Since he copied Rick and others, I thought you might want to see this. I believe Barry was on this conference call. I was in an EOC in lockdown during Irma, when a fire department captain who was designated Incident Commander was relieved of command for behavior in a stressful time. He wouldn't allow people to go to the bathroom and yelled at a lady for "going too often" until she cried. ARRL/ARES role and we are not in command of the overall effort. It is the nature of our contribution. We don't need "Patton" so he might want to tone it down as he builds relationships. Joe is a seen as an ARES leader - but I rarely hear from him. Mickey Baker, N4MB Palm Beach Gardens, FL *“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead." Robert K. Greenleaf* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joe Bassett <bassett.w1wcn@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:57 AM Subject: ARRL Emergency Manager Director To: <n4mb@arrl.org> Cc: <k5ur@arrl.org>, <k5uz@arrl.org> Dear Mickey, Below is an excerpt from an email I received last evening from one of the ARRL Force of Fifty with whom I served in Puerto Rico. Is this really an accurate representation of what occured on the call? According to other accounts that I've received, it seems plausible. In light of the conversation that we had in Orlando, is this really the caliber of person the ARRL wished to have in the above mentioned position? "Wish you had gotten the EMD Position at the ARRL. This guy Paul who got the position is a loser. I was on a ZOOM meeting tonight that was supposed to be a Delta Division meeting to identify needs in support of Laura. He took over the meeting and started telling everyone how his hero is Patton and that he plans to run things just like Patton. He wouldn't listening to the LA SEC who was explaining that he is going to need 25 operators on Friday. He said "what you need and what you get is another thing. You may be lucky to get 10." After several minutes of back and forth between the 2, the SEC said, "I'll let my state section manager know my requirements." Paul ordered him not to send his requirements to his Section Manager, but to him in writing. The SEC told him that he answers to the Section Manager and not to him and that he will send his request to the state and hung up. Paul then started praising himself for his 35 years of Public Service Emergency communication experience and that if anyone couldn't take it they should just hang up so I did. Again you would have been an excellent choice for the position." If this is accurate, then I stand embarrassed for the ARRL and am gravely concerned the future of amateur radio emergency services. If it is not accurate, please inform me and I will do all that I can to correct the impression. -- Grace and 73, Joe Bassett - W1WCN ClayARES AEC for Training bassett.w1wcn@gmail.com