Tom,

Will pray for you and your XYL.  I hope things work out for the best.  Lou
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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