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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- (KH6GBX @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
- (916)262-1600
- Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACESBUL.292 DATE: September 20, 1993
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- SUBJECT: MGT: Agencies that say "NO!" - Part 2/2
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- The short weekly drop-in also doesn't help the agency
- administrator to become familiar with the unit; nor the necessity
- and importance of including the RACES participants in ALL
- disaster or emergency preparedness activities of the agency. Such
- a casual attitude and interest between the Radio Officer and the
- agency can easily leave the Amateurs with no real "meaning" or
- "significance" to the agency (other than a possible doomsday
- resource).
- It takes effort and time to become such an integral part of
- the staff that the Radio Officer is a part of them, paid or not.
- I did it by volunteering to do whatever my executive, management
- and administrative experience could handle. I read files,
- studied plans, correspondence and tackled anything that looked
- interesting. I did not restrict it to "operating the radio" like
- some might. I studied the system, the people, the organization,
- the structure - anything that made the situation what it is. I
- asked, "Would it help if I did....?" I reviewed and updated
- plans, procedures and anything else that needed work. In that way
- I demonstrated interest, ability and reliability. That builds a
- relationship that will NEVER be constructed by a group that
- simply gets a Memorandum of Understanding and sits back and waits
- to be called.
- Oh, someday, if the situation gets really bad enough the
- unit whose key staff is not an integral part of the agency,
- whether RACES or otherwise, may get a call-out ....but they
- really shouldn't bank on it! The nutshell answer is this: If
- your unit is not the way it should be, get a new Radio Officer
- who can lead the way and open the channels with the agency in a
- meaningful way that fits the local situation.
- /Sgd/ Cary R. Mangum, Chief State Radio Officer, W6WWW
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- EOM
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