| BCARES 2008 Schedule | ||||||||
| Date | Time | Subject | Location | Description / Training | Type | Coordinator | Contact Person | |
| Jan 17 | 7:00pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Activation and Callout Procedures | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| Feb 28 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | BCEM Awards Dinner | Corvallis Library | Awards Dinner | n/a | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 | ||
| Feb 21 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County EOC | ARES Ready Box & County ECC Operating Position | M | Kathleen | x | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 |
| Feb 16 | 9am-2pm | Rickreal Swap Meet | Polk Co. Fairgrounds | BCARES table - fundraising & recruiting | R | x | ||
| Mar 8 | 8am | SAR Communications Class | Police Conf. Rm | Teach SAR Communications Class | S/R | John | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 | |
| Mar 13 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | State Emergency Communications Plan & Incident Command System | M | Kathleen | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 | |
| Apr 17 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | Consumers Power | Consumers Power Operating Position (need to schedule the room) | M | Kathleen | Debbie Cook 929-8691 Consumers Power to reserve room Roger Ward WA1ZRI dispatcher | |
| Apr 19 | 9am-12pm | MS Walkathon | Avery Park | Tactical Net Training w/ Community Service - Communications support for Walkathon | S/R | Spike | x | Debbie Wolfe 967-7936 |
| Apr 5 | 8am-3pm | ELT Exercise | ECC | SAR Training Exercise in Location of ELT beacons | S/R | John | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 | |
| May 3-4 | 6am Sat - 10am Sun | SAR Overnighter | TBD | Com Van Training and Workparty plus Tactical Communications Training w/ SAR Class | S/R | John | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 | |
| May 10 | 7am-9am | CARDV Race | Downtown Corvallis | Tactical Net Training w/ Community Service - Comms support for Race | S/R | x | Ray Shimbuku 754-4629 | |
| May 15 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Setup of Field Antennas & RF Safety | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| May 30 - June 1 | all day | SEAPAC | Seaside, OR | No Table this year…. | R | n/a | ||
| Jun 19 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Packet Training | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| Jun 28 | all day | Field Day | Philomath Park | Field
Communications Spike - Location and Rules Dean - Barbecue David - Logging and Entry to ARRL |
S/R | ??? | ||
| Jul 4 | 7pm - 11pm | July 4th Fireworks | Golfcourse | Comms support for Community Fireworks display. | S/R | Dean | x | ??? |
| Jul 17 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | APRS | M | Kathleen | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 | |
| July 18-20 | various times Sat & Sun | Da Vinci Days Kinetic Sculpture Race | various | Tactical Net Training w/ Community Service - Comms support for Kinetic Sculpture Race | S/R | x | Mark Schurman 752-7228 | |
| July 30 - August 3 | 11am-midnight | Benton County Fair | Benton County Fairgrounds | Tactical Emergency Communications Training by providing comms link between Sheriff's Deputies, Fair Personnel, and County Dispatch | S/R | Dean | ??? | |
| Aug 16 | 8-noon | Mary's Peak Hill Climb - Confirmed request for BCARES assistance for this event - new to calendar. | Mary's Peak | Tactical Net Training w/ Community Service | S/R | Jeff Fischer jeff.fischer@hp.com | ||
| Aug 21 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Formal Message Handling | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| Sep 12-14 | 8am on Sat thru 8pm Sun | Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire | Kings Valley | Emergency Communications | S/R | Kathleen | x | Leslie Engle 929-4897, Phil Barker comms for Reeves, Jackie Scott 929-7848 Site Manager |
| Sep 18 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Brainstorm on Packet Field Deployment | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| Oct 3-5 | Fri evening - Sun afternoon | Technician License Class | LEB Conference Room | Teach License Class, Hold exam session. | S/R | John | x | Peggy Peirson 766-6864 |
| Oct 12 | 8:30am-11am | Pumpkin Run | Benton County Fairgrounds | Tactical Net Training w/ Community Service - Communications support for the Pumpkin Run | S/R | x | ??? | |
| Oct 16 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | County Shops Day Room | Emergency Callout Procedures | M | Kathleen | x | Joyce or Debbie to reserve day room 766-6821 |
| Oct 18 | 9am-3pm | Swaptoberfest | Rickreal | BCARES table - fundraising, recruiting, ARES demo | R | |||
| November SET | ARES Simulated Emergency Test - Emergency Comm modes and message handling | S/R | ||||||
| Nov 20 | 7pm | Monthly Meeting | Good Samaritan Hospital | GoodSam Operating Position training. (Need to schedule a room) | M | Kathleen | x | Virginia Logan 768-5001 to reserve conference room Mike Bamberger emergency manager |
| Nov 28 | 5pm (parade start 7pm) | Corvallis Xmas Parade | Downtown Corvallis | Tactical Net & Shadow Training with Community Service - Comm. Support for the Parade | S/R | Don Hosteadtler 754-7978 | ||
| Dec 6 | Noon to 4pm | BCARES Holiday Party | TBD | Holiday Fun and Annual Awards | M | ??? | ||
| Note: S = Skill Bulding Event, R = Radio Event, S/R counted as either, M = Meeting | ||||||||