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</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Saving lives through Emergency
Communications</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<H1>Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference 2010</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The role of amateur radio following the devastating
earthquakes in Haiti and Chile and the lessons learnt during those major
disasters, will be discussed at <STRONG>GAREC 2010</STRONG>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Conference, GAREC, with the theme of 'Learning through practicing', will be held
on Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles on the 11th and 12th of
October.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The event is being organised in cooperation with the Dutch
Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Holland's International Amateur Radio Union
member society, VERONA</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The GAREC 2010 draft agenda includes attendance by
International Telecommunications Union Secretary General, Dr Hamadoun Touré
HB9EHT and from the ITU's EmComm focused Development Bureau, Dr Cosmas
Zavazava.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Also on the agenda are discussions on the future role of
the Amateur Radio Service in EmComms, how to organise an exercise, message
forwarding and technical solutions.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>GAREC continues its mission of enabling the effective
inter-change of information and experiences between all radio amateurs and
groups that are interested in emergency communications.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Presentations from its past conferences and details of
GAREC 2010 can be found on its website </FONT><A href="http://www.garec.net/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>www.garec.net</FONT></A></P>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma><EM><STRONG>Jim Linton VK3PC</STRONG></EM><BR>IARU Region
3, Chairman, Disaster Communications Committee</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>