[MilCom] OFF TOPIC : Pop Comm Columnist Says Farewell

[Matt Cawby]

Godspeed, Steve Douglass.


J. Glenn, astronaut (Ret.)



On 4/13/06, Steve Douglass <webbfeat at 1s.net> wrote:
> To my friends here on the milcom list.
>
> Some will be surprised (and few will be happy) to know that  the
> Utility Communications Digest column in the May Popular
> Communications is my last.
>
> So before the  rumor-mill cranks up and people begin speculating that
> I must have been fired, let me assure you I wasn't . I
>
>   left Pop Comm for personal reasons that have nothing to do with the magazine.
>
> I enjoyed my time at Pop Comm despite coming under the fire of a few
> internet-egg-throwing know-it-alls.  In fact, I welcomed the
> criticism because it helped keep me on my toes, making me all that
> determined to write a column that was well researched, accurate and
> above all interesting.
>
> I  hope who ever helms the Utility Digest  from here on has as much
> fun as I did.
>
> I'd like to thank the many contributors who supported this column and
> took the time to  send  in their loggings,stories, ideas and photos.
>
> All of you helped to make  the column what I hope it was:  a good
> read, filled with NEW information and utility news you could all use.
>
> Special thanks to Harold Ort for giving me the opportunity to write
> about radio  again.  Harold assures me I can still write feature
> articles for the magazine from time to time, so although it is
> goodbye, its not really farewell.
>
> Now its on to other things.  New challenges await me. I'm on the
> verge of starting a new career and a new chapter in my life. I hope
> the friends I made during my stint at Pop Comm will keep in touch.
>
> Again, thanks to everyone who contributed.
>
> -Steve  Douglass
>
>
>
> --
> Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
>
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