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Home My WebLink AboutJuly 20 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE July 20, 2010 @ 7:00 PM, Council Chambers Roll call: Member Call Sign Attended Absent Jim Abraham W6EB P Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan W6FQY P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P Edwin R Jones, EC, Chair W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY P Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU Terry Smith K7YNO Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Jerry Tomanek AF6HY P Gary Waldeck K6AIR P Al Whaley KV6U P Sam Wood K6MSR Other Hams present Dave Stewart KJ6JQT P Council Liaison Rich Larsen KI6VMW Chairman Ed Jones called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Dave Stewart introduced himself as a visiting CERT and new ham. Ray Egan moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, Scott Overstreet seconded and the motion passed. Al Whaley reported on county matters, including a minor change to the Go Kit. Evaluations of mutual aid skills were conducted at two recent events and several hams passed. Ed Jones reported that Steve Garcia requests approval by this committee of the revised lease. Jerry Tomanek moved to approve it, Gary Waldeck seconded, the motion passed. Ed Jones reported that the town clerk, Karen Jost, requested that we review the attendance record of our committee members. Bob Smithwick is unable to attend meetings and should be dropped from membership. Dave Gilmore, Lynn McCloud, Rick Ellinger, Charlie Ellinger, Bob Hall and Dave Pratt should be changed to Associate status. Jerry Tomanek moved to approve these changes, Bob Anderson seconded, the motion passed. Ray Egan was nominated to be the chair of this committee for the next year. Jim Abraham moved to elect him by acclamation, Gary Waldeck seconded, motion passed. Dru Anderson moved to reelect Miles Siever as secretary, Jerry Tomanek seconded, motion passed. Under old business, Jim Abraham noted that the antenna at Westwind Barn was damaged by T-Mobile but was repaired by Verizon at no cost to us. Under new business, Dru Anderson announced a meeting to continue discussion of the recent CERT-Ham joint exercise and move forward on the list of action items. She has proposed quarterly drills to Steve Garcia and Mike Sanders and this was well received by them. Ray Egan conducted the rest of the meeting as the new chair. He noted the need for committees on documentation and training. Jim Abraham noted the need to secure the radio room at Heritage House. Dru Anderson volunteered to be liason to the town CERT group and Al Whaley to be liason to the county. Other suggested positions that need filling are training officer, an equipment group, an operations group and a tech topics group. Bob Anderson moved to adjourn, Andy Kirk seconded, motion passed Submitted by Jerry Tomanek Acting Secretary