Joel,
Thanks for the input. You have met my very hope when
populating the Committee.
This ought to be scary for you. You and I seem to think reasonably well
along similar lines.
Jim
Weaver, K8JE
Director,
ARRL Great Lakes Division
Chairman,
ARRL Legislative Action Committee
5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040
E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142
ARRL,
the Reason Amateur Radio is!
Members,
the Reason ARRL is!
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel
Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:43 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:13787] Re:
Committee Update - 8 Ball Removed
The committee is set, I'm just waiting to hear back
from everyone that was "selected" as to their willingness to serve.
Kay, Rick, Dave Patton, and I made the selection.
I'm not sure what your people define as "upper
manager, desk-level folks". I don't consider myself in that category by
ANY means when it comes to amateur radio and Kay, who will chair the committee,
is buried pretty darn deep in daily emergency communications activities on the
air and so is her husband, Carter.
HOWEVER, I can tell you that the people that were
selected include an excellent mix from around the entire country of SEC's,
SM's, Vice Directors, and a couple of regular dudes and dudettes we found
wandering around the gulf coast disaster areas.
I think everyone will be pleased. If they're not, the
Board's charge will be completed anyway and they will be pleased later when
they see the output product!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Weaver, K8JE
[mailto:k8je@arrl.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:28 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:13785] Re:
Committee Update - 8 Ball Removed
Joel,
My only comment is that I
encourage you to appoint some folks at the ARES working level who’ve had
experience in managing at least one major disaster (Katrina?). I’ve already had a couple of folks
approach me with the presumption the committee will consist only of upper
manager, desk-level folks who don’t know what it is like in the trenches.
Jim Weaver, K8JE
Director, ARRL Great Lakes
Division
Chairman, ARRL Legislative Action Committee
5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040
E-mail: k8je@arrl.org;
Tel: 513-459-0142
ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is!
Members, the Reason ARRL is!
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Harrison
[mailto:w5zn@arrl.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:56 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:13784]
Committee Update - 8 Ball Removed
Having maneuvered sufficient to remove the 8 Ball from
being in front of me, I am working to put the finishing touches on the Ad-Hoc
ARRL National Emergency Response Planning Committee and VUAC this weekend.
I'm waiting to hear back from a few concerning their
desire to serve then we'll be off and running.
That will leave the VHF/UHF/Microwave Bandplanning
Committee that has been hanging for so long it is almost dead, but with a
couple of jolts from the HV paddles we'll get it revived and going shortly
after the other are completed.