[Wma-ares] An update

[Charles Smith]

Congratulations,  Gil and John on your new positions. I have forwarded this
email to our other four NCS for the ARES Mount Tom nets on Tuesday and
Sunday.

Chuck, I'm very pleased that your new challenge is treatable and
manageable.  Wishing you a continued success with it and a very long life.

73,
Smitty, KC1IKA
ARES NCS for 146.940 and 443.200 repeaters

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 17:02 Chuck Chandler via WMA-ARES <
wma-ares at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Good afternoon, all -
>
> Last month I was diagnosed with a treatable variant of leukemia.  My
> prognosis is very good, I am responding well to the medication after the
> first month of unpleasant side effects.  Going forward I am expected to
> live a normal life, with only the need for a daily pill and frequent blood
> tests.
>
> After discussing this with Ray, our Section Manager,  I have decided to
> delegate some of the tasks I had been doing.  This seems to be a prudent
> way forward, particularly if my health should change.
>
> Effective immediately, our ASEC Gil, WK1H, will take primary
> responsibility for membership and the database.  He is intimately familiar
> with these functions, so please make sure any prospective members or
> persons with membership or database questions are pointed to him.  He may
> be reached at gilwk1h at gmail.com.
>
> Also, our SM has agreed to appoint John Rokicki, KC1VMZ, as our new ASEC
> for Net Operations.  John has been very active in voice and digital nets
> and will bring a new perspective to increasing net participation and
> usefulness.  Please point anyone with net questions or ideas to him.  I am
> asking that all net managers and net control stations copy John on your net
> activity reports going forward.  He may be reached at kc1vmz at gmail.com.
>
> Please join me in congratulating John on his new appointment!
>
> Finally, my thanks to each of you for everything you do.  I appreciate you
> and look forward to working with you going forward.
>
> 73 de Chuck, WS1L
> Amateur Radio Emergency Service ®
> Section Emergency Coordinator
> Western Massachusetts
> chandlerusm at gmail.com
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