Meeting called to order at 1:00pm. (not that we're THAT formal here).

Judy, N7NII needs volunteers for the MS Walk (May 5th), and for the Sound to Narrows Run (June 9th). Call her at the following numbers:

253 847 5198 home
206 767 5960 work

CPR classes at the fire station on 214th (Station 24?) on the following dates:

May 19
June 16

Call the fire station at: (253) 863-1800, to register.

We will try to get a Red Cross First Aid class set up, or at least get information as to where/when the next class is. If you would like to call the Red Cross, to sign up for a class, it's (253) 474-0600.

Testing for Amateur Radio Licenses is the 1st Thursday of the month at the Bonney Lake Library.

If you want to get involved with Tac 1, please contact Jim n7rhx@aol.com, for more info.

Tom's repeater
2 meters
147.02 + offset and 103.5 PL tone.

There is also a repeater for 440 freq.

We're looking at doing Frequency hopping/training to learn how to change the frequencies on your own gear, as this is very important when you are having to change frequencies.

The ARRL has an Emergency Services Course online at their website. It fills up very quickly, and hopefully they will have more as time goes on. http://www.arrl.org

There is a book on how to do Nets (the Net Control formats), but I don't have the name of the book but will check on it.

The June meeting, will be at the Milton Field Day site. Please contact Jim for directions to get there.

Check out the following site, for a way to learn Morse Code. http://www.nuware.com

There is an Emergency Preparedness store in the Georgetown area. Their website is: http://www.emprep.com

The next meeting is May 26th at the Bonney Lake Library at 1pm.