Jasper County
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
November 2, 2021
Meeting Notes
1) Pledge of Allegiance was conducted
In attendance:
Steven E Kreeger Sr AEC
Andy Gabbert EC
Thomas Zeller AEC /VE
Ron Young AEC
Steven Kreeger Jr
Dean (Newly tested ham)
2) Net Controls for November 2021:
11/8/21-Thomas Young-KB0ORZ
11/15/21-Ron Young-W0SEJ
11/22/21-John McBride-N0UQC
11/29/21-Steven E Kreeger Sr-KE0AKN (Simplex)
12/06/21-Andy Gabbert-KA0TUD
3) Christmas donations: canned goods and new toys
Canned goods and candy were brought in by different members of the group
4) Candy for parades, need volunteers.
Candy was brought in. Nobody volunteered at this time
5) ARES Weather Chat Group
All agreed to the weather chat and no comments that it will be used for weather related discussions only.
6) December meeting – December 11 (Saturday) 1:00 pm.
All agreed for this meeting. It will be final meeting of year and any canned goods and toys, this is the last chance, Lt Norris and Nathan are aware of the event.
7) Possible future Saturday afternoon meeting to attract night shift radio operators. Discussion on every month or each quarter starting 2022
Saturday meetings will be determined at each Monthly Tuesday meeting. Subject and coordination of training for the meeting will be done. Meeting may be affected by community events.
8) ARES web page being constantly updated.
Reminded everyone to subscribe of previous web page post. When web is updated, you will get an email of the notification.
9) Comments from EC – Andy Gabbert
No Comments
Everyone needs to turn in your hours for radio, weather and NWS from all sources to Ron Young. He needs to turn it into District (Tom Sims).
Drill exercise will change that is conducted on 3rd Tuesdays. Once you have been contacted, you will be assigned a new location to give details of area.
ARES Training:
a) Fox hunts presentation
b) Radio to go kits
c) Weather demos
d) Radio repairs, ie, radios, antennas, etc
e) ARES Plan training requirements
f) Search and Rescue
Upcoming Weather webinars:
a) NWS Winter IDSS for Core Partners 2021-2022
November 10, 2021 10:00am to 11:00am
b) Here Comes the Winter of 2022
November 18, 2021 7:00pm to 8:00pm