The meeting was called to order by BCARES President Jim Kubitschek at 7:03pm in the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder building, 1750 33rd street, Boulder.
Jim welcomed those in attendance and displayed the agenda. Len Koppl reported that the current roster has 96 members. 32 members/prospective members were present.
Jim introduced the Board members and listed the members who are filling designated roles in the organization. He also identified and new and prospective members.
Chairman Jim Kubitschek KG0HU
Vice Chair Dale Scott KA0QPV
Secretary Steve Price WB8VQI
Treasurer / OEM Larry Stern
BCSO Captain Chuck Pringle KC0DGP
RMVHFS Len Koppl KD0RC
BARC Jack Ciaccia WM0G
LARC Steve Price WB8VQI
RMVHF Alternate Mike Borenstein N0BP
BARC Alternate Jane Przedpelski KC0FGE
LARC Alternate Ron Putnam KC0IUK
@Large 1 yr Pete Goldman WB2DVS
@Large even Alt Doshia Kretke KB0NAS
@Large odd Alt vacant
@Large 1 yr Alt Nima Gharavi N0YX
Staffing Dale Scott, Len Koppl
Training vacant
Membership Len Koppl
Net Manager Jane Przedpelski
Hospital Liaison Doshia Kretke
Louisville, Lafayette, Erie Liaison Dale Scott, Jack Ciaccia
Lyons, Allenspark Liaison Jim Kubitschek
CU Liaison Nima Gharavi
Red Cross Liaison George Kretke
Longmont Police Steve Price
OEM Liaison Jim Kubitschek
Boulder Police Liaison Jim Kubitschek
State Net Liaison Jim Kubitschek
Equipment Chairman Pete Goldman
Packet Coordinator Len Koppl
TV Coordinator Jim Andrews
Web Committee Rick Clark, Nima Gharavi, Mike Borsuk
Broomfield & D27 Liaison Len Koppl
Jeff Ryan KARMA Section Manager
Tim Armagost WB0TUB Asst. Section Manager
Rob Roller N7LV State Emergency Coordinator
(Mike Morgan, N5LPZ, Past State Emergency Coordinator retired)
Barry Brents K0XE
Bryan Lee AA0FC
John Earley W0RMA
William Sturtz KB0KZR
Jon Budoff KC0PZV
George Weber KA0BSA
Ron Thomas KC0NEV
Jason Vallery KC0MYS
Brad Jones KC0PKD
Jim reported that total volunteer time spent on BCARES activities in 2003 was 1465 hours.
Jim reviewed the events of the year, focusing on the Overland Fire near Jamestown. He reported that BCARES was activated in the late afternoon to provide video of the fire. BCARES also helped videotaped damaged areas after the fire danger was past. Jim showed stills from the BCARES cameras and other sources.
BCARES had several training and non-emergency activities
Ÿ OEM & Hospital Training
Ÿ Longmont Summer & Holiday Creek Walks
Ÿ Hospital simulated emergency exercise
Ÿ Colorado Hamfest in Estes Park
Ÿ Monday night BCARES nets
Ÿ CU Football games
Ÿ State Fire Mitigation Conference
Ÿ BCARES yearly FORMAL Simulated Emergency Training event was the Longmont hazardous material simulated emergency and cleanup
Board Activities: the board met approximately monthly, handling routine business and completed revising the BCARES by-laws.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle addressed the meeting. He thanked the organization for its work and emphasized the value to his agency and others of the services provided by BCARES. He answered a few questions.
The questions included:
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Can he help with the problem of Longmont’s club station
being forced out by the county “red cross” building at the fairgrounds?
He said did not have direct control but could look into the situation. The BCARES board will take that issue and
come back to him with a specific request as appropriate.
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Will BCARES have space in the new communications
building?
He said yes, we should work with Chuck Pringle who is the project manager.
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What changes is the Department of Homeland Security
driving?
They are pushing his office to get all new 700-800MHz systems, but he will
probably stay with what he has, adding inter operability at command posts, etc.
Full changeover would be more expensive than the county can afford (requiring
13 repeater sites).
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Has he created plans for dealing with terrorist
attacks?
He said their emergency plan covers all types and sources of emergencies, with
terrorism only being part of it. He
considered a severe flood or fire incident more likely than a large-scale
terrorism incident.
Break
Five positions on the board were up for elections. Nominations were accepted from the floor. Individual votes were held via paper ballot for each open position. Jane Prezedpelski and Jack Ciaccia acted as a tellers committee, counting the votes. The winner of each vote was announced before the next vote was taken.
There was a two-way tie on the fourth vote. As both the fourth and fifth position were one-year alternate vacancies, it was moved and approved that the two members be elected to those positions.
Len Koppl nominated Pete Goldman
Karen Kubitschek nominated Doshia Kretke
Kathy Borenstein nominated Dale Scott
Len Koppl nominated George Weber
Ed Schlichting nominated Ed Schlichting
Mike Borenstein nominated Nima Gharavi
Mike Borsuk nominated Jon Budoff
Mike Borenstein nominated Rick Woodsome
The following members were elected to the positions indicated
First Election: even year 2 year primary
Pete Goldman
Second Election: one year primary
Dale Scott
Third election: even year 2 year alternate
Doshia Kretke
Fourth election: one year remaining on odd year 2 year alternate
Tie (Nima Gharavi and George Weber)
Fifth election: one year alternate “at large 2 alternate”
Jim Kubitschek said the county was trying to organize a large-scale drill this year. He mentioned that the University of Colorado has acquired an Incident Command Vehicle and has asked us to equip it with a full complement of gear for BCARES use at their expense.
Planned and potential events for the year include
Ÿ Annual SET – interagency, all modes.
Ÿ Annual Digital SET – packet and PACTOR
Ÿ CU Football – ATV coverage
Ÿ LARCFEST, BARCFEST – Informational
Ÿ Fire Mitigation Conference – potential to move from our area. Participation opportunity unknown
Ÿ Actual Emergency Callouts – as required
Ÿ Training Opportunities – packet, ATV, Net Control, Ecom / ICS
Ÿ Boulder County Disaster Plan Review – Flood, fire transportation, severe weather, chemical spills, power outage, WMD, etc. Table tope BCARES event.
Ÿ Hospital SET – packet, voice
Ÿ Longmont Creek Walk(s) – ATV
Ÿ 5430 Triathlon – VHF/UHF
Ÿ Ground work for Retirement Home coverage.
Ron Putnam mentioned that LARCFEST will be April 3 this year, with doors open for vendors at 6:00am, and for the public at 8:00am, The event closes at 1:00pm. Talk-in will be on 147.27+.
Jim also listed the board agenda for the year,
Ÿ Update MOU’s.
Ÿ Membership Recruiter appointment.
Ÿ Technical Committee appointments and technical improvements agenda.
Ÿ Continued updates to web page.
Ÿ Funding.
Ÿ By-laws filing.
Ÿ Distribution of responsibilities and tasks
Ÿ CU ICV proposal and installation.
Ÿ Activity planning.
Jim asked for more help from non-board members on some activities.
Discussion
Len Koppl talked about the evolution of digital modes on HF.
He said that for our mountainous terrain, PACTOR gives us coverage we couldn’t get otherwise. He has a cross-band link that connects HF PACTOR to W0IA on packet. He has operated from PACTOR into W0IA this way from the Moffat tunnel, back country in Rocky Mountain National Park, Albuquerque, and other locations.
BCARES’ HF digital briefcase station was set up in the meeting room, and Len explained the setup. Len also discussed some of the commercially available TNCs, and encouraged members to participate in the statewide ARES HF digital nets on the first and third Sundays on the month at 7:30am.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00. Minutes by Steve Price with assistance from JD Burke.