The Tandem Tasters, Maralyn Hill and Brenda Hill, both joined IFWTWA at the same time. Maralyn is now President and Brenda is on the Conference & Media Trip Committee. Maralyn & Brenda have been working and writing together over 25+ years. They both feel there are many perks to IFWTWA.
One is working with such great people and getting to know members. We've a terrific contributing Board of Directors and a few people who donate their time on committees as well as Kim Rahilly, Editor of Global Writes, who has donated many hours editing all of our work in order to have a fine on-line magazine.
I was at a meeting in Bonita Springs, FL and decided to stop by and see our webmaster, Timothy Lack, of Charlotte County Websites. I drove north to Port Charlotte and Brenda drove south from Sarasota to have a relaxing lunch and visit with Tim and Karen. We've worked with Tim over 25+ years. It was great to have a chance to visit him, as it had been about 20 years since I'd last seen him face to face in Connecticut. We've all relocated to warmer climates.
We just posted the Crab Cake recipe that Karen made to our Where & What in the World Global Log. Tim caught and prepared the crab and Karen made the crab cakes, salad, etc.
It's easy to think of Tim sitting at the computer all day and night working on website designs, updates, learning new programs and solving computer problems. However, when you visit him in his own environment, you see him at his best. He is able to balance work with the fishing, gardening and home improvements that he enjoys. I know sometimes he doesn't get time to fish as much as he'd like, but he is happy that the work keeps coming in.
You may not know it, but Tim is also a writer. He doesn't claim to be, but his blog, Fishing Myakka River/Charlotte Harbor, Florida, has a good following. In addition, he has written quite a bit of the copy for our websites.
For Brenda, seeing Tim and Karen again was a welcome treat. For her, it had been an even longer time between visits. For me personally, I'm delighted that IFWTWA is able to work with Tim on the IFWTWA and Global Writes websites. He has done such a great job redesigning them (and not charging us) and it's easy for Tim and me to work together, coming up with advancements for our sites.
I know this is an unusual post, but Brenda suggested and I agreed it would be nice to give you a little insight on our webmaster. We both hope you enjoy.
By the way, if you click on my name or Brenda's, you'll see that it is linked to our new Public Member Profile. If you update your profile and make it public, you can have your bio, websites, blogs, clips and books all available in one spot. It makes it very easy to send the link as credentials for press trips.
Maralyn D. Hill, President & Brenda C. Hill, Member
