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As of March, 2012, here's what I am up to: * Work as a Contractor with Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc. My field of work is emergency management, social science, and disaster preparedness & mitigation. * Continuing to speak and write about public disaster preparedness and risk communication. * Serving the International Association of Emergency Managers as the Chair of its Awards and Recognition Committee. * Serving as President of the Layhill Alliance, an umbrella group serving homeowner's, civic, and community organizations in the Layhill Area of Silver Spring, Maryland. I deal with a lot of planning, zoning, and transportation issues. * Completed ten years of service as the President of the Bel Pre Estates Homeowner's Association (where I live). * Serving as Treasurer of Graffiti Abatement Partners, which is a non-profit organization in Montgomery County, Maryland, that works on removing and deterring the blight of graffiti around the county. * Build and maintain websites (self-taught). Examples include: the website you are on, Graffiti Abatement Partners, the HOA where I live, and the Montgomery County Harley Owner's Group. It's a fun but time-consuming hobby!
* Trying not to get overwhelmed with Facebook, LinkedIn, my blog, and other social networks. * Tutor a few people to prepare to take their United States Citizenship Test, as well as on cultural literacy matters. This is a minor but important volunteer effort on my part, not aligned with any particular organization. * "Nesting". For a variety of reasons, I'm not traveling (for pleasure) any more by air, and I go stir-crazy being confined in "a cage" (what motorcyclists call a car), so any vacation time is spent these days on the saddle of my Harley-Davidson Road King instead of flying anywhere. * I still keep up my large large Lopes Family genealogical records. * I dunno, there's more... as I age, I just can't remember it all. |
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