To the best of my knowledge we already have a Net Manager....Big John K5LKJ is the net manager for BVARC. I think he mainly focuses on the Wednesday Night net (essentially being the sole NCS), and he manages who is up when on the Stir-Crazy net. I think that for a while there Mike Hardwick was managing the Monday night net NCS list. I agree with Maurice that having more NCS folks is better than having a bureaucratic role that just counts beans. John does a ton for us with his NCS duties *and *keeping the list of controllers is fantastic (he even sends out a periodic bulletin to net controllers and backup net controllers he has on his list). Whenever we Stir-Crazy NCS folks know we can't make it ahead of time we email John and he reaches out to the backup folks if we don't have their information direc. Just and FYI.
That's what I know. *Eddie*, for today's Stir-Crazy Net (Wednesday January 28th 2026) we had: - WX5KR Net Control - KJ5IZK - KJ5OBW - W5RGO - KI5HEV - KI5SKL - KD5AT - KJ5MVN - W5CHB - KI5NPM - K3MBC Thanks and 73! Kori Rahman, WX5KR *Houston POTA, **President* *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* *- Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee* *Cross Roads Ham Radio Club* *Fort Bend County EMROG* *District 14 SW Unit ARES* *Texas State RACES*Cell: (770) 298 8516 [email protected] On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM Maurice Starbird KJ5ILU via BVARC < [email protected]> wrote: > *Monty,* > > > > *Let me know what I can do to help with this. I am currently not > working, “Living on Retired Time”, so I am available most of the time.* > > > > > > *Regards,* > > > > > > *Maurice Starbird (W5RGO)* > > *Cell: 832 390-8941* > > > > *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Richard Bonica via > BVARC > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:27 AM > *To:* Monty Weeks <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Richard Bonica <[email protected]>; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > <[email protected]>; Chuck Brown <[email protected]>; Eddie Runner < > [email protected]>; Eddie Runner <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Tuesday's Stir Crazy Net > > > > I am going to get you volunteers. I am going to start getting the word > out. I also am going to start finding out why people do not volunteer and > resolve those issues too. If we remove the roadblocks, people will come. > > It will take a bit of time, but I will start getting this resolved. > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 9:24 AM Monty Weeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is my .02 but we need less supervision and more involvement in > actually doing the net as NCO. We only have two backups to the 4 of us > calling the SC net at noon. Monty KI5JML > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 9:05 AM Richard Bonica via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > To all, > > > > Here is what I am working on. I am working on getting a net control Team > lead. I plan on having someone that coordinates the nets and also makes > sure that there is someone on them every week. > > What I would like is a page on the website that is a calendar of the month > and shows who is on that day. > > It will also have a link to the info for when and what settings for that > net. > > > > Eddie, I have copied you since you are the contact for the web team. Let > me know if this is possible. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM Chuck Brown via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mark, I suggest you start with Richard Bonica. > > > > Also, I run the 1st and 2nd Monday night nets every month. I'd love for > someone to take one of those. Perhaps that is something someone would like > to do, with thr board's blessing? > > > > Chuck N5CHB > > > > Chuck W. Brown > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:15 PM Mark Triplett via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Maurice is a hard working net control! To be honest, I wouldn't mind > serving as a backup as needed. Who do I need to talk to about this? I'm not > at my main computer, but I believe there's something on the website about > this... > > Thanks & 73! > > Mark Triplett - K3MBC > > On 1/27/26 1:51 PM, Daniel Poirot via BVARC wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > We had a great net today. Big John was not heard. Maurice was kind enough > to step in. > > > > In a clear display of enlightened, self-interest, Maurice asked us, "What > would it take to get you to serve as Net Control?" Great topic! I don't > think anyone volunteered. Many thanks to Maurice for covering today and all > the other times he has! > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: [email protected] > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > Territory: NE Fort Bend > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: [email protected] > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > Territory: NE Fort Bend > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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