Fellow WV Amateurs,
Hello, my name is Mac
McMillian, W8XF the Section Emergency
Coordinator for West Virginia. I am looking
forward to working with our new Section Manager, Hal Turley, KC8FS, for
the coming year. Hal has inspired me to
recommit to my previous goals of January
1999.
I plan to coordinate the
ARES activities in WV at a much higher level
than in previous years, beginning with the
October 2001 SET. All District Emergency
Coordinators are hereby asked to look
closely at your District and make every
effort to get active people in EC roles as
soon as possible. Some DEC/EC changes have
been made recently, and some more are
coming. ARRL membership is required for all
appointments, and we are going to have to
enforce that rule.
Hal asked me to present him
with a set of commitments for the next 12
months. The following is a synopsis:
-
Publish the WV EC/DEC
list in an accurate and easily readable
format, updated regularly.
-
Attend a majority of WV
HF Fone nets and 3/4 of the WVARES nets.
-
Work with the WV
legislature to achieve necessary
legislation for a statewide ARES/RACES
ID Card, and require SEC/STM/SM approved
training to be eligible for it.
-
Work with WV DEC’s to
have 100% county EC assignments and/or
redistrict WV to allow for multiple
counties to be covered by EC’s.
-
Promote ARES training in
each and every county in WV. Trained
ARES volunteers are far more valuable
than untrained.
I hope to travel with the
other WV ARRL representatives to Hamfests
and club meetings across our state in the
coming months and meet as many WV Hams as
possible.
I am receptive to
suggestions from all levels, and would
appreciate any comments or ideas.
73,
Mac
