[SBE16-Seattle] The time has come

[Rick Kemp]

Clay, Thank you for your many years of service. 

-Rick

> On Jul 19, 2021, at 7:14 AM, K7CR via SBE16-Seattle <sbe16-seattle at sea.sbe16.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> In the event you were not in attendance at the last Washington SECC Zoom Meeting last week,  
> you missed something that I wanted to make sure you knew.   
> That something was the announcement of my retirement as Chair of this Committee.
>  
> The Plan Revision Committee has been working for some time on the replacement for our present
> EAS Plan and now plans on launching WA-PAWS in September.     
> I concluded that this would a good time to step down.     
> Therefore, the September  14th Meeting of the SECC will be my last one as Chairman.
>  
> It’s been a long ride – I recall how in 1996  John Price and the late Jimmy Hocutt
> took me to lunch and convinced me that I should lead our States effort with this new EAS
> system that was replacing EBS.
>  
> I told the SECC in the recent meeting that I would be around to assist the Committee 
> moving forward for the next year, or so.    I offered a couple of areas where I would be willing 
> to continue to serve perhaps as Vice Chair.  I also expressed interest in continuing to 
> manage our Monitoring Assignment.    
>  
> Ultimately, the decision as to who should replace me is entirely up to the SECC.
> I did submit a couple of thoughts along that line – 
> I felt the Ted Buehner, our Vice Chair, is the obvious choice to become Chairman.
> For Vice Chair, I mentioned Lowell Kiesow and Charlie Osgood.
>  
> The ‘bottom line’ ….It’s time for me to move on.   I am well past conventional 
> Retirement Age and would like to enjoy the free time that not doing so much 
> EAS Work will provide.
>  
> Thanks for your support over the past 25 years.    I know you will do well
> at keeping Washington States EAS Program in good hands.
>  
> Clay
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> Clay Freinwald
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