Well hecky darn! I return after a couple of days out or reach of a net portal, and find somebody's said something nice about me and I'm invited to sample some hand-crafted brewski. That's kinda disconcerting ........stuff that only seems to happen when a guy goes tango uniform! Jerry, I'll hail you on another channel 'cause I don't want RCKen rapping my knuckles for going OT, and mongo, tnx and now back to regular (i.e., curmudgeonly) programming.

Back to topic at least in a broad sense, I'd like to be involved in more discussions like this one and participation by Jerry illustrates why. I suggested a simple resolution to an issue being discussed, and it seemed a pat answer. Jerry added some very pertinent insights, some passed on from his association with Rich Hanson whom I know and have great respect for, that made it clear the situation isn't at all such a simple matter to resolve. Being posited as an AVP contributed in good part to value he added to the discussion.

It is my understanding that DVPs are (or were) constrained by policy as to what they can say in a public forum like this. I don't know if that was personal policy (ala Dave Brown) or AMA policy, but it does/did exist. That seems to leave AVPs closest to the throne of any folks we can discuss issues appropriate to this particular discussion group in near real time, open session.

Jerry and Bill Malvey are the only AMA AVPs I am aware of that post here, and both are in D-X. I appreciate having them here, and wonder if any other districts are represented. So...........does your district have such a presence here?

Abel