So, I got a call from my sweet FRG leader the other day. (God bless her- she has 6 kids all under 10, a deployed husband and is heading up the FRG. I don't know how she does it.) She asked me to be a POC (don't I sound all Army-ish with my aronyms?! Oh, POC=point of contact.) for a few other ladies in the unit. Anyway, I am really glad to help and I know she is happy to have some other folks to do a lot of the calls, plus it helps me feel connected to the unit which I hae been sorely lacking. But I can't help but wonder what these poor women are going to think of me when they find out that their POC is a) a newbie at ALL of this and b) right around 1,200 miles away. Am I insane for doing this or will all the detials not matter?
And for those of you who either have been a POC or have had a POC: tips? Crib sheets? Cliff noties? Please!
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Hey, my FRG is 3000 miles away! HA! I've not heard from her, signed up on the vFRG and am feeling a bit left out....
So I tried to reach a local FRG and no luck. No phone call back to me as if I'm an ...huh? An alien?
I think the vFRG should really be taken seriously, though I think there are people like you and me who are just more technically adept than others at doing all the online junk. Anyhoo.... good luck with the acronyms. Do make a few ones up yourself, like FTDC "Feed the dog and cat"
We are only three hours from our FRG (and POC), but it's pretty close to the same thing, I think, as far as *never* seeing any of them or going to any of the events.
Never been a POC, but what I'd like from mine is more friendliness =).
The Navy calls it a phone tree caller - I think they are the same? Sounds like it anyway. I'm one for our FRG. We are all scattering across the US so I think you are fine. LOL
its not difficult. We do once a months during the deployment a call through to see if everyone is alive and kickin' and answer their questions ( if they have one). Otherwise we forward super-important messages or whatever battalion thinks it is *eyeroll*
You just write down who you reached , where you left a message ont he answering machine and whose number isnt working. Thats it.
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