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TIME, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING IT IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT, TO BE IN THE
EOC.  WE ARE THERE TO PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT SERVICE TO THE EMERGENCY
MANAGER, WHO IS THE PROFESSIONAL.  WE TAKE ORDERS FROM, AND PROVIDE
COMMUNICATIONS FOR, MESSAGES ONLY AUTHORIZED BY THE PROFESSIONAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TEAM.  WE ARE NOT THERE TO TELL THEM HOW TO RUN THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, NOR ARE WE THERE TO MAKE DEMANDS.  WE NEED TO BE QUIET
ASSETS, HEARD ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY THE PROFESSIONALS, AND NOT
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LIABILITIES.  MOST UNDERSTAND THESE PRINCIPLES.  BUT, OFTEN IT IS JUST ONE
INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN DESTROY ALL OF THE LONG AND HARD WORK OF ARES MEMBERS
AND LEADERS TO GAIN THE TRUST AND CONSEQUENT INVITATION AND PRIVILEGE TO
SERVE IN THE EOC.  THE DAUNTING CHALLENGE TO THE ARES EC IS TO IDENTIFY
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND CONTAIN THEM BEFORE THEY CAN SEVERELY DAMAGE THE MOST
CRITICAL RELATIONSHIP IN ALL OF AMATEUR RADIO THE SOLEMN RELATIONSHIP
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