2. Welcome AVPC is a Meetup Group For Those Interested in Preparing for Life's Emergencies, Small and Large Meetup Organizer is Glenn Olson Co-Organizer is Deborah Adkins Around the Table Introductions

3. Recent Activities Added Facebook and Web Page Added Book Lending Library (draft)

4. Agenda for July 22, 2015 Welcome What is “Communication” Guest Speaker - Dan Sherwood of the AV Amateur Radio Club Follow-up Discussions

5. Communication Defined Websters: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc

6. Scope of Communication Verbal (direct, recorded, silence) Written (words, signs, Facebook) Visual (light, actions, clothes, body language) Physical (touch, vibrations, audio) Radio/TV (phone, broadcast) Null (absence, customs) Cumulative (all of the above)

7. Recommendations Keep Communications in All Your Plans and Plan for Communication in Everything You Do Communicate All You Should to Whom You Should Learn to Hide All The Rest Learn the Difference Accept That We are “Communicating Creatures” and That Going Against This May be Painful but Necessary

9. Guest Speaker - Dan Sherwood Member of AV Amateur Radio Club HAM Operator - W6DAS CERT Member

11. Open Discussion Communication

12. Upcoming Events July 23, Thursday, HAM Club Meeting July 25, Saturday, Free Classes in Van Nuys on “Two Way Radios 101” and “Facts About EMP” Aug 26, AVPC Presentation Meeting, Subject TBD Sep 17, Lancaster Stake Emergency Preparedness, “Powdered Milk” and “Earthquake Proofing Your Home” Sep ?, AVPC Presentation Meeting, Location and Subject TBD Oct 3, SF Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair