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Texas
Adventist Emergency Communications Newsletter Volume
1
Issue Dear Club Members, As my first
official newsletter as the Newsletter editor for TAEC I changed the format of
our unofficial newsletters so that the newsletter will be more informative than
it use to be. At the club
meeting this Sunday, October 17, 1999, it was decided that the newsletter should
be sent out on the weekend before the club meeting so that it would not only
serve as a reminder of the club meeting, but also give the membership an
opportunity to review the minutes of the previous meeting so that it could be
voted on at the next club meeting. I decided to go ahead and send out this
newsletter with information from September’s meeting. The next
newsletter will be sent out on November 15th. Please send anything
you wish to put into the newsletter by November 10th. Sincerely,
Meeting called to order: The
meeting was called to order by President Gerald Mohr (KC5PWQ), with 10 members
present. August minutes were read.
Motion was made to accept, seconded and passed. New Business: The club was presented with
the results of the August 29 officers meeting.
The officers discussed ways to raise money for the club, and charging
dues was the idea that was voted in to be presented to the club.
The charge would be $12 individually and $20 for the whole family.
A vote was taken and passed by the members present.
Motion was made to prorate the dues now and start annual dues in January,
and to elect a treasurer. Motion
was seconded and passed. The position of newsletter
editor was discussed, and motion was made to give that position to Curtis Mohr
(KC5PWP) since he already holds the position of technical advisor.
Motion was seconded and passed. Letterhead for the club was
presented for approval. Motion was
made to accept, seconded and it passed. Security for upcoming
conferences was discussed. A
proposal to be sent to the Rally coordinator was passed around for members to
examine. A motion was made to send
the proposal to the coordinator, seconded and passed.
Sign up sheets were then made available for the rallies. Protocol for using repeaters
was discussed. Adding club
announcements to the repeater was discussed.
The possibility of a phone patch being added was also discussed. Information on building
antennas was passed out to interested members.
A location was discussed for the tower. Old Business: The reflective tape was
purchased and cost $53.57 for 60 yards. Motion
was made to send a letter on club letterhead to the store manager for her help.
Motion was seconded and passed. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn was made by
Gerald (KC5PWQ) to adjourn and seconded by Ray (KD5DON). Meeting was adjourned at 11:50am.
FCC REORGANIZATION COULD MEAN BETTER HAM ENFORCEMENT
Congressional oversight committees this week approved
funding to create two new FCC bureaus--Enforcement and Public Information, and
Legal Adviser for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, says Amateur Radio
enforcement could improve under the new regime. Earlier this year, FCC Chairman William Kennard proposed
the creation of the new bureaus as part of his "A New FCC for the 21st
Century" initiative. Kennard told an audience at Georgetown University Law
Center October 5 that the two new bureaus "will go into operation in the
very near future." Amateur Radio enforcement--now under Hollingsworth in the
Compliance and Information Bureau--will be consolidated under the new
Enforcement Bureau. Heading the Enforcement Bureau will be FCC Deputy General
Counsel David Solomon. Hollingsworth will get a new title out of the deal. Once
the new bureau is established--probably by month's end--he'll become Special
Counsel for Amateur Radio Enforcement. Current Compliance and Information Bureau
Chief Richard Lee has been tapped to head the new Public Information Bureau. Hollingsworth reiterated that he anticipates no changes
in either the direction or momentum of amateur enforcement under the new
Enforcement Bureau regime. "If anything, it will enhance it," he said
Wednesday, adding that he hopes to up the percentage of time he's able to devote
to amateur enforcement as a result of the reorganization.
Hollingsworth's current duties also include Land Mobile Service
enforcement. Hollingsworth also says he hopes to soon hand off
management of the FCC National Call Center. In July, Hollingsworth was
designated to temporarily take over the Call Center (888-CALL FCC) at the
Commission's Gettysburg office while NCC Director Cynthia Jeffries was detailed
to other duties involving the Y2K issue. For those of you who are not ARRL members, you can view
the ARRL Newsletters at http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/ Members of the ARRL who do not receive the ARRL
Newsletter but wish to, can go to http://www.arrl.org/members/
to sign up.
Nov 6-7 Odessa
Hamfest Ector Co. Coliseum talk-in 145.47 Nov 11
TAEC Newsletter Article Deadline Nov 12-12
Tri-County ARC of North Texas Nov 21 TAEC
November Meeting; 10:00 a.m. @ Resource Dec 10
TAEC Newsletter Article Deadline Dec 19 TAEC
December Meeting; 10:00 a.m. @ Resource Dec 31 TAEC
will be called up at 11:30 to assist Jan 7
TAEC Newsletter Article Deadline Jan 16 TAEC
January Meeting; 10:00 a.m. @ resource depot Feb 6
Georgetown Sunday Swapmeet 10AM setup, open 12 Noon Feb 11
TAEC Newsletter Article Deadline Feb 20 TAEC
February Meeting; 10:00 a.m. @ resource Mar 10
TAEC Newsletter Article Deadline Mar 18-19
West Texas Section Convention Mar 19 TAEC
March Meeting; 10:00 a.m. @ resource depot Apr 1
Brenham ARC
TAEC Web site The KC5PWQ Web Site The KC5PWP Web Site Official Austin Ham Home on the web (ARO & AARC) ARES info can be found at: Newsline, P.O.Box 660937, Arcadia, California 91066 The Texas VHF-FM Society Take practice Ham Tests on the web.
A few locations are: FCC's Universal License System http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/uls
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