Dear Volunteers,

You are on our roster as either a current volunteer signed up for 2025 races or a past volunteer who we hope signs up for a race soon! We still have openings for some of the remaining 11 races. See the race support website for more information.

This year we have introduced two new things to our race net: Lawn Signs and a Text Group. We will update our Guidelines for CAARA Volunteers to cover these introductions.

The Lawn Signs help to let the public know who we are and what we are doing as we work a race. The Text Group is an ancillary chat group created for each race that includes the members of the team on a particular race. The Text group is not essential to conducting the net, but is a place to share information (does not replace radio when conducting the net) and questions before, during and after the race.

The attached Guidelines for CAARA Volunteers is a draft of a new version of the Guidelines that includes:

• a new section on lawn signs
• a new section on the text group
• a small addition to the mission statement

All revisions and additions are in green typeface. We invite your comments and questions for consideration before a revised version is distributed before the Twin Lights race on May 4th.

Kindly reply with your thoughts, suggestions, or questions before April 29th.

Many thanks!

Kevin, K1KL
kevinlyonsk1kl@gmail.com