Why is that there are times when it is so difficult for agency and government staffers to realize why volunteers do what they do? It's as if their reasoning goes, "If the person isn't on our paid staff they somehow are not one of us." While it may not show up as disdain, it appears in subtle ways that say "paid" is better than "unpaid," sometimes almost to distrust.
Fixed imagers require some length of time to make changes in their life, time to release the old fixed images. So, when working with fixed imagers, give them time to plan changes. I recall a bookkeeper who went ballistic when unexpectedly assigned a revised accounting system. Being a fixed imager she had not had time (or explanations
In the last bulletin we learned about "fixed imagers," "changing imagers," and "non-imagers."
We discovered that imagers (either changing or fixed) communicate predominantly by talking about the pictures they see in their mind, and sometimes in their f you have NOT read bulletins 276-278 and done the exercise in bulletin 279, PLEASE stop and do that before reading this.
What is being described is a course (and book) by Wally Minto, and most of what follows is from Wally's work with permission. If you have not read bulletins 276, 277, and 278, please do now, before the following exercise. They are an important prelude. Admittedly this may seem off target to those only interested in operating their equipment. To each his own, but opportunity is knocking. Will you open the door?
After reading such bulletins as 276 and 277 on "Quakes in Mind" we might rightfully ask, "So what does this have to do with me AND my interest in emergency communications?"
Continuation on the topic of the Mind. In the last bulletin we read of the power of the mind of a person who survived a 40-ton cargo container falling on him.
Why is this important for EMCOMM unit participants, managers, and government Ever experience a Mind Quake? If yes, then you will know what it means! If no, then, read on! I'll describe an event that was a shaking up of the mind - a Mind Quake. As to how this affects EMCOMM units, discover that in the next bulletin.
That's so much like a telephone order wire that FEMA calls it an order wire or order line. The entire process can take a minute or two to establish the radio connection via the telephone handset.
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