Our longtime Assistant Emergency Coordinator Jim Jones/KB2THD has resigned. Jim has been with Duval County ARES for many years and has been an integral part of the AEC team under multiple Emergency Coordinators. He has become our resident expert on the Mandarin area shelters and worked tirelessly with one of our area hospitals to finally get them to move forward in making amateur radio part of their communications plan. We wish you good health and all the best Jim!

The AEC team has also expanded with the addition of six new members. Please take a moment the next time you see them to congratulate JD Mixon/KF4PBO, Roger Knight/KI4PIL, Patrick Hasty/KK4AEW, Lueann Grosse/KJ4SXP, Mark Wolff/N4MEW, and David Clay/K5MDC. We’re looking forward to some new and hopefully exciting changes throughout 2012 and welcome them to the leadership team.