Reply #67: Well... [View All]

[ardrhi]

I've known Doug Krick, the Founder of the Pink Pistols, since 1988, back when we both lived in the Chicago suburbs. We've run science fiction conventions together, and know each other well. He knew my strengths, and my ability to motivate people. When I moved out of gun-unfriendly Illinois to gun-friendly Pennsylvania six years ago -- to live with my lifepartner -- I didn't really have guns on my mind. I had resigned myself to gunless life in Illinois.

But when I saw an article about the Pink Pistols, and saw his name, I contacted him. He was in Boston by then, and the organization was starting to snowball. There was no chapter in the Philly area, so he suggested I start one. My partner was pro-rights and had just never gotten around to doing anything about it, so we explored it together. It was one of the first big projects we did as a couple. (It was actually the second...the first was getting our amateur radio licenses together. Geeky, huh?)

As the organization got larger, there was more and more need for a single point of contact with the media, and Doug liked the way I handled myself with them. I *enjoy* talking with them, while he finds it something he can do, but it is not something he seeks out for fun. So after a time, he asked if I wanted to make the unoffical role of "press secretary" an official one.

And here I am.

--- Gwen