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ARRL NFL SECTION July 1 st , 2008 to June 30 th , 2010 OVERALL MISSION “HAMS HELPING HAMS”

ARRL NFL SECTION July 1 st , 2008 to June 30 th , 2010 OVERALL MISSION “HAMS HELPING HAMS”. ARRL NFL GOALS Decentralize Span of Control Build Better Working Relationships With All Volunteers Establish a New PIO Program. ARRL NFL Goals Establish an EOC-ORS Team

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ARRL NFL SECTION July 1 st , 2008 to June 30 th , 2010 OVERALL MISSION “HAMS HELPING HAMS”

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  1. ARRL NFL SECTION • July 1st, 2008 to June 30th , 2010 • OVERALL MISSION • “HAMS HELPING HAMS”

  2. ARRL NFL GOALS • Decentralize Span of Control • Build Better Working Relationships • With All Volunteers • Establish a New PIO Program

  3. ARRL NFL Goals • Establish an EOC-ORS Team • Establish and/or Organize MOU’s with Served Agencies • Restructure the SEC Program A B C

  4. ARRL NFL GOALS • Create the NFL Data Base • Promote Kids into Ham Radio • Promote Digital Communications • Promote Up & Down Flow of Information in Chain of Command

  5. ARRL NFL - Decentralize Span of Control • Will Create New Positions for Hams to Apply for • Create (3) New Districts • Orange, Lake and Seminole are now East Central District • Flagler and Volusia make the new East Coast District • Proposed: Restructuring Suwannee, Capital and East Panhandle • Provide Less Traveling for Current DECs • Provide Better Exposure of DECs for Training, Drills, Classes and Attending ARES Events

  6. ARRL NFL - Decentralize Span of Control • Lower Paperwork Requirements • Require More Assistants to be Appointed • In Large Cities, Have 2 or More Assistant ECs

  7. ARRL NFL - Working Relationships • Last 9 Months in Orange and Marion Counties • April 13 OCCA (Orange County) Voted to Rejoin ARES • New (Old Hams) Checking into Traffic Nets • Reworking Ground Rules to Promote Unity

  8. ARRL NFL - New PIO Program • Contact Current PIOs • Find Out Their Status • Advise Them of New Requirements • All New and Current Applicants Must Provide Resume • Advertise Heavily • Talk About “Cub” Reporter • Dayton, 2009 Online PIO 101 Course Introduced

  9. ARRL NFL - EOC-ORS Program • Needs and Requirements of FEOC • WB4GHU, Chairman Section Traffic Manager • ARRL and NFL Requirements • Equipment: Good Antenna, Backup Power, Messaging Capability

  10. ARRL NFL MOUs • Review All Current MOUs • NWS • ARC • Complexity of Venues • Across Districts, County and State Lines

  11. ARRL NFL Data Base • Will be the Only Official Data Base • Will be Used for Deployment • Do not Have to be ARES or ARRL Member • Available to members of OCCA, MERT, Santa Rosa County, CERT, Alachua County

  12. ARRL NFL Data Base • Online Application Only, no Paper • Located at www.arrl-nfl.org • Only the Applicant Can Change His/Hers Own Data • Announcement Date TBA • Will Not Violate HIPAA Regulations

  13. ARRL NFL Data Base • SM, SEC, Selected ASMs will Have Full Access to Data Base • DECs Can Only View Hams Within Their District • ECs Can View Hams Within Their County • Individual Can View His Record Anytime • Maintains Deployment Records

  14. ARRL NFL – Promote Digital Comms • NFL is Working with New D-Star Groups • New D-Star Repeaters in PNS, PC, Jax • Now Established in Okaloosa, Orlando, Lakeland, Fort Laud, and Naples • State EOCs in Alabama Now Equipped • Georgia Close Behind

  15. ARRL NFL – Promote Digital Comms • D-Star in Sanford at 500 feet Now Being Established • Voice/Data Can Operate Simultaneously • Simplex, Through D-Star Repeaters and on Internet to Distant D-Star Repeaters • DRATS, Computer Based Data Program for D-Star

  16. ARRL NFL – Winlink 2K • Chairman, N0IA, Bud Thompson • Sponsors Online Course, Winlink 2K for Dummies • Committee is Setting Standards for Deployed Hams • NFL Promoting a RMS in Every Major Town and All Districts

  17. ARRL NFL – Winlink 2K • Other Modes Being Promoted • Airmail • UISS • SEDAN • GPSK31

  18. ARRL NFL – Internal Communications • Promote Up and Down Communications Throughout Section • Email Chain • Telephone Chain • Bulletins on the Nets • Keeping Websites Current • www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=nfl • www.arrl-nfl.org (private) • DECs and ECs Required to Provide Activity Reports

  19. ARRL-NFL Closing Remarks • I want to thank all those who trusted me to lead this section onward. While a lot has been done, much more needed, and we will continue to smooth out the road. • I especially want to thank the key folks who worked long hours to make the NFL ARES program appealing to the Orange County Communications Auxiliary to rejoin ARES. • Thank you for attending this forum. Please feel free to contact our staff for any help you need. • 73, Paul, KJ4G

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