As per Article V of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Alabama Emergency Response Team, on Tuesday, May 9 at 7:00PM, the meeting was called to order for an election for ALERT officers.
Please help us welcome this year’s new officers, who will take office as/of July 2017!
- Secretary, Public Information
Justin Glass, N0ZO
Justin has been our secretary for two terms so far, and has taken on the project of bringing that into the electronic world on the ALERT Members Sharepoint site. He has brought with him technical experience, and was instrumental in our work to re-organize today’s ALERT website content a couple of years ago. - Treasurer
Bill Rodgers, K4FSO
Bill is a systems engineer at a healthcare company in Birmingham. If you know Bill, he has been one of the most active ham radio operators in our area, supporting a variety of events in the community with different radio clubs and organizations. - NWS Liaison, K4NWS Trustee
Russell Thomas, KV4S
Russell is a Sr. IT Analyst, and has been NWS liaison for a while. He has done a great job at coordinating ALERT response when NWS calls upon us. Previously, he moved the old HTML site to a more advanced WP framework, and currently serves ALERT as one of our Office365 admins. - Vice President, Operations
Lloyd Palmer, N4GHP
Lloyd is a security supervisor and hazmat response coordinator at one of our local hospitals, with almost 30 years of Fire/EMS experience. Lloyd brings with him a focus on NTS (National Traffic System), and emergency communications. - President, Interim Training
Casey Benefield, NZ2O
Casey is a reporting analyst for a contact center/technology company, with some business analysis/process work mixed in. Casey is an all around nerd with a passion for 3D printing, computing, weather, and marketing ham radio and ALERT to the public.
ALERT Members: We need your help! It’s that time of the year again, where it’s time that we nominate the future leaders of ALERT.
By next meeting, Ronnie and I are tasked with nominating officers for the coming year. Of course, nominations can also come from the floor as well.
What do we need from the ALERT Operational/Supporting Team?
Please contact nominations@alert-alabama.org with the following:
Please contact nominations@alert-alabama.org with the following:
- If you would like to step forward to volunteer for or are willing to hold any elected officer position, or…
- If you would like to put someone’s name forward for any elected officer position.
This is an ALERT Operational Members Only event, hosted by the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
Starting Time: Friday, December 2, 2016 @ 6:00PM
We will operate a station until Saturday, December 3, at 1:00PM, when we begin the ALERT Christmas Party
We will be on all bands/radios in the forecast station: (144, 220, 440, D-Star)
We will be setting up an expeditionary HF station in the conference room, with portable antennas in the yard.
The Christmas Party this year will feature ham, instead of BBQ
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