SPARCS Ham Radio Emergency Communication

Jerry Reimer Comments On Lee Cooper Candidacy for Section Mgr

Lee is WELL qualified to lead our section, and I believe he will do so
with wisdom, experience, honesty, openness, and integrity. I support
his candidacy, and look forward to his election and leadership. Lee
understands the value of a viable ARES organization, ’cause he’s been
there and done that.

Let me tell you what I know about Lee. Until I saw this, I did not know
Lee was even considering running for Section Manager. He did not ask my
opinion about it, nor did he ask for my endorsement.

I know Lee has long been an active ARES member and leader in Travis and
Williamson counties. He was an AEC for nearly 10 years, and an EC for
four years. He helped launch the highly successful Travis county (and
now regional) hospital emergency communications group known as ARCHES.
He worked closely with the city of Austin emergency management to
integrate Amateur Radio and ARES into the new EOC & 911 communications
center. When he worked for DPS, he helped resurrect the Amateur Radio
program at the state EOC and encouraged more interaction among ARES
organizations and the Texas state RACES program.

Lee wrote part of a change to a state law, which allows state employees
to volunteer during disasters, without losing vacation and paid sick
time.

Professionally, Lee is an IT project manager at the Texas Health & Human
Services. He has gone above and beyond to earn the highly coveted
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. This is similar to
being a CPA.

Lee is going to get my vote when the ballot arrives in my mailbox. I
encourage all ARRL members to also vote to elect Lee as our next Section
Manager. I am highly confident that he will lead us in the right
direction.

Jerry
KK5CA