Due to the continuing website issues from yesterday, I can't post under my account so I'm using a friend's. This is Doug Miles writing.
I first met Wes in 2010 at the Origins Game Fair. He was one of my volunteer GMs for Pathfinder Society. It was a memorable time, the beginning of what I like to call "The Brat Pack". I met Neil Shackleton, Thea Peters, Derek Boobyer and Bob Jonquet for the first time. Along with Kyle Baird and others, we rocked that convention. The thing that struck me about Wes was how unflappable he was. We had far more players show than there were tables or GMs to handle. On top of that, Wes was an Open Classic GM which meant he was on-call to run whatever scenario a collection of players were all eligible to play. That was over 50 possible scenarios. Wes took everything in stride. Whenever I asked him (feeling guilty) if he was OK running a scenario cold he just looked at me as if to say "Hand it to me and stop fretting out, it's unbecoming". His wry sense of humor kept everyone in good spirits and his capability to handle anything I threw at him was a load off my mind. Every night after the slots were over we'd report to the garden bar and unwind. It is one of my happiest memories of my PFS career.
I'm proud to stand next to Wes. He goes back a long ways in the RPGA and we are lucky to have him aboard Pathfinder Society. I don't think any other volunteer can claim to have traveled as far as Wes has, for as many years as he has. It seems like everyone at conventions in the States knows him. Congratulations Wes! I have just one question for you, something we all need to know in fact: What kind of beer do your prefer to drink?