{"id":11987,"date":"2020-07-15T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2020-07-15T12:18:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:18:17","slug":"2-meter-critical-mass-on-zoom-july-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/2-meter-critical-mass-on-zoom-july-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Meter Critical Mass on Zoom July 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, North Bay 2-Meter Critical Mass colleagues\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Once again we will meet on Zoom; Marin County is one of the COVID-19 hotspots, and there\u2019s no need for us to take chances during this ongoing pandemic.&nbsp; But here\u2019s a change: as long as we meet on Zoom, <strong>we will start at 1030<\/strong>. We\u2019ve found that trying to check into the Marin Amateur Radio Society\u2019s Sunday morning net at the same time that we\u2019re attending a Zoom session simply doesn\u2019t work. But we DO encourage you to check into the net before 1030!<\/p>\n<p>Our agenda for this month:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A quick <strong>phonetic-alphabet<\/strong> practice: I will call the roll as I see each of your pictures or names pop up\u2014please identify yourself with name and callsign, both using the NATO phonetic alphabet.<\/li>\n<li>We will discuss, point-by-point, the <strong>draft COVID-19 protocol (attached)<\/strong> that we intend to employ for whatever public service events that are to be held in the near future. We\u2019ll be interested in your feedback and advice. The MARS board will consider this protocol at its August meeting, in advance of the August 15 Dirt Fondo, which has been confirmed.<\/li>\n<li>We will receive a presentation on radio communications with (and within) the nascent <strong>Neighborhood Response Groups<\/strong> that are being formed in some of Marin\u2019s communities. Most of our communities have long-established CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams,) whose members have received 20 hours of training in search &amp; rescue, radio protocol, shelter management, triage, first aid, traffic control, etc. But those trained members are thin on the ground in many neighborhoods. The NRGs are intended to be most knowledgeable about the needs and resources of their immediate neighborhood. Block Captains, each responsible for 10-20 houses, will be the building blocks for NRGs. Each NRG will have a command post to which the Block Captains will report. NGRs will be using FRS\/GMRS radios to communicate within their neighborhoods. How will licensed radio operators communicate with them? How will CERT and RACES communicate with them? Skip, Ann, Rob and Cooley will give us a briefing on NRGs and their comm plans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please plan to attend this Zoom session\u2014and pass the word to currently-licensed radio ops, or to those who are seeking their licenses!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the link:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Fischer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Join Zoom Meeting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/4256661120\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/4256661120<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, North Bay 2-Meter Critical Mass colleagues\u2014 Once again we will meet on Zoom; Marin County is one of the COVID-19 hotspots, and there\u2019s no need for us to take chances during this ongoing pandemic.&nbsp; But here\u2019s a change: as<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/2-meter-critical-mass-on-zoom-july-19-2020\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[107,100,22,32],"class_list":["post-11987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-events","category-publicservice","tag-cert","tag-covid19","tag-critical-mass","tag-races"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11988,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions\/11988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}