HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-08-2004-6bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 8, 2004
Action Age ~a
Item No.
SUBJECT: Amateur Radio Week
DEPARTMENT: Orange County Emergency
Management
ATTACHMENT(S):
1) Proclamation
2) State Proclamation
PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kent McKenzie, ext 3030
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of June 20 through 27, 2004, as Amateur Radio Week in
Orange County.
BACKGROUND: Michael F, Easley, Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of
June 20 through 27, 2004, as Amateur Radio Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the
licensed amateur radio operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by
providing emergency radio communications free of charge to the residents of this State,
Orange County Radio Amateurs provide critical communications to the residents of Orange
County and the State during times of emergency and have a workspace located at the 9-1-1
Emergency Operations Center.
Orange County Radio Amateurs provide a valuable service to the residents and make Orange
County a safer place to live,
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None,
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Proclamation
and authorize the Chair to sign it,
ORANGE COUNTY BOARI2 OF COMMISSIONERS
AMATEUR RADIO WEEK
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has more than 21,000 licensed Amateur Radio
operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing emergency radio
communications; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators donate these services free of charge to the
residents of North Carolina and the world; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators are on alert for any emergency, local or world-
wide, and practice their communication skills during the Field Day exercise of the American Radio
Relay League, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, this year's Amateur Radio Field Day will take place .June 26-27, 2004; and
WFIEREAS, Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of June
20-27, 2004, as Amateur Radio Weelc in North Carolina;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the
week of June 20-27, 2004, as "Amateur Radio Week" in Orange County, North Carolina, in honor
and recognition of Orange County Radio Amateurs and the important contribution they make to
the safety and well being of Orange County residents.
Adopted this 8th day of June 2004
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
NC Office of The Governor Proclamation Release
AMATEUR RADIO WEEK
2004
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has more than 21,000 licensed Amateur Radio
operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing emergency radio
communications; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators donate these services free of charge to the
citizens of North Carolina and the world; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators are on alert for any emergency, local or world-
wide, and practice their communication skills during the Field Day exercise of the American Radio
Relay League, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, this year's Amateur Radio Field Day will take place June 26-27, 2004;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim June 20-27, 2004, as "AMATEUR RADIO WEEK" in North Carolina, and urge
our citizens to pay appropriate tribute to the Amateur Radio operators of our State.
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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State
of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of May in the year of our Lord two
thousand and four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-eighth.
http://www,governorstate.naus/Proclamation_FuIlStory.asp?id=956 5/26/2004