It is February 28, and I am in the Atlanta airport en route to Chattanooga for the UTC Region 3 spring meeting. The weather has been so warm in the mid-Atlantic and South that thunderstorms are creeping in like it’s April or May. Not that I am complaining (although complaining about the weather is kind of […]
From Region 7 to Capitol Hill, with Birthdays and Candy Hearts In Between Read More »
It is February 8, and I am on the plane heading back to D.C. from Reno via Dallas. Reno, Nevada has been home to the (in)famous Utilities Telecom Forum (UTC Regions 8, 9, 10 combined) meeting for lo these many years. It was my first time at the event and my first time staying in
Super Kickoff to the UTC Winter/Spring Meetings Read More »
It’s January 23, and we are three days into the new Trump Administration. Here in D.C., one result is that the monster traffic from road closures we experienced last week (or the just plain not being able to get to the office at all) has returned to plain old horrible traffic. Woo hoo! In all
Inaugurations and Fire Alarms Read More »
T’was the week after New Year’s, and my pants fit too tight! But with the sugar binge behind me and UTC’s spring events ahead, the future looks bright! I think that is all that I can muster in terms of rhyming prowess, so will now revert to good old prose. I named this blog post
It’s December 15, and though I made some progress on my Christmas list, I think that I will always be a bit of a last-minute “Christmaser” – maybe because I like to extend the Christmas feeling to the very end. Whatever the cause, I am thankful for Amazon overnight delivery. Since the beginning of the
From Christmas Lists to the Nascar Hall of Fame! Read More »
It is December 1, the holidays are soon upon us and I am not ready! Matt Schnell, UTC’s Board Chair, informed me yesterday that he has two more presents to buy then he is done with all of his Christmas preparations. Um, well…maybe since he’s going to have some extra time on his hands he
Holidays and Hopes for the New Year Read More »
It is now November 19, and a lot has happened since I last wrote at the end of October. The week of the federal elections, UTC’s Board of Directors met here in D.C. The Board and several invited guests also met for a committee planning and project management discussion as well as to engage in
It is October 28, and I am at the airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana, having just finished up the UTC Region 4 meeting. Besides being the last day of my “UTC fall conference tour” (10 meetings in eight weeks), it is also my youngest daughter’s birthday and my husband’s birthday. My youngest turns five, and
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s now mid-October and I just finished attending the Region 8 (Rocky Mountain) Technical Conference. I started my job at UTC on April 26. Interestingly, my first trip with UTC was at the annual conference in early May, which was also in Denver. So, the Mile High City bookends, almost to the day, my first
Has it really been six months? Wow! Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is now September 25, and I am at Dulles airport outside of D.C. awaiting my flight to Frankfurt for the European UTC (“EUTC”) annual meeting. Since I last wrote, I have been to Spokane, Washington for the U.S. Region 9 Technical Conference and to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the UTC Canada (“UTCC”) annual conference.
