Westcoast Amateur Radio Association
Website of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association, Victoria BC
News of Public Service Events, Education Courses and Programs, and other member activities.
The CARHA Hockey Tournament is coming up quickly, scheduled for Friday Jan 17 to Sunday Jan 20. Neil Townsend VE7NIL is the communications coordinator. Take a look on this website https://www.ve7vic.ca/carha-documents/ for all your radio volunteer information.
Glenn Lindsay and Neil Townsend will give a debrief and Q & A at the Tuesday Nov. 19 WARA General Meeting regarding the recent emergency radio exercise ERTEX2019. This was a unique exercise that was structured to give WARA the opportunity to formally participate in a regional emergency communications exercise involving EMBC and several local authority emergency program radio teams, their Emergency Coordinators and other EOC staff and volunteers.
The annual general meeting of WARA was held on Tuesday October 15, 2019 at Red Cross House, Victoria. Results of elections for Board of Directors:
| # | Position | Name | Portfolio | Term End |
| 1 | President | Brent Besse VA7BNB | 2020 | |
| 2 | Vice President | Jon Jacox VA7WPT | 2021 | |
| 3 | Secretary | Dylan Dawson VA7BAE | Privacy Officer | 2021 |
| 4 | Treasurer | Brian SummersVE7JKZ | 2021 | |
| 5 | Past President | Al Muir VE7BEU | Tech | 2020 |
| 6 | Director-at-Large | Frank Andersen VE7GCO | Field Day | 2021 |
| 7 | Director-at-Large | David Black VA7LFT | Membership | 2020 |
| 8 | Director-at-Large | Chris Munz-Michielin VA7ALB | Emergency Comms | 2021 |
| 9 | Director-at-Large | John Nemeth VAJMN | 2020 | |
| 10 | Director-at-Large | Baljit Atlas VA7BSS | 2021 | |
| 11 | Director-at-Large | Trevor Peirce VE7TAV | Public Service Coord | 2021 |
| 12 | Director-at-Large | Alan Mallett VA7AWM | Examiner | 2021 |