SARA Happenings of June 9, 1999
Hi,
This is a regular mailing intended to improve communication within the
Search and Rescue community in Alberta. It's going out to over 80 e-mail
addresses that are listed as the primary contact of SAR Alberta member
groups or which were requested to be added to the mailing list. If you
want to be added or removed from the list, please contact Brett Wuth .
Here are some of the happenings in SAR in Alberta:
Board meets in Calgary:
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The SAR Alberta board is meeting this Saturday June 12 in Calgary. If
you're in the area, come out and see what's happening! The meeting is
from 12:00 to approximate 15:30 at Room 2, Cedarbrae Community Centre,
11024 Oakfield Drive SW.
Some of the things we'll be discussing are: insurance plan proposal for
SAR groups, releasing very old minutes to the web site, working towards
MOUs with non-RCMP tasking agencies, reports from committees: (Standards
and Training, Telecommunications, By-Laws, Fund-Raising), Financial Report,
long term strategic planning, Newsletter, 2000 Conference, Regional Reports,
Moving board meetings around. Phewww!
SAR in Boyle:
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Interest has been expressed in starting a SAR group in Boyle, focused
around the the Emergency Response Team of Millar Western. Contact Frank
Schroder .
Equine SAR Course:
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Cyndi Peltz has announced that Rocky SAR has
just formed an equestrian team with standards for training and certification.
They have organized a course that will be instructed by a Sgt Derrick
Mcgougan from the Calgary City Police Mounted Patrol. Members from other
SAR groups that have their fundamentals are invited to take part. The
cost will be $20 per person (if they can arrange sponsorship). The course
will be two days (July 10 & 11) and held in in Rocky Mountain House. Call
Cyndi at 403 845-9613 for more information.
SAR Scene 99:
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The National SAR Secretariat has started to put out some details about
this year's national conference in St. John's Newfoundland, October 13-17.
They've sent out a fax to last year's participants. You should soon be
able to find the same details on their web site www.nss.gc.ca about: air
fares, hotels, workshops, events, SAR Games, 1-800-727-9414.
Lethbridge Ground SAR Group Forms:
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There was an informational meeting in Lethbridge last week where it was
decided to form a ground SAR group. Contact Andrew LeBlanc 403 327-4585,
or David MacLean 403 380-6949 members of the steering committee for details.
Info for Starting Groups:
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What is the essential information that a new SAR group should have? Were
there lessons that your group learned in its first year that other formative
groups would like to know about? As a result of the several groups in
formation in southern Alberta, Chris Jorgensen has volunteered to gather
information and ideas which new groups can make use of. Pass your recommendations
to Chris at .
Let's Hear from You!
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What's happening in your group? What training exercises do you have coming
up? What would you like help with? Send me a note and I'll pass the word
along. .
Cheers,
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Brett Wuth wuth@acm.org wuth@telusplanet.net bwuth@cuug.ab.ca Box 1251-U,
Pincher Creek, Alberta T0K 1W0, CANADA Tel:+1 403 627-2460 pgp-public-keys@uit.no
has mine; Print=E4F8EDEECBE01AD2FA3D8B2D94B1A292 What is the meaning of
life?! Yes.
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