‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2015 QST PAGE 79 ‰ A MORE SOPHISTICATED VIEW OF THE MATTER IS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS GROWS EXPONENTIALLY, BOTH WITHIN AND AMONG ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO THE DISASTER. WHAT AMATEUR RADIO CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE IS A SURGE CAPABILITY TO HELP DISASTER RESPONSE PROFESSIONALS MEET THE EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DEMANDS. WE SHOULD SEE OUR ARES GROUP AS A COMPETENT FORCE MULTIPLIER RATHER THAN A LAST DITCH FALLBACK, TAYLOR ARGUES. HOW TO CHOOSE AN EMERGENCY COORDINATOR WITH THIS BASIC UNDERSTANDING, SELECTING AN EMERGENCY COORDINATOR EC TO LEAD YOUR NEW GROUP IS NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA, AND IS ARGUABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR QUEST. YOUR CHOICE OF EC CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR EFFORT. WHEN CONSIDERING THE CANDIDATES FOR EC, ITS IMPORTANT TO DISPASSIONATELY ASSESS THE ASSETS AND, PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE LIABILITIES OF THE CANDIDATES. AN ASSET, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE CANDIDATES GENUINE INTEREST IN LEADING ARES MEMBERS IN SERVICE ALTRUISTICALLY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, A LIABILITY IS ONE WHO ONLY HAS AN INTEREST IN SERVING HIS EGO. DISCERNING ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ