As long as those four things get done, use whatever works for you.

Sample Script:

Calling the Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Services Net (brief pause)- Calling the BCARES District 11 weekly net. NCS tonight is [Your call], my name is [Your name] and I am located in [Your city] and I'll be your NCS tonight.

Is there any emergency or priority traffic?
(Handle any traffic as necessary.)

This is a directed net to provide practice in net operations and handle announcements of interest to the ARES community. General announcements of upcoming Amateur Radio events in this area are welcome and all stations with 2 meter privileges are invited to participate in this net.

Do we have an NTS station with formal traffic for the net tonight?
(Handle any traffic)

Are there any announcements affecting checkins? Please call now.
(Make adjustments as necessary - this may replace the planned question for the evening)

(As applicable) The question for this evening is _____________________________________. (See the suggested questions link on the net schedule page).

I will now take checkins from BCARES board members, both primary and alternate. Please speak slowly and use the International Phonetic Alphabet.
(Note/acknowledge call and continue)

Are there representatives from any of the Boulder County amateur radio clubs with announcements or comments for the net tonight?
(Note/acknowledge calls and continue)

Are there any other stations with announcements for the net tonight?
(Note/acknowledge calls and continue)

I will now take general checkins. When checking in, please give your Call, Name, and the answer to the evenings question. Please speak slowly and use the International Phonetic Alphabet to give your call. If you have a question or announcement for the net, please note this AFTER giving the requested information.

This is [Your call]. I will now take checkins from amateurs with call suffixes begining Alpha thru Papa. Checkins for the BCARES Weekly Net, suffixes Alpha thru Papa.
(Note/acknowledge calls and continue)
(Repeat as many times as necessary)

Checkins for the BCARES Weekly Net, suffixes Alpha thru Zulu.
(Note/acknowledge calls and repeat until checkins cease)

(Handle announcements/questions)

Thank you. This is [Your call] for the BCARES weekly net. Are there any late checkins, comments, questions, or other any discussion, before we close the net this evening? Please call now.
(Note/acknowledge checkins and handle any discussion(s))

This net meets here each Monday evening at 20:00 hours local, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain VHF Society and we extend our thanks for their on-going support.

BCARES maintains a web page at http://www.qsl.net/aresco-d11 This page has information of interest to the BCARES community.

The Colorado Section ARES hosts two voice nets each Sunday morning. The first is at 08:00 local on a frequency of 3.928 Mhz. Since this is an HF net, the use of a horizontaly polorized antenna is recommended.

The second voice net is at 08:30 hours on a frequency of 145.310 Mhz courtesy of the Colorado Connection.

The Colorado Section ARES hosts a digital net on the first and third Sunday of each month at 07:30 local on a frequency of 3.590 MHz. There is also a CW net on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at 07:30 local on a frequency of 3.570 MHz.

Thanks to all who participated tonight. I show that we had (number) checkins.Next week's NCS is scheduled to be __________. This is [Your call] closing the net for tonight. Good Evening!

Updated 01/01/2007