Hi Tom;

I'm really sorry to hear about your situation.

But, knowing you, you'll land on your feet and, you will do just fine.

They should at least pay your moving expenses.

Talk to you soon.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 5:43 PM
Subject: Message From Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


> Hello, everyone.
>
> I have been debating when to write the following e-mail to the list, but
> perhaps the time has now come.
>
> As all of you know, I took a job last Summer out here at the National 
> Center
> For Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO.  The main focus of the job was 
> for
> me to run and hopefully expand a long-standing program they had in place
> called Weather And Society Integrated Studies.
>
> I have absolutely loved this job, and, in a real sense, it has been a 
> dream
> come true for me, both personally and professionally.
>
> However, to make a long story very short, NCAR has suffered a major 
> cutback
> in National Science Foundation funding, which has deeply affected both my
> division and my program.  In fact, things are now so bad that my 
> supervisor
> cannot fund my position beyond July 31 of this year.
>
> Fortunately, for me, I do have my Michigan Sociology teaching job to go 
> back
> to in the Fall, although it is not at all what the wife and I would 
> prefer.
> Therefore, both my wife and I are currently pursuing other employment
> options in the Denver/Boulder  area, just to see if anything can emerge to
> allow us to stay.  We do not have much time to do this, though, so I am 
> not
> very optimistic that something new will turn up quickly enough.
>
> In short, I guess what I'm telling everyone here is that there is a strong
> likelyhood that we will be moving back to Michigan this Summer.
>
> Due to this fact, the fact that I am still busy in my current job, and the
> fact that the wife and I are searching for possible new Colorado jobs, my
> life is going to become quite chaotic for a while.  This means, of course,
> that my involvements on the list, and in our Sunday afternoon 
> Cross-Country
> Blind Ops net, may be quite limited.
>
> This is one reason why I recently have been emphasizing the need for
> alternate net controls for our Sunday afternoon net.  I simply am not 
> going
> to be able to guarantee my availability on a regular basis, at least  for
> the immediate future.
>
> I hope all of this makes sense, and I truly appreciate everyone's
> understanding and support through this difficult and challenging time.
>
> You guys are a great group of people.  There is not a day that goes by 
> where
> I don't appreciate this list and the friendships I have made here over the
> past number of years.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ