We are running into a fist-full of scheduling conflicts that are making it difficult to plan an emergency communications conference that is of the same quality as the past conferences we have hosted. In the region, we have several competing events that will significantly take away from our attendance. Our “call for programs” had several high quality proposals, however, we did not have enough proposals to fill all of the slots needed for this year’s conference.

Given the choice of hosting half a conference, or no conference at all, we felt it in the best interest to postpone until next Fall.

We truly appreciate everyone’s support of EmComm East. Each year, EmComm East has grown in size and quality, and has become one of the best Emergency Communications conferences in the North East. We want to ensure this continues to be a quality event. Especially if you are traveling to Rochester to attend our conference, we want to ensure that our event is worth your time and energy.

We will be announcing our plans for 2013 in early January. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Steve is the Supervisor of the ARRL Field Organization Team at Headquarters where he is the lead staff liaison to ARRL Section Managers and ARRL Field Organization appointees. He edits the Public Service column in QST and helps support the ARRL efforts in emergency and public service communications.

Steve has been on the staff at ARRL Headquarters for 28 years. He is originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, and has a B.S. degree in Communications from the University of Tennessee.

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Thanks so much to Jim Sutton, N2OPS for covering the conference.

Atlantic Division to Host Webinar (Nov 10, 2009) — Periodically, the ARRL’s Atlantic Division hosts a “webinar” — an interactive Web-based seminar, designed to facilitate communication between a small number of presenters and a large remote audience using the Internet. On Friday, November 13 at 9 PM EST, Chuck Blocher, PhD, KC2IQV, will present a webinar entitled The Emotional Go Kit: Are You Prepared? “As hams serve as emergency and public service communicators, we prepare our Go Kits and necessary gear to provide essential communications,” said webinar sponsor ARRL Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR. “How prepared are you concerning your emotional wellness during one of these events? This webinar addresses the emotional well-being and preparedness for those Amateur Radio communicators who participate in emergency and public service situations.”