Hello from blazing hot Texas! The green text at least makes me feel cooler! It's been a scorcher already this year and officially, Summer has just commenced.
Chris Collins, MD/CEO, of Synchro32 and I met up in Wisconsin for the AFS Wisconsin Regional 2010. By the way, MD refers to Managing Director and not Medical Doctor. First time I met up with Chris during the hiring/interview/ phase, I had no idea as to what an MD truly was - I really thought he was a medical doctor! Seemed like a strange combination of being a sawbones and involved with the metalcasting industry.
Although one would say that the regional conference was anything but a stellar success, Synchro32 still firmly stands behind and supports the AFS Wisconsin Chapter. For whatever reason, the attendance was shall I say dismal. The venue location was changed to Oconomowoc at the Olympia Resort and Spa from the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. The event was also shifted from bitterly cold and totally unpredictable February to comfortable and more predictable late Spring.
Synchro32 has absolutely no doubt that the AFS Wisconsin Chapter will pull it all together and make the necessary changes to have the next expo/meeting a resounding success.
However, there were many positive things that came out of this regional conference. Chris and I got to spend a lot of time together and discuss the entire company, our operations, growth projections, what we are doing right and what we need to do moving forward. Additionally, Chris, Phil Laney of B&L, and Steve Hoppe of Guardian Software all got together over dinner to discuss the state of the industry and to get to know each other. Furthermore, Synchro32 met up with a lot of our vendor friends and also made new industry friends. These are all hugely important components of an expo and is immeasurable. One can not always judge the success of an expo based on the number of sales leads obtained and converted.
Well, I've put my traveling cases in storage for a while. Next up, and not until October, is the Investment Casting show in Dearborn Michigan! http://www.investmentcasting.org/events.asp Leland Martin and the team at the ICI always do a bang up job each year. I've already got my flight booked! Hope to see all of you investment casters there!
Till next time, see you on down the road.
Say Yah to Da Up eh?
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