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CASART News Three Searches Since Thanksgiving: Ray Gregory Search, Scriba NY, Oswego County, 11/12/11 Seven members of CASART responded to help out in the search for Ray Gregory on Saturday Nov. 12. Mike Krumme and Paul Repak led two type three grid search teams including members Mark and Sandy Shantz, Carl Phlanz, Carol Orsino and Roy Reehil. The subject was located at about 12:30PM, deceased. Local News Story | Team Report Inaccurate but at least reported. Video from NewsChannel 9 about the Scriba search showing some CASART members... Scriba Search TV News Report
CASART Mock Search, Annual Meeting and Dinner - 10/15/11 It
was a busy weekend for CASART as we conducted our final mock search of the
year and held our annual meeting, elections and dinner at the Seventh Lake
House on Saturday, Oct. 15. 19 members (plus Mike Levett, a member of Boonville SAR) braved the rain, wind and cold to conduct the mock search exercise at Fern Park Saturday morning. During the search, four teams of searchers divided up into type 1 and 3 search teams to comb the hillsides and valleys of the park to find CASART President, Roy Reehil and his son Ethan (13) who played the part of victims.
Ethan said, “I thought they were
going to carry me out,” During the
annual meeting at the Seventh Lake House Saturday night, the region’s new
NYS Forest Ranger, Gary Miller stopped by to introduce himself, and said
that he looked forward to developing a working relationship with the team.
The meeting was attended by over forty team members and guests. The 2012 slate
of officers elected during the meeting were: President, Roy Reehil; Vice
President, Christine Burnett-Wolle; Secretary, Margie O’Hara; Treasurer,
Sarah Burnett-Wolle; Administrative Officer, Greg O’Hara; Field Officer,
Nancy Langham; Assistant Field Officer, Bruce Knudsen; and Training Officer,
Chuck Taylor. ---------------------- Mock Search Saturday July 23, Moose River Plains Rd. A dozen members turned out for our mock search Saturday -- a good mix of personnel. We had three administrative members at the trailer working with our mapping software and manning the radio, plus six field members and three crew bosses who did a simulation based on having the GPS coordinates of cell phone pings a mile or so out in the woods. Clues were left at each of the locations the day before and our crews used a combination of GPS, compass and terrain reading navigation skills. All of the clues were recovered and radioed in, even though a lesson was learned in "having the correct NAD settings on everyone's GPS." That will be an important thing to remember for our next activation.
Our Membership Committee Chair, Deb Byrne, is helping to move us into the 21st century and wanted everyone to know about our new Facebook page. She says: "Our facebook page will provide an interactive environment where members will be able to get real-time announcements from us and also be able to put their own content and comments on the page. Members who have facebook accounts can link to us now here and if they don’t they should know that it’s all free!
CASART January 2011 Newsletter
2010 was a busy year for
CASART and with what we’ve learned from our experiences we’re planning some
purchases and changes that we wanted to let you (our members) know about.
You’ll find links to details posted here on the website.
For now, here are
the highlights and a briefing on our plans for the future.
At our annual meeting in
October several new faces were elected to our
board of directors and we also have some new committee chairpersons to
announce. To see a complete list of directors and committees you can go to
the
committees and officers page
of the web site. If you wish to
join a committee you can find contact information for
committees
on the member’s part of the website, but you’ll need to log in. If you don’t
have a password you can contact me at
webmaster@casart.org
to get one.
2010 was CASART’s busiest
year of searching since its inception. Twenty-eight different CASART members
logged 53 days of searching in every corner of NY State during ten searches.
Three persons were rescued. Six families recovered the remains of their
loved ones and two subjects remain missing. The CASART Board of Directors
could not be more proud of our member’s response and the professionalism
they demonstrated. Of course, I would be remiss if I did not also mention
the work of CASART’s Call-out-girls, who burned the midnight candle later and
more often than during any other year! On behalf of the team, the DEC and
the families of the subjects, thank you all for your outstanding work. You
can find links to reports about all of CASART’s activations on our
history page.
On Dec. 11th the first
meeting of the newly constituted Board of Directors was held. The meeting
was preceded by several committee meetings where ideas were fleshed out for
the Board to act on. Here is a list of the most important action items with
links to further details when available. The complete
unapproved minutes
of the meeting
are posted on the member side of the web site now for more details.
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Fresh from the recent
experience of having six activations in one month, ideas to refine CASART’s
call-out process and equipment distribution were discussed. The board agreed
to divide the team into call-out regions that will be referred to as
“sub-teams.” The goal of creating the sub-teams is to facilitate a more
efficient and localized activation and to provide caches of equipment in
several locations that can be more easily distributed to searchers when they
respond. To facilitate the re-organization, a survey of team members was
proposed to ask a variety of questions about how members would like to be
contacted and how far they are willing to travel, etc. The survey is planned
for mid-January and your participation will be very helpful.
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A budget was approved that
included the purchase of 4 chest packs, 4 radios and many compasses. New
Treasurer Tom Grenier also reported that the annual audit was held on Dec.
1, 2010, and that all accounts reconciled “to the penny.”
·
CASART by-laws changes were approved, creating the positions of Director
Emeritus and Medical Director. The complete
updated by-laws are online
now. During the meeting
CASART member Dr. Jeremy Joslin, who specializes in Wilderness, EMS,
Disaster and Expedition Medicine, was appointed by the Board as CASART’s
first Medical Director.
·
The training committee had
an extensive meeting before the board meeting and it was decided that it
would be best to generate the year’s training schedule after the survey of
membership is completed because it will include questions about what courses
are most required and when is best to hold training.
I don’t know if 2011 will
be as busy a year as 2010, but I do know that when called, CASART members
will be ready to respond. Thanks again for being part of our outstanding
team,
Roy Reehil, President Six Searches in November
CASART 2010-2011 Annual Meeting Held CASART held its Annual Meeting at the Seventh Lake House on Saturday, Oct. 23. During the meeting a new slate of officers were installed and a fine dinner was had by all. The new officers are: PRESIDENT, Roy Reehil, VICE PRESIDENT, Sarah Burnett-Wolle, TREASURER, Tom Grenier, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Jim Murphy and TRAINING OFFICER Greg O'Hara. Those who remained in offices they held before were: SECRETARY Kay Carmichael, FIELD OFFICER Nancy Langham and ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER Bruce Knudsen. To find out more about the team or to get a membership application write to CASART at P.O. Box 143, Inlet, NY 13360, call us at 315-357-4381, visit our web site at www.casart.org, or send email to webmaster@casart.org. ---------------------------- Note to Editors: Feel free to contact us for interviews or for further information. Thank you!
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