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Emergency Communications Committee Minutes
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 7:00 pm
LAH Park & Recreation Building: 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Members Call Sign Attendance
Dru Anderson, Co-Chair KG6LAD P
Eduardo Arias, Co-Chair KM6LSX P
Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P
Jim Heintzelman KD6Y A
Ben H. L. Hu, Secretary KK6HH P
Edwin R Jones W7WPO P
Terry Kearney KM6LTQ P
Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P
Scott Overstreet N6NXI P
Sam Wood K6MSR P
Council/Staff
Gary Waldeck, Council Liaison K6AIR P
Associate Members
Larry Carr KE6AGJ P
Ray Egan W6FQY P
Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P
David Gilmour WQ1K P
Neil Katin, EC K2LL P
Greg Olsen K6XM P
CERT/Guests
Mauri Okamoto-Kearney KM6LXC P
Anne Robinson P
Marsha Hovey KG6CYV P
Carl Cahill KG6MOD P
Jim & Siren Abraham W6EB P
Christine Fawcett KI6UWI P
Christine Nguyen KM6VHG P
Eve Wood W6MSR P
Barbara Beck N6BAB P
Janice Carr KI6PNR P
Cathy Arias P
Mae Hu P
Lisa Jungherr P
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1.Roll Call: At 1903 hours, Dru KG6LAD called the meeting to order. Ben KK6HH
took roll call: Attendance: 30 including 9 members, 1 Council Liaison, 6 associates
and 14 CERT/Guests.
2.Co-chairs Dru and Eduardo thanked the attending members, associates, and
special guests for their support and contribution to the Annual ECC Ham Bake
buffet that preceded the regular meeting. The team effort in organizing, executing,
and contributing to the traditional holiday event is much appreciated.
3.Minutes approved: Eduardo KM6LSX and Sam K6MSR moved to approve the
November minutes, and Bob KC6ZWG seconded the motion. It was passed
unanimously.
4.Public comments from the floor:
a.Terry Kearney and Mauri Okamoto-Kearney briefed all present on their
10-day volunteer work at the Camp Fire disaster of Paradise and surrounding
area for Search and Rescue/Recover work. They can make a more
comprehensive discussion at a future ECC meeting. They noted that Neil
K2LL, as a Red Cross relief worker, was instrumental in helping many people
b.Dru KG6LAD recounted the latest significant fire in LAH was one a couple of
weeks ago that erupted at 2:15 a.m. and was highly visible and extensive just
across the valley, approximately a direct mile away. Her neighbor had called
911, then the neighbors gave a heads up to immediate neighbors with
special needs, and Dru messaged the town manager via the emergency
contact list. The fire destroyed the home that was engulfed. Several fire
engines responded, and it was finally contained. Her point was that fire
moves fast and effective “heads up” notification of a nearby event is a
process worth finessing, citing the recent disastrous and fast-moving fires in
Paradise, as well as earlier fires in the Napa and Shasta Lake regions.
c.Dru and Eduardo, on behalf of ECC, expressed their appreciation for the
long-term service of Gary Waldeck K6AIR, our council liaison, whose final
term on the City Council ended in December.
d.The January ECC meeting will be moved to Jan 8 from its regular date which
happens to be Jan. 1, 2019, New Year’s Day.
5.ECC Activities and related.
a.Council Member Gary K6AIR, Liaison, reported that an agreement between
the Purissima water district and the Town would soon be finalized to enable
the installation of HF antenna equipment at one of water tanks for emergency
communication.
b.Neil K2LL, EC: LAH will be responsible for SPECS UHF and Main net for the
month of January 2019. He asked anyone interested to be Net control to
contact him. Several had stepped forward already.
c.Neil announced that Peter Evans AI6MV has qualified for county MAC.
d.Nixle/DSW updates: Marsha Hovey. She clarified recent announcements
regarding DSW registration and said that only the DSWs of the County need
to re-register starting this month. Those of us at the city level who are DSW
do not need to re-register.
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6.Old Business:
a.Neil reported that the town has approved the costs for upgrades requests for
the two Yaesu repeaters and the repeaters have been submitted to Yaesu for
upgrade.
7.Reminders: Please check online schedules for activities in the following:
a.LAH town events: http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/calendar.aspx.
b.2019 County ARES/RACES courses & events:
i.http://www.scc-ares-races.org/aresraces.htm
c.CERT activities: ttp://www.lahcfd.org/community-programs/public-classes.
d.EMERGENCY ALERTS:
i. LAH: http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/381/EMERGENCY-ALERTS
ii. AlertSCC: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/alertscc/Pages/home.aspx
e.ECC QRG (Quick Reference Guide): https://goo.gl/h93sye.
f.SPECS organization: 2019 activities, links to ham training www.specsnet.org.
8.Adjourn.
a.At 19:37, the meeting was adjourned after motion was made by Bob
KC6ZWG, seconded by Sam K6MSR, and approved unanimously.
Respectfully submitted: Ben Hu KK6HH, Secretary