As planned, I am leaving on Sunday for a week-long trip to Washington D.C. and Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Washington, I’ll be seeing George Ullrich, Bill Chadsey, Ty Grigsby, hopefully Gil Binninger, and a number of others. Unfortunately, Steve Noonan from Telcordia won’t be able to make it down.
While I’m gone, Solutions will be undergoing some maintenance and improvements. Hopefully it will be back in the water when I return.
I’m planning to take lots of photos on my trip. Hopefully I’ll end up with enough good ones to post on this blog.
– Bob
Hello Bob,
Your visit east sounds like a wonderful excursion. Our paths in the northeast were almost going to intersect, I will be visiting the region later in September through mid October. Mine is business and pleasure as well…they’ll be some consulting and video work for/with a NYC nonprofit client as well as time with family and friends.
I’m happy to advise, this weekend I’ll be starting Chapter 12 in the SAIC Solutions book. Much to my delight you provided a signed copy… what a wonderful gesture and surprise! Many thanks.
I’m enjoying the read and learning a great deal. All of which will serve well as I launch a campaign to shed light on the implementation of whole-systems approaches to complex economic, social, and environmental challenges. It’s all about thoughtful and nimble resource management – as you so eloquently proclaim. The employee ownership model seems to me a “must have” if we are to achieve truly sustainable quality-of-life solutions.
Stay well, travel light,
My best,
Christopher
I’m sorry I was not there to meet you at the house this morning, your arrival was quite the suprise. I hope my son was cordial and you were able to get a quick “tour” off the house. I apologize for the house being in disorder, we generally leave pretty hastily in the morning.
Don: I was very pleased to see the old house at Grosse Ile. You can’t believe all the good memories I have of growing up there. I lived in your home until I went into the Navy in 1942, and then on to the University of Michigan. My parents lived there for a number of years after I left. It looks like you’re modernizing the place. I hope the old oil burner is working better for you than it did for us. If you don’t mind, for nostalgia’s sake, I’ll drop by once a year. That’s about all the wear and tear I can take now. I took some photos while I was there and I will send you copies when I get them loaded onto my computer. Take care of the old place — it’s a good house. You’re lucky to have it. And I would say it is lucky to have you and your family. By the way, where do you work? — Bob
Christopher: My trip East was a good one. I hope yours was too. — Bob