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Msgid : $RACESBUL.217
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.217 DATE: Apr. 13, 1992
SUBJECT: OPS What are some of the problems with RACES nets?
From the perspective of forty years of directed nets for
communications volunteers in government service this is what I
have learned.
The following nets usually die off for lack of interest:
1. Nets that consist only of a roll call and nothing else.
2. Nets that threaten expulsion if a station misses a certain
number of check-ins, especially if that particular station's
participation is not critical to the organization's mission.
In contrast, nets that allow check-in to ebb and flow with
the life of each member and provide a constant flow of
information, news, and items of interest, keep their members and
remain active for decades. Members WANT to participate in order
not to miss out on what's happening.
The major problem is HOW to get the news, information and
such. To that end, here is a suggestion:
Get the organization's director, commander or staff (such
as the RACES Coordinator, secretary, etc.) to prepare something
to be read on the net -- but not dictated as in a formal
message. In any agency there is always information of on-going
interest to volunteer participants. It just takes an effort to
obtain it and begin the flow. Once that process is started it
continues. Trip reports from your staff, articles in
publications received only by the staff, news of or about the
staff, activities that affect agency budget, mission, and such
are useful, as well as reports on or about incidents. These
reports may range from the mundane, such as a creek flooding, to
a major incident like a forest fire or earthquake.
---S. Harter, KH6GBX
EOM