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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 15 1 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE May 15, 2012 @ 7:00 PM, LAH Council Chambers Roll call: P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent Member Call Sign Attended Jim Abraham W6EB P Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan, Chair W6FQY P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P Bill Gibbons K6GH E Jim Heintzelman KD6Y E Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan, Vice Chair KI6VMY P Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU P Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Sam Wood K6MSR P Associate Member Call Sign Attended Bob Hall KF6DHX P Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Ray Egan W6FQY. Roll call and minutes were taken by Secretary Miles Seiver KI6LDU. 2. Review and approve minutes of 4/17/2012 ECC meeting a. Minutes of the 4/17/2012 ECC meeting were approved unanimously. 3. Public comments from the floor: a. None. 4. Update on the County and State – EC Edwin Jones W7WPO a. Jones asked for volunteers for LAH’s SPECS net control duty during July. 5. Comments by Council Liaison - Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR a. Not present. 2 6. Old business a. Report of the May 5th County drill (Ray Egan W6FQY): Egan reported that 5 ECC members participated in the 5/12/12 Santa Clara County communications drill. b. Report of the May 12th Run/Walk (Ray Egan W6FQY): Duncan MacMillan explained that this drill was aimed primarily at new CERT members. He felt that another 2 ECC volunteers at the event would have been useful. Andy Fawcett would have preferred more detail on the event map, such as the location of bathrooms and water, and distance markings. 7. New business a. Discussion and identification of those wishing further information about operations in Voice/Packet/ARK Communications and Repeater (Ray Egan W6FQY): Egan asked that the individuals named as leads organize training in their respective areas in the next couple months and also on an as-needed basis. b. Nominations for 2012-2013 (Ed Jones W7WPO): Jones presented the following nominations made by the ECC nominations committee: Duncan MacMillan (chair), Bob Rowe (vice chair), Miles Seiver (secretary). It was noted that Seiver will not be available for the June, July, and August 2012 ECC meetings so interim secretaries will be necessary for those months. The nominations were accepted by the ECC membership. Voting will take place at the June 2012 meeting. Scott Overstreet expressed that he was pleased to see nominated individuals who became ham licensed for the purpose of emergency communications. He said he would be pleased to answer any complex questions about ham radio that the nominees may have. c. Ray Egan reminded the committee the annual LAH Town Picnic would occur on 6/3/12 from 10am to 4pm. Duncan MacMillan and Sam Wood said they would be attending the event. d. Ray Egan reported that an LAH disaster coordination meeting was scheduled for 5/22/12. It is being organized by Martha Hovey. Jim Abraham volunteered to attend the meeting on the ECC’s behalf. Egan mentioned that he had invited Martha Hovey to the past two ECC meetings. e. Ray Egan distributed a chart explaining the Mike-Mike scale which has been adopted by Santa Clara County ARES/RACES for reporting earthquake damage. He also distributed windshield damage survey and ICS-309 forms. He also distributed a listing of important web URLs for ECC members. f. Andy Fawcett reported that Mike Sanders was interested in installing a FRS/GMRS base station in each CERT trailer. He mentioned that the ARK currently has an ICOM 6021 but that it needs to be reprogrammed by an ICOM dealer; the radio cannot be reprogrammed by the end user. Scott Overstreet suggested that Ray Egan contact ICOM, identify himself as chair of the LAH ECC, and ask for programming instructions. Jim Abraham did not think that ICOM would share the instructions. Overstreet said he has a friend who works for Santa Clara County communications who might be able to reprogram the ICOM 6021. Overstreet said he will try to open communication with his friend. g. Jim Abraham asked about the status of the emergency preparedness grant that LAH had applied for. Egan said the grant is being evaluated right now and that Abraham may be able to get more information at the disaster coordination meeting on 5/22/12. h. There was discussion about procedure when attempts to reach an incident commander fail. Dru Anderson supported taking action if communication attempts fail. 8. Adjournment: At 7:50 pm it was moved by Bob Anderson, seconded by Jim Abraham, and unanimously approved to adjourn. Prepared and submitted by Miles Seiver, KI6LDU, secretary.