12-23-09 The problem with time travel....

I started the day with a 7:00 breakfast gathering the the Chicken Pie Shop counter.  A few members of the group had never had the joy of the good old CPS.  Rollie Smith, John Raymond, Eileen Neely, Keith Bergthold and Preston Prince.  I was the only one who had the full experience of chicken livers however.

8:30 Specific Plan update withy Elliott and Wilma.

9:30  Deptment Management Meeting...final preparation for furloughs, and preparing for our two new team members who will join us on January 4th.

10:00 Overview of high speed rail options for the downtown terminal.  Marlene Murphey, John Dugan, Elliott Balch, Keith Bergthold and I met with Eric Von Berg from the HSR consultant URS.

11:30 One on one meeting with George Smigh.

1:00 Rollie Smith led a seminar on the new LEED Certification for neighborhoods call LEED ND.  For more information look at: http://www.cnu.org/leednd

2:00 Our department went out for sandwiches at Cedar Lanes to wish our buddies Jenna and Fernando the best of luck as the re-enter the workforce.  If any of you are looking, these are two super-talented people.  The have skills, work ethic and personality!  Ray is moving to another department that needed his experience within the City, so he's not too far.

5:15 Meeting with Chuck Manock.

Happy Holidays everyone.  I don't imagine I'll be blogging much over the next week or so.  Thanks for the support, encouragement and suggestions.

Craig

The problem with time travel is the difficulty of landing on a planet that is moving through space and is rotating.