1) Pledge of Allegiance
ATTENDANCE:
Steven Sr
Steven Jr
Ron
Thomas
Ray
Andy
Jennifer
Rex

2) Net Controls for February
7-Thomas
14-Andy
21-Steve Sr
28-Ron
March 7-Steven Jr

3) Discussion on Simplex Nets, especially 146.400
Simplex vs Jim Scotts Repeater-A Simplex frequency

4) Location of Meetings, EDS building vs Church
Before getting the church-Set up Zoom meeting(zoom is monitored)
EDS is still on Covid restriction Till Feb 7th. Will revisit later. March Meeting at Church

5) Meetings on Tuesdays and/or Saturdays
We Will look into March 8th for Tuesday Meeting and March 12th for Sat Meeting.

6) Upcoming weather status, possible net active
Watch Radars and Patti gave permision to work with Skywarn on 350. and 625. Steve will be monitoring

7) JARC Meeting discussion on representatives
Jon & Ray, Rex invited ARES to April 12th Meeting to see zoom meeting with Bob Heil at church in Lowell, KS. HAM Fest Sept 30 and Oct 1 at Elks lodge in Joplin. Also he stated that the Club is looking into getting a building that is just Radio Clubs.

8) Quarterly Healthcare Nets on 145.350/145.390
Ron Ray Steve 2nd Thursday of quarter(Next in April)

9) ARES Emails. Emails generated from Web Page
Verify everyone is getting these

10) Training for ARES Plan. Starting with FEMA IS-800
Everyone needs to complete FEMA Training

11) Pending discussion with Meteorologist Doug Cramer on weather spotting on flooding
Doug is discussing with Steve in regards to being dispatched for Flooding. Doug is working on the plan and will be getting with us to get this processed.

12) Comments from EC – Andy Gabbert-None

Volunteer Work Discuss-Will work with local organizations to see what we can assist with.

ARES Training:
Fox hunts presentation
Radio to go kits
Weather demos
Radio repairs, ie, radios, antennas, etc

Upcoming Weather webinars:

Upcoming Events:
SVITAK Bike Ride August 13, 2022-We Will Sponsor
Joplin Coalition Events, Pending
Third Thursday’s closing April-October
Red Shoe Run, Pending
Gorilla Bike Ride pending