Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Date: December 23, 2014 at 2:17:31 PM CST > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Updates/News from District ARES Meeting > > Hi all > > At Max Nager’s suggestion - I am forwarding the email below that I just sent > to the New York County ARES Membership. I hope that each of you will > consider joining ARES. Just let me know if you are interested and I hope to > get to know you. > > All the best > Mary Diver - K2MTD > EC New York County ARES > __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > By default, coercion, and lots of encouragement I am now the Emergency > Coordinator for New York County. > > Now I know most of you experienced members may not think that I am the best > choice. But I promised that I would do my best and to ease my concerns many > have offered their technical support when needed. I hope I can call on you > too for technical support. > > I was invited to the District ARES Meeting on Friday evening where I met many > new faces and everyone was very welcoming. > > The meeting was quite encouraging with some leadership changes. JoJo > Gonzalez is the new District Emergency Coordinator and the meeting was quite > dynamic with many new ideas. He sees ARES as a family where everyone works > together for a common goal. > > There are many plans in the works > > County Tac Frequencies - Determining best repeaters in each county and > testing their range. > > 1) Can run on EMERGENCY POWER (and for how long...) > 2) Can cover your COUNTY (or most of it...) > 3) Can cover other Counties (or Part of it) > 4) HT Friendly (Meaning an operator with only an HT can TX and RX to and from > it) > 5) REPEATER OWNER or TRUSTEE INFORMATION and REPEATER LOCATION if known > > I appreciate your input and suggestions. Could we plan a day to test some > frequencies from different locations? > > Radio Days – A day of camaraderie and playing radio like a “mini field day” > where everyone could socialize, BBQ, and test their radios. > > District Weekly Net – Goal of making the net more dynamic and exciting and > generally more radio active > > HRU – ARES will have a table for the third year. > > Everyone agreed that the biggest issue in New York County is recruitment and > that is going to be one of my main priorities. Let’s face it we share the > borough with the Red Cross Headquarters and we have to be ready to respond > when called on. > > Howard, Gordon, Max, Nell, Edwin --> I have your ARES credentials and would > like to make arrangements to get them to you. > > If you haven’t filled in an ARES application and would like to please let me > know. Anyone interested in Emergency Communications should be an ARES member. > > So everyone – keep an eye out for potential new HAMS and ARES members. > > Don’t forget to check into the District Weekly Net at 8:00 this evening at > W2ABC. Make your presence known and practice your skills! > Sorry I will not be able to check in – I have to attend a dinner for work at > that very time. > > Wishing each of you the best for a fabulous holiday season > > Mary Diver > K2MTD > > From: Max Nager [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 12:08 AM > To: dianne montague > Cc: Diver, Mary/Development; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: ARES IDS & Updates/News from District ARES Meeting > > Congratulations Mary! > > You definitely are the best person for the job and I think you are plenty > experienced. > > I am not sure I can make the next meeting so it would be really great if you > could mail the ID, or I can pick it up whenever is most convenient for you. > > Also, to bring up recruitment, I think it would be extremely helpful if you > sent out an email to [email protected] with this announcement. I > know we have at least 9 hams among our member body and I know a couple who > are definitely interested. > > https://wiki.hackmanhattan.com/Amateur_Radio > > Can't wait! > > > 73, > Max > KD2GJM > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:13 PM, dianne montague <[email protected]> > wrote: > > mary, i think your are the perfect person for the job and will do a great > job. dianne > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 22, 2014, at 11:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > By default, coercion, and lots of encouragement I am now the Emergency > Coordinator for New York County. > > Now I know most of you experienced members may not think that I am the best > choice. But I promised that I would do my best and to ease my concerns many > have offered their technical support when needed. I hope I can call on you > too for technical support. > > I was invited to the District ARES Meeting on Friday evening where I met many > new faces and everyone was very welcoming. > > The meeting was quite encouraging with some leadership changes. JoJo > Gonzalez is the new District Emergency Coordinator and the meeting was quite > dynamic with many new ideas. He sees ARES as a family where everyone works > together for a common goal. > > There are many plans in the works > > County Tac Frequencies - Determining best repeaters in each county and > testing their range. > > 1) Can run on EMERGENCY POWER (and for how long...) > 2) Can cover your COUNTY (or most of it...) > 3) Can cover other Counties (or Part of it) > 4) HT Friendly (Meaning an operator with only an HT can TX and RX to and from > it) > 5) REPEATER OWNER or TRUSTEE INFORMATION and REPEATER LOCATION if known > > I appreciate your input and suggestions. Could we plan a day to test some > frequencies from different locations? > > Radio Days – A day of camaraderie and playing radio like a “mini field day” > where everyone could socialize, BBQ, and test their radios. > > District Weekly Net – Goal of making the net more dynamic and exciting and > generally more radio active > > HRU – ARES will have a table for the third year. > > Everyone agreed that the biggest issue in New York County is recruitment and > that is going to be one of my main priorities. Let’s face it we share the > borough with the Red Cross Headquarters and we have to be ready to respond > when called on. > > Howard, Gordon, Max, Nell, Edwin --> I have your ARES credentials and would > like to make arrangements to get them to you. > > If you haven’t filled in an ARES application and would like to please let me > know. Anyone interested in Emergency Communications should be an ARES member. > > So everyone – keep an eye out for potential new HAMS and ARES members. > > Don’t forget to check into the District Weekly Net at 8:00 this evening at > W2ABC. Make your presence known and practice your skills! > Sorry I will not be able to check in – I have to attend a dinner for work at > that very time. > > Wishing each of you the best for a fabulous holiday season > > Mary Diver > K2MTD > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted from > > Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center may be privileged, confidential, > > and protected from disclosure under applicable law. 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