WICEN (Vic.) Inc.
Committee of Management
March 3rd 2005 Meeting Minutes
Wednesday March 3rd 2005, 8:00 pm,
Venue: WIA Rooms, 40G Victory Blvd, Ashburton
- Attendance & Apologies
- Attendance: VK3s FGC, XDE, UV, GER, XMU
- Apologies: Nil
- Minutes of previous meeting
Amendments:
- Item 3.5 Awaiting mis-spelled
- Item 4.1.1 Seconded was VK3UV
Moved: VK3XMU, Seconded: VK3UV, Carried:
That the minutes of the previous meeting as amended are a true and correct record of that meeting
- Business Arising from Minutes
- Liaison with Police - 3FGC
- Police Station Installations - WICEN antennas as standard fitting - No progress
- Expect approval of funding for repeater linking shortly
- Region 3 RCO - To General Business
- Minimum equipment list for QRG operators
- 3XDE to look again for OCRd copy
- Call out procedure - No progress
- Purchase of Caravan from VK3KIC
- 3XMU Contacted 3YD - Caravan at 3YD Home
- 3KIC has been ill but can be contacted
- Info sent to 3HFT
- WICEN arm bands
- 3XMU to follow up with 3BAF
- Training Exercise/Field Day
- Proposed finish location OK
- 0900 start time
- 3UV to pursue
- Insurance
- BARG going with WIA insurance
- Info received from Fed. Coord.
- Current membership 158 financial, 37 lapsed, 2 incomplete, total 197.
- CoM attendance at Regional/Divisional meetings
- R/DCOs emailed re meeting dates
- 3XMU to collate replies
- 3FGC will attend Geelong
- Correspondence
- Incoming
- Repeater Licence Renewal from ACA - Secretary to write to ACA re exemption
- Service Management Conference brochures
- PO Box renewal and info re email notification of mail
- Cheque for $300 for Otway Challenge - To Treasurer
- Membership application from Ian Morris VK3DVO
Moved: VK3FGC, Seconded: VK3GER, Carried:
That Ian Morris VK3DVO be admitted to membership of WICEN (Vic.) Inc.
- Outgoing
- Reports
- Treasurer
- Radio
- 3XDE attended ATCO Conference. V. Good
- SES Common HF freq - Under what conditions can WICEN participate
- EAS - New statewide paging system - GSM coverage sufficient for WICEN activations
- Commonwealth Games looking for spectrum - may get part of 70cm
- Weekend daylight 40M net suggested - 3XMU to raise with 3YD
- Data
- Data at Ski 80 discussed
- If customer does not require packet, packet must not adversely affect voice operations
- 3XMU to ensure Event Commander and Event Data Coord. are aware of this.
- Interested in Sensis (UBD) digital maps
- 3XDE stated they are cheap to buy.
- Publications
- Training - 3XDE
- Discussed date of SMR training at FAMPARC
- To remain on Sunday April 17th
- Property - 3GPT
- Membership - Carol Tremellen
- Membership application as noted in Correspondence
- Municipal Emergency Management Meetings
- General Business
- Name Badges
- 3UV displayed sample laminated badge.
- Design V. Good
- Concern re weatherproof-ness
- Region 3
- Proposed meeting of interested amateurs from the Region at Adams St Depot, Bendigo
- 3XMU to pursue
- First Aid Kits
- 3FGC to ask John Hazeldine for First Aid Kit article for newsletter
- Next Meeting
- Thursday April 7th 2005, 8:00 PM, WIA Rooms, Victory Blvd Ashburton.