Santa Clara County ARES/RACES Discussion Groups

Overview

These discussion groups are available to foster communications between members of Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.

Main Group: Announce

Purpose:

The main group is called "Announce" and is used only for announcements by the moderators. This provides a convenient way to reach everyone that is participating in any of the groups with a single message, thereby keeping e-mail traffic to members at a minimum.

Membership:

All Santa Clara County ARES/RACES members are encouraged to join at least the main/Announce group to stay informed of major activities and events.
Members of supported agencies are also welcome to join. Examples include: County OES, County Fire, County Comms, Red Cross, and others
Other individuals may be approved if they work with Santa Clara County ARES/RACES or use our systems. Examples include some ARES/RACES individuals from surrounding counties.

To Join:

Visit the Announce group web page: https://scc-ares-races.groups.io/g/announce
Follow all instructions listed under "To Join This Group"

Subgroups

Membership in the main "Announce" group is required before you can join any of these subgroups. Some of these subgroups are open to anyone who is a member of the main/Announce group. Others are intended only for specific roles/individuals and require further approval.

Subgroup	Description
ADEC	Announcements to and discussion between the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) and Assistant District Emergency Coordinators (ADECs). You must be the DEC or an ADEC to join.
Credential	Announcements and discussion related to the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES Credentialing Program.
Drill-Planning	Definition, discussion and coordination of Santa Clara County ARES/RACES drill activities. You must be part of the drill planning team to join.
EC	Announcements to and discussion between city/agency Emergency Coordinators (ECs) and Assistant Emergency Coordinators (AECs). You must be an EC or AEC to join.
Email	Discussion of and mutual user support for e-mail services and networking specific to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.
Equipment	Discussion of and mutual user support for equipment used for Santa Clara County ARES/RACES activities.
HF	Discussion of and mutual user support for HF radio communications specific to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.
Hospital	Discussion and coordination of Santa Clara County ARES/RACES hospital net activities. You must be a member of the hospital net to join.
MAC	Announcements and discussion related to the MAC endorsement in the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES Credentialing Program.
Mesh	Discussion of and mutual user support for broadband mesh networking applications and infrastructure specific to the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.
Packet	Discussion of and mutual user support for AX.25 packet radio networking specific to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.
TCPIP	Discussion of and mutual user support for TCP/IP networking specific to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES.
Training	Discussion of any SCCo ARES/RACES training topic, including exercises and on-air practice. This group is moderated to help ensure that answers are correct. Questions posed will normally be answered by the instructor for that subject area.

Reference

Setting Your Display Name and Profile Privacy in Groups.io:

Setting the "Display Name" and "Profile Privacy" is important for helping other group members know who is posting to the group. We recommend the following:

Set the "Display Name" for your groups.io account to your First and Last name
Set the "Display Name" for all scc-ares-races groups to your First and Last name, plus your call sign
Set the "Profile Privacy" for all scc-ares-races groups to "Other members of your groups"

The procedure is as follows:

Set your account profile (becomes default for all current and future groups)

Log into groups.io
Click on your name in the upper right. This will open a pull-down menu.
Click on "Account"
Click on "Identity"
Click on "Edit" for your "Account Profile"
Set "Display Name" to your First and Last name
Set "Profile Privacy" to whatever you choose for a default value for all groups
Click on "Update Account Profile"

Update the group profile for the main/Announce scc-ares-races group (becomes default for all current and future scc-ares-races groups)
- Click on "Edit" for the "scc-ares-races | announce" group profile
- Update "Display Name" to include your call sign. For example: "Herman Munster, W6XRL4"
- Set "Profile Privacy" to "Other members of your groups"
- Click on "Update Group Profile"
That's it!

Using a Mail Forwarder with Groups.io:

Groups.io ensures that the address from which you send e-mails to the group is an address that is subscribed to the group. If you subscribe to one of our groups with a mail forwarder address, such as <call sign>@ARRL.net, e-mails that you send to the group will be rejected because they aren't sent from the mail forwarder address.

To allow emails to be sent to the group from a different address, follow this procedure:

Log into Groups.io with the address used to receive mail (e.g. your <call sign>@ARRL.net address).
In the upper-right corner, click on your name. This will open a pull-down menu.
Click on "Account"
Click on "Advanced Settings For Email Aliases"
Enter the real address from which you send e-mails to the group. This is typically the address to which the ARRL.net account forwards your mail.
Click on "+ Add Email Alias"

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