I don’t talk much about my ham radio activities here, now that I’ve got my Extra-class license and my vanity callsign—I did get on the Coweta County volunteer-examiner (VE) team and have graded and signed off on too many tests to count. I’m secretary of the ham radio club that Chris and I belong to (she’s treasurer). And I’ve been helping Chris in her duties as Coweta County emergency coordinator—which is what we call the head of a county’s Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) team—by helping to keep the Coweta County ARES website updated.
Not that there was a whole lot to do in that regard. The team had been adrift for a couple of years before she took over, and she was up against a lot in trying to reverse that. She worked hard for the last two years, but I think it’s safe to say she’s relieved that she won’t have that on her shoulders anymore.
The statewide head of ARES, with Chris and the EC in neighboring Fayette County, has decided to merge the two counties’ teams, with the Fayette EC in charge. Chris will be an assistant EC with duties that will play more to her strengths. And I’ll ... be helping with the Fayette-Coweta ARES website.
Barack Obama had nothing to do with any of it. He might try to take credit for it anyway.
