Joyce, I just listened to Mike's out-of-office message. It is personable and says what would be expected for a typical staff member. As national head of the ARRL emergency response team I don't believe Mike is a typical staff member, though. I would expect his phone number would be covered 24x7x365. This does not mean that Mike should not have the privilege of being away, but that he should always have an appropriately responsible person to call identified on the message "in case of emergency." I would expect the backup person du jour would be available whenever Mike is not. There are a variety of ways to achieve this coverage. For example, years ago as a resource for our poison control centers nationally I carried a pager. When I left the area, the pager was passed to someone else in the department who had the proper background to deal with emergency situations. FWIW Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _____ From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Joyce Birmingham Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:34 PM To: ARRL ODV Subject: [arrl-odv:19763] FW: Out of Office AutoReply: ARRL NNJ Section ARESStatus Update - Ongoing Flooding Event - Monday 3/14/2011 -12:00 Noon I'm a bit concerned over the Out Of Office Reply messages that Mike Corey has consistently been putting up. I don't think this is the message that we (ARRL) should be sending...."hello, thanks, but no one is home!" or..."oh yeah, I'm not here, but you can contact my Assistant" I'd rather receive nothing!!! I'm sorry if this comes off sarcastically, but I'm concerned. Disasters don't take vacations, and good volunteers are hard to find. This is what is frustrating the hell out of the SEC in NNJ, as well as a few others in the Section. Tell me I'm not the only one! 73, Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 <mailto:ka2anf@arrl.net> ka2anf@arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: George Sabbi [mailto:KC2GLG@arrl.net] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:35 PM To: Joyce Birmingham Subject: FW: Out of Office AutoReply: ARRL NNJ Section ARES Status Update - Ongoing Flooding Event - Monday 3/14/2011 - 12:00 Noon Maybe he went to Japan.....or NJ to 'help'????? George Sabbi KC2GLG Section Emergency Coordinator ARRL Northern New Jersey Section Email: KC2GLG@arrl.net Website: www.hudson.arrl.org/nnj/ares -----Original Message----- From: Corey, Michael, W5MPC [mailto:mcorey@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:32 PM To: George Sabbi Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: ARRL NNJ Section ARES Status Update - Ongoing Flooding Event - Monday 3/14/2011 - 12:00 Noon I will be out of the office from Monday March 14 through Monday March 21. I will be back in the office Tuesday March 22 around 10am. If you need anything before then email Ken Bailey, K1FUG, Emergency Preparedness Assistant k1fug@arrl.org . If it is Field Organization related email Steve Ewald, WV1X, Field Services Supervisor, sewald@arrl.org Thanks and 73 de Mike, W5MPC _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3507 - Release Date: 03/14/11