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Minutes
Town of Los Altos Hills
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
December 03, 2013 @ 6:00 PM, Parks & Recreation Center
Roll call (8 members + 9 others): P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent
Member Call Sign Attendance
Jim Abraham W6EB E
Dru Anderson KG6LAD P
Bob Anderson KC6ZWG E
Ray Egan W6FQY P
Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P
Jim Heintzelman KD6Y E
Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO P
Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P
Duncan MacMillan, Chair KI6VMY P
Scott Overstreet N6NXI P
Bob Rowe, Vice Chair AF6LD E
Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU E
Sam Wood K6MSR P
Others Present Call Sign Attendance
Barbara Beck K6BAB P
Larry Carr KE6AGJ P
Janice Carr KI6PNR P
Christine Fawcett KI6UWI P
Bob Hall KF6DHX P
Kjell Karlsson KD6BPP P
Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P
Gary Waldeck K6AIR P
Eve Bennett-Wood W6MSR P
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:11 p.m. by chair Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY, who took
roll call via attached ICS 211A Check-in List and followed the agenda, attachment 2.
2. Review of minutes of the November 5 meeting were deferred to the January meeting.
3. Public comments from the floor:
a. Update on the County and State – Ed Jones W7WPO noted the Los Altos Festival of
Lights participation (6), including Mark Bailey N6DY, Ray Egan W6FQY, Jim
Heintzelman KD6Y, Ed Jones, Andy Kirk WB6CLS, and Duncan MacMillan.
b. Ray Egan presented attachment 3, the proposed text for a 1-page document targeted at
hams interested in responding to Town emergencies who are not active ECC members
of associates. Upon a motion from Dru Anderson KG6LAD, duly seconded, it was
unanimously resolved that attachment 3 is approved with the reference to the W6LAH
backup repeater reduced to a footnote.
2
The document will be linked under the "More Information" section on the ECC webpage
(http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/city-government/standing-committees/emergency-
communications) and under the + Be Prepared button at the bottom right of the Town
website main page (http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/emergency-preparedness), in the
discussion about "Ham Radio."
4. Adjournment – There being no further business, Dru moved to adjourn at 6:18 p.m., which
duly seconded and unanimously approved.
Prepared and respectfully submitted by Duncan MacMillan for Miles Seiver, KI6LDU,
secretary.