Hi, Burak!

Nice to see a post from you. I think your comments are spot-on target.

I have a little digging to do into CERT in my area - it is new (we were issued local CERT kits number "13" and "14" today to take home). As of this evening, I feel compelled to say that I was VERY impressed with the performances in the exercises today. No egos in the way at all, great synergy on the various teams, and they (OK - we) were very impressive in accomplishing the tasks. I had to fight to be a peon, and it was especially revealing and rewarding to see folks adapt and get on with it when I refused to take any lead roles. There was plenty of useful feedback and free self-criticism, but I honestly found NOTHING to be critical of. These regular citizens did a commendable job, no reservations. Hope they continue to be involved.

Pete, Randy, and Susan's thoughts also are similar to mine. More in a few (or several) days after I hear from others attending the next training session and get a few more questions of my own (about the local efforts) answered.

Best Regards,

Tom