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== Members ==
2012:
* [[Brett Wuth]] (Chair)
* Ron Hann
* [[Members:Mike Duff|Mike Duff]]
* [[Members:Craig Hancock|Craig Hancock]]
* Claus Burchert
* Karl Engen
* Russ Bruder
* Yvonne Cyr
* Aleiza Cyr

The committee may be contacted via [mailto:pcsar-train@castrov.cuug.ab.ca pcsar-train@castrov.cuug.ab.ca]

Past Chairs: Ron Hann, Neldon Hatch, Claus Burchert, [[Brett Wuth]], Lynette Reed

== Mandate ==
The Training Committee is responsible for organizing training opportunities for Pincher SAR members.
These include monthly training activities at the regular meeting (1st Tuesday of the month from 19:15-21:00).
They also include other training activities through out the year (such as a minimum of 2 mocks a year).
The Training Committee is responsible to organize a SAR Fundamentals course once a year.

The committee members are not expected to perform the training, but rather to arrange for people who can do the training.

== Tasks ==
Click [[/Tasks|here]] for the
the tasks and suggestions have been referred to the Training Committee.

* arrange schedule of training for monthly meetings (Craig)
* keep a description of training events that have occurred
* announce and promote upcoming training (Mike)
* maintain an understanding of what major training needs are
* apply for training grants
* complete grant paperwork after courses complete
* schedule major (e.g. funded) courses (Ron)
* support instructors for major courses
* register students in upcoming training
=== Brett ===
{{rbw}}
* Organize monthly training for May
* delegate July GPS, geocaching activity
** geocaches near Pincher: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?lat=49.465521&lng=-113.950222&dist=100
* develop August Compass bearing activity
* delegate September hike activity
* develop plan for training for - take to preplan in May
** being a family liaison
** dealing with spontaneous volunteers
** dealing with media
** interfacing with police

Dave Hanna:

I'm taking over organizing these course(s) while Ron is away.

I don't know if you were able to supply this information to Ron yet,
but could you please resend to me:
* the course description
* your fees
* anything you need from us in terms of set up, equipment, support
* the minimum/maximum class size

Janet,

Can you check where we are in getting in writing what we're supposed
to do in getting ARRC numbers?

Supposedly we need to register meeting and searches with AEMA through
the ARRC in order to have WCB coverage.  However I don't think anyone
in Pincher SAR has received the details in writing of what exactly we
should be doing.  I believe we've only received directions verbally
or 2nd hand.

For instance, what events need to be registered?  Can a search be
registered during or after the event?  What are the consequences of
not registering?  When we next have a WCB claim (as we almost did with
the mock search), getting these details right will be important.

Ideally we should be receiving a letter from AEMA, the Fire
Commissioner's Office, or SAR Alberta that lays out all the
requirements.

If we know what we must be doing, we can make sure we are
accomplishing that.  We need this information both for the Preplan
Committee which sets up procedures for Search Managers and also for
the Training Committee which schedules lots of events.  My guess is
that we may not currently be doing all that we need to.

I brought this up a few months ago and the board said they were going
to get the information.  I haven't heard anything yet.

=== Ron ===
1/ (done) Contact instructors and determine tentative dates for the courses
for which we received funding in 2010.  (Snowmobile Safety, Search
Manager Recertification.)

2/ (done) Negotiate with AEMA to get an extension to those dates for those
courses if possible.

3/ Schedule the 3 courses for which we received funding in 2011
(Wilderness First Aid, SAR Fundamentals, Man-Tracking).

=== Craig ===

=== Mike ===
* Organize monthly training for April - Mike

As we discussed last month, I'd really appreciate it if you could take
the lead on the communications side of our training committee.

To do that you'll need to be aware of what training is planned into
the next few months for Pincher SAR.  You'll also need to be talking
to our neighbours, Crowsnest Pass SAR, Lethbridge SAR (LASARA) and the
Lethbridge dog team (CSDA), and finding out any training they have
which is relevant.

There's a provincial mailing list (SARA Training Coordinators) where
major training opportunities are announced.  You'll get those
announcements automatically through the PCSAR training committee
mailing list.

With all the information you've collected, I'm asking you to be the
lead person in getting the word out.  If you're comfortable, that
means giving the training announcements at the start of each regular
meeting (about 5 minutes).  That also involves updating our website
calendar (wiki) and sending out e-mail to the mailing lists.

The basic information on our communications is here:

http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Training/Committee#Communications

I'm not sure whether you're comfortable with mailing lists and wikis.
If you're not, I'll be glad to walk you through them.

=== Yvonne ===
* logistics for Search Manager Recertification course

At the last training meeting, you mentioned that you were willing to
keep some records of what training we've done.

=== Alieza ===
* Organize June regular training

At the last training meeting, you mentioned that you were willing to
keep some records of what training we've done.

=== Claus ===
* work on Wilderness First Aid course, mid April - mid May

=== Russ ===

=== Karl ===
* Organize monthly training for July with the help of Ron - Mantracking

== Budget ==
* $5000 for 2012 financial year (to Dec 2012).
* [[Training/Funded|training grants]]
** 2010: Snowmobile $2750, Manager Recert $4517: $7267
** 2011: WFA $3315, Fund $6100, Tracking $4275: $13690 (subtotal: $20957)
** 2012: not yet announced, applied for Basics $6140, Manager Recert $4540, TL $4115, Snowmobile $2900, Water $6540, ATV $2525: $26760
* $1494 from Community Spirit Grant to be spent by 2012-05-01.
** [[/2011 Community Spirit Grant]]

== Resources ==
In order to carry out its mandate, the Training Committee may access 
the [[Training#Resources|resources on the main Training page]].

== Communications ==

The training committee lets members and others know about training opportunities in the following ways.

* In person, at the start of our regular 1st Tuesday of the month training sessions

* On the PCSAR website [[calendar]]

Via e-mail to one or more of the following e-mail lists:

* [[EMail_Lists#pcsar-announce|PCSAR Announce]] - Mail to this list goes to all our members plus any other that have signed up because they want to know about our events.  Use this mailing list unless the training announcement is confidential to our members.  If the RCMP liaison isn't already a PCSAR members, they'll generally be on this list.  
* [[EMail_Lists#pcsar-members|PCSAR Members]] - Use this list if the training announcement is only targeted to our members, and we don't want it distributed more widely.  For instance, if another organization is offering training ''just'' for our members, this list would be appropriate.
* [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/SARA_Training_Coordinators_EMailing_List SARA Training Coordinators] - This list forwards e-mails to all the training coordinators of all the SAR groups in the province, plus anyone else who wants to sign up.  Use this list for training announcements that you want to have wide distribution.  Training that we put on which is provincially funded generally should be advertised to all SAR Alberta groups using this list.  Messages from this list is automatically forwarded to all the members of the training committee.  But to send a message to the list, you need to sign up as an individual.

Occasionally a PCSAR event will be advertised in the local paper(s).

The training committee maintains contact with
the training coordinator/committee in neighbouring SAR groups.
This is both to let them know about what training we are offering
and to find out what training they have going on,
so we can let our members know of the opportunities.
The neighbouring SAR groups that are regularly contacted, are:
* CNP SAR ([http://saralberta.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=46&Itemid=66 SARA info] [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Membership_Database/Crowsnest_Pass_Rescue_Society SARA membership record])
* Lethbridge SAR ([http://saralberta.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=46&Itemid=66 SARA info] [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Membership_Database/Lethbridge_Area_Search_and_Rescue_Association SARA membership record])
** website: http://www.lasara.org
* The Lethbridge chapter of CSDA ([http://saralberta.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=43&Itemid=63 SARA info], [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Membership_Database/Canadian_Search_Dog_Association SARA membership record])
** website: http://canadiansearchdog.com

==Meetings==
Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of each month immediately after the regular training at the [[Fire Hall]], usually starting around 21:00.

* 2011: {{mtg|2011|12|06}}
* 2012: {{mtg|2012|01|03}}, {{mtg|2012|02|07}}, {{mtg|2012|03|06}}, {{mtg|2012|04|03}}, {{mtg|2012|05|01}}

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