[Email1] Greetings From The President Of ALERT

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Hello Everyone. This is your new President of ALERT, Ronnie King WX4RON.

I would like to say Thank You for electing me to this position and I hope that I 
do as well as expected. I would like to offer my hand in greeting first to all 
of you. I would also like to say that you may approach me about anything related 
to ALERT or the NWS regarding ALERT.

I hope to increase our membership with a couple of ideas that I have. I also 
hope to increase our response to call-outs. 

Let me give a brief explanation of what I (personally) think about ALERT. It is 
MY opinion that ALERT is a "functional" club. ALERT provides a direct service to 
more than just Jefferson and Shelby counties where the NWS is considered to be 
housed/home at. ALERT provides communications support to/for the NWS during 
times of severe weather and extreme situations as a result of, or related to, 
weather. We are partnered with the NWS for the area covering all of the 
 counties that our local forecast office of the NWS is responsible for covering 
and providing alerts/warnings for, not just the ones we live in.

We have several ways of passing information to and for the NWS: Amateur Radio 
Emergency Nets, Telephones (cellular or landline based{ PLEASE get familiar with 
their number}), NWS CHAT (which, if you are not part of or registered 
for...please do so), Facebook, Twitter.... and other ways I am sure.

In order for ALERT to be a bigger and better asset is to be a part of as many 
ways as possible for us to relay the needed information to and for the NWS. WE 
just might be providing the one piece of information that is needed to help the 
NWS decide to issue a warning that can and will save at least one life.

I welcome any thoughts and ideas anyone has and will discuss them in private or 
openly in a meeting if desired.

Please help me to remember and act like:  "I" am not ALERT as an individual, "I" 
am part of the TEAM that makes up ALERT. "I" must be a good representative of 
YOU in front of and around those who are not members of ALERT.

Thank you all, Ronnie King WX4RON

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Thank you for your time,
Ronnie King
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