Also, check in with you buddies in the surrounding jurisdictions. Sometimes, if the county board sees what the others are doing they are more open to the concept. What ever you do, don't flame them. This is where you bide your time and be very respectful and patient. You can kick a tree later, after you get what you want from them.
Find the county board member that represents your area of town and invite him or her over to your home for dinner and a demo of ham radio. Get your club to run a drill or exercise net during the visit. It usually doesn't take to much. You just need to get their attention. Let the guy know that your volunteers will be trained according to what the OEM coordinator wants, specifically meeting the requirements of the jurisdiction, not some generic national plan that is watered down so any new no code tech can pass the exam and get his patch. Consider developing a custom training program from 3-5 one hour segments that you can vet with the OEM coordinator, etc. That shows a real commitment to supporting the government's needs ... Good Luck, dave wa3gin ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Lemmon To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 6:26 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeaters and Water Towers Don't bother finding another route! By congressional decree, Amateur Radio is PART OF Homeland Security, and someone needs to educate those idiots at City Hall. Go here for info: <www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/10/04/100/?nc=1> 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kc8fwd Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeaters and Water Towers 80 percent of the club is cert and has nims 100 200 and other certifications.Our OEM IS a ham and is ec for arrl .Next the county give us the funding for the repeater but as soon as the city had someone mention Homeland security it was over.We are going to try and find another route.thanks everybody for all the info it has helped de Mike KC8FWD
