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.
Category Archives: WARA Club Activities and Events
News of Public Service Events, Education Courses and Programs, and other member activities.
AGM 2019 Board of Directors
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 |
TC10k Comments from VA7BNB
THANK YOU to more than 40 WARA members and friends who gave their time to support the our Public Service team at the April 28 TC10K run. There were 9000 plus runners, walkers, wheelers, teams and youth who came out … Read More »
Field Day June 22-23, 2019 Volunteer Info
WARA will be participating in Field Day June 22-23, 2019 with Frank Andersen VE7GCO as the club’s coordinator. Our location will be as usual at Heritage Acres, 7321 Lochside Drive, Saanichton, British Columbia. Hank VA7HV is looking after the signup … Read More »
General Meeting Tuesday April 16, 2019
Please join us on Tuesday, April 16th for a talk by our own Larry Gagnon (VE7EA) entitled Get Fit (or not), Have Fun, Play Radio! The Summits on the Air (SOTA) Program”. This is a fun and interesting part of ham radio and worth coming out the learn all about it. We will also have a business meeting to discuss a couple of items. Please join us at the Jewish Cultural Center at 3636 Shelbourne at 7:00PM, Tuesday Apr. 16, 2019. The board looks forward to seeing and talking with you.