ARES Message Passing Sample Script 
Remember to ID every 10 min and at the end of transmission

For our 2nd exercise, we will practice passing messages using the ICS 213 form.  Complete instructions for Message Handling are on our website under Training/Message Handling. If you do not plan on participating in this exercise and did not check in and out already, please give me your call sign now so I don’t look for your participation.  

<Pause – write down call signs of anyone not participating and mark accordingly on your list>

Handle Message Traffic:
This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN>, in <LOCATION>, Net control.  We’ll now move to our message-traffic-handling exercise.  Everyone please either use an ICS-213 form or a piece of paper to write down the message.  I have one message. I will need a pacing station for receiving the message.  Do I have a volunteer to be a pacing station?  
<it needs to be someone with a strong signal into the repeater>

I will now proceed to pass the message.  I will give the priority status (routine, priority, etc., and the # of the message which is my call sign and a #.  I will pass Boxes 1-3, await a “go” from the pacing station, then Boxes 4-6, then Box 7 (5 words at a time) and finish with Box 8.  <Receiver call sign> ___________are you ready to receive the message?

<When message is completed, poll other message recipients to acknowledge receipt of message or to ask for fills.>

Now I will poll all stations.  When I call your call sign, please respond with a request for fills, if needed, or indicate Message Acknowledged, ending with your call sign.  If fills are needed, <CALL-SIGN of station with traffic> will provide them directly.

After all messages are passed and acknowledged:

This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN>, net control for this evening’s Santa Cruz County ARES Emergency Service Weekly Net.  Anyone who has comments about our message passing exercise, please give me your call sign now.
<Moderate the discussion>

CONCLUSION 

If you haven’t already done so, please enroll in our ARES mailing list on our website, xczcomm.com under the Resources tab.

Is there anyone else to check in or anything else for the good of this net before we close? 
<Pause - Handle any reply, then repeat question before closing.> 

This concludes our weekly Amateur Radio Emergency Service preparedness net. Thank you to those who maintain our repeaters and to you all for participating. 

This is <NAME>, Net Control, returning the repeaters to normal use. Good night and 73.
<CALL-SIGN>