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Home My WebLink AboutDecember 15 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE December 15, 2009 @ 7:00 PM, Recreation Building Roll call: Member Call Sign Attended Absent Jim Abraham W6EB E Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan W6FQY P Charlie Ellinger KI6JPM P Rick Ellinger KJ6NU P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P David Gilmour WQ1K E Bob Hall KF6DHX P Edwin R Jones, EC, Chair W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY P Lynn McLeod KG6YIT E Scott Overstreet N6NXI E David Pratt K6LWT E Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU P Terry Smith K7YNO E "Smitty" Smithwick W6CS P Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Jerry Tomanek AF6HY E Gary Waldeck K6AIR P Al Whaley KV6U P Sam Wood K6MSR P Other Hams present Larry Carr DEC KE6AGJ P Janice Carr Ki6PNR P Christine Fawcett KI6UWI P Ed Radlo AJ6V P Patricia Rohrs KI6VNO P Eve Wood W6MSR P Council Liaison Rich Larsen KI6VMW E Chairman Ed Jones called the meeting to order at 7:06 pm. Bob Anderson moved to approve the minutes of the November ECC meeting, Bob Rowe seconded, and the motion passed. District Emergency Coordinator Larry Carr described a new county requirement that emergency responders in need of amateur radio communication be shadowed by an amateur radio operator. This is in response to an FCC ruling against the use of amateur radio frequencies by paid employees. Larry Carr also reported that the new county Mutual Aid Communicator program requires MAC’s to submit to a background check and to volunteer at a minimum of one event per year. Los Altos Hills is responsible for January SPECS net control. The ECC agreed to continue the previously established order of net control responsibility. Steve Garcia asked for the ECC to prepare a drill in the month of February which incorporates the new CERT trailers. Dru Anderson suggested that the ECC reach out to newly-licensed CERT members who may need guidance regarding radio equipment and net procedures. At 7:22 pm Bob Anderson moved to adjourn the meeting, Sam Wood seconded, and the motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Miles Seiver LAHECC Secretary