Section Manager (Jeff Ryan) call sign should read K0RM.  Len (KD0RC) moved to approve the minutes.  Pete (WB2DVS) seconded.  Approval was unanimous, with words of appreciation for the fine job done by Steve (WB8VQI) with assistance from JD (KC0MWB).                  

 

Election of Board Positions

Discussion ensued regarding the duties and philosophy of chairman and vice chairman offices.  Emphasis should be on leadership, delegation of tasks, and the requirement of assistance, especially considering the impending medical leaves and recuperation periods for both officers.  For those reasons assistants were considered to be a necessary and satisfactory solution.

George (KA0BSA) volunteered his time and was appointed assistant to the chairman.

Rick (K0ETN) and Nima (N0YX) will assist the vice chairman.

 

The Board Positions are as follows:

   Chairman     -   Jim Kubitschek   KG0HU          (Assistant: George  (KA0BSA)

   Vice Chair   -   Dale Scott            KA0QPV        (Assistants:  Rick (K0ETN) and Nima (N0YX)

   Secretary      -   Pete Goldman     WB2DVS       (Assistant:  Jane  (KC0FGE)

   Treasurer      -   Larry Stern

 

Appointment of Responsibilities

Other appointed positions, including other BCARES members in addition to the Board, will be discussed at the next Board meeting.

 Jim (KG0HU) elaborated on the responsibilities of the Board when there is a call-out.  The officers are paged, must coordinate with each other and the agency requesting communications, and determine the appropriate response.  If there is a general call-out, the membership list is divided so that the Board members each have a smaller segment to call.

Goals for 2004

§ Memos of Understanding (MOU’s) Updating with served agencies and others will continue to be created and refined.

§ State Filing of the revised and signed by-laws will be handled by Dale (KA0QPV).

§ Membership Organization should be re-defined to include record keeping, “induction” of new BCARES members, and ongoing training.  Membership recruitment efforts should include finding interested potential members from LARC and BARC, and having handouts at swapfests.

§ WEB Page Update & E-Mail System Maintenance will be chaired by Nima (N0YX).

§ Technical Committee will be chaired by Pete (WB2DVS), who needs more people to become involved.  Mark Huff (KB0LRS) has volunteered to handle Longmont equipment. He will coordinate with Pat (W0IPL) as to location and condition of equipment.  Reference was also made to the needs of the ICV monitors there, since BCARES is lost after a loss of power.  Also the remote controls are often missing or having dead batteries.  The Nederland repeater question needs to be addressed as well as the ATV rotator at PSAP.

§ Fund Raising falls into two categories:  contributions of equipment and grants of money or equipment.  Pete (WB2DVS) will make a list of equipment needs before the next board meeting.

§ Activity Planning will include April, May, and June BARC/LARCfests, a Longmont Creek Walk, and other activities.  Jim asked the Board to consider possible activities mentioned at last year’s annual meeting.  George (KA0BSA) mentioned a need for hams in June at Steamboat Springs for a marathon and a car rallye.

Other

More access cards are needed for the PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point—911 operators)—Boulder Police Department).

After adjournment there will be an executive coordinating session.

 

Next Meeting

The next board meeting will be held near the end of March.  Members will be notified by e-mail as to the exact date.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

 

                                                    Respectfully submitted,

                                                    Jane Przedpelski (KC0FGE), Asst. Secretary