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Ken's Notes After an event as tragic as 9-11, how does one begin to write a monthly column? An expression of feelings would take the entire space. Of course, as a business columnist, I could distill the impact on businesses and hiring. Or, as I choose to do here, I can be brief in sharing my grief and our resolve. Every one of us has been dramatically impacted by the events of 9-11. We are deeply saddened by these events. For in hurting those in NYC, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, they have hurt us all. For the victims, the heroes, and their families; we, as a nation, have opened our hearts and our wallets. We as a nation will do all we can to ease, and avenge, your pain. Despite the tragedy and new uncertainty, I am not alone in being amazingly inspired by the American people rallying together as one great nation. Yes, the towers have come down, but so too have fences between neighbors, walls between races, and shields between human hearts. We have become ONE GREAT NATION again. The words in our patriotic songs and pledges have meaning that now resonates through the very fabric of our hearts and souls. For many in this generation, it is a powerful new consciousness. Our previously self-centered, narcissistic attitudes have been replaced with one willing to sacrifice at all cost for the sake of freedom. For we recognize what is at stake here -- Freedom. This is what was taken on the day of 9-11. The lives in NYC lost their freedom that day. The rest of us lost our sense of freedom, as we knew it. Yes, we will indeed suffer in the months, maybe even years, ahead. Be prepared for this. Manage your expectations and resources to provide for this eventuality. For this is the price of freedom, as our forefathers have demonstrated. We must let freedom ring! Mid-Atlantic Ocean City Late afternoon on September 11, Paul Letournier, EDP announced, after conferring with the Mid-Atlantic Board, "We are not going to let those bastards stop us!", despite the fact Paul was yet unable to confirm the safety of family members in NYC. With this spirit they decided to proceed with the scheduled Mid-Atlantic meeting September 13th through 15th in Ocean City. As they had me scheduled to give the Keynote on Friday morning, I figured if they were crazy enough to go on with it, then I was crazy enough to be there. (This is the same thought I had two years ago when Hurricane Floyd hit the Mid-Atlantic meeting in Ocean City head-on.) With flights canceled Wednesday, and a promise of only limited flights late Thursday evening, I decided to assure my attendance by driving down on Thursday. The scenic 12 hour drive, mostly through the mountains on the seemingly 6 ft wide Pennsylvania Turnpike, seemed dark. I got the feeling that we, as a nation, were still in shock as there were so few cars and trucks on the road. Upon arrival, I found over 60 members
and 11 vendors made it to the meeting. The spirit of camaraderie and
inspired patriotism was as rampant as the technology talk. Flags began cropping up everywhere. By the drive home Sunday there were literally thousands of cars on the road with flags in the windows. And there were hundreds of highway overpasses adorned with patriotism. By Sunday, America had risen. God Bless Americans!!! Superior Chapter Meeting The Superior Chapter of Xplor International will be having the final 2001 Local Event from 9:30 to 5:30 on Tuesday, October 16th, in Bloomington MN. The theme will be "Managing the Document Lifecycle", and it is sponsored by Docucorp and Mobius. For more information and registration information just click here.
The NEW Ohio Chapter At Leadership this year, Chapter President Kathy Crowley and the Board of Directors recognized the need to expand the NE Ohio Chapter to include all of Ohio, creating the Ohio Chapter. Hence, the brand new Ohio Chapter held it’s hastily planned and executed inaugural meeting September 21st in Toledo Ohio. (Home of Klinger, Damn proud! LOL) The Seagate Convention Center played host to a small cadre of attendees assembled to hear Mr. Stephen Poe – CEO, Nautilus Solutions present "The Document in the Third Millenium" and "Real World Applications of XML" Of the almost 20 assembled, an additional goal was to assist in identifying and recruiting members to assist in running the chapter. Kathy loves her volunteer work for Xplor but said holding all of the offices is quite taxing. Look for this Chapter to come very alive over the next 12 months. And Finally… Congratulations are in order for our friend Mr. Bill McCalpin, EDP, CDIA, MIT, LIT. (He is the only person in the world to hold all four of these prestigious designations.) Bill has been elected to the Xplor Board of Directors as the Southern Region representative. He had formerly been an associate member on the Board and on the Executive Committee. Congrats Bill! For more information, click here.
Where Was God? (Note: A Friend sent me this, and I share it with you.) I had a very dear friend question my faith in God right after the
terrorist attack on America. Her question was simply put, "Where is
your God today?" Ken |
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palpable spirit grew as Friday night and Saturday came. Saturday night we
spent time with some locals making red, white and blue ribbons.
