Sorry I missed the post last month - guessing you were all just as busy.
Heard from Sam:
August 27, 2009
I am out of the turf industry and really enjoying what I am doing now, I am however somewhat bitter and angry at my former employers, I got the shaft from them and treated poorly, long story short... the private club I was working at for 8 years was sold, as it was doing poorly financially, I was led on for a few months as to the situation about my job security by both the seller and the buyer, after all said and done it just made me say WTF just happened to me...bad people...un-professional., I really did love the golf course and miss it, I do not miss some aspects of it though (the ignorance of what it takes to present a course in the condition the golfers desire). I am now working for http://www.rampart-hydro.com/
I am going to be out your way next week, I will be flying into Medford, OR and working somewhere for a week or so. If by any chance I may be close to you or have time or you do, maybe we could cross paths, I will shoot you another email when I have more details.
Very cool your work with google, I do log onto Google Earth prior to all my deployments with Rampart and check out the lay of the land, it is a neat tool.
Again I hope this email finds you well, feel free to edit/share any of this email on your blog.
Sam D.
Since Medford is on the coast (about 7 hours by car) did not hook up, but I greatly appreciated Sam's suggestion.
Also had an email exchange with Darren on a couple items - one was trying to track down Dennis.
On August 27, 2009 - Darren made history by putting up the first new post (other than by me ) on the Google Group account. he wrote
"I have been conversing with Dennis Coplen a bit via email. He is
working in Corpus Christi, TX at Texas A&M University. His wife keeps
me up to date with them through Facebook.
I hope that everyone is doing well"
I then asked Darren if Dennis was married to Lisa (another Penn Stater) he said
"Not sure if he married Lisa or not. They did stay together for a while. His current wife is Merrideth. You have s good memory! "
Tried to plant a seed with Darren about doing a seminar/forum at national down the road on "technology in turf" with regards to things like networking, correspondence, etc. Old fashion reasons why GCSAA and PSU Alumni association were founded, and how we can use new internet tools to help.
More on that in future posts (be forewarned). Still trying to track down everybody.
Trust all is well.
working in Corpus Christi, TX at Texas A&M University. His wife keeps
me up to date with them through Facebook.
I hope that everyone is doing well"
I then asked Darren if Dennis was married to Lisa (another Penn Stater) he said
"Not sure if he married Lisa or not. They did stay together for a while. His current wife is Merrideth. You have s good memory! "
Tried to plant a seed with Darren about doing a seminar/forum at national down the road on "technology in turf" with regards to things like networking, correspondence, etc. Old fashion reasons why GCSAA and PSU Alumni association were founded, and how we can use new internet tools to help.
More on that in future posts (be forewarned). Still trying to track down everybody.
Trust all is well.
