Category Archives: Work

3/19/2019 – travel photos, non-fiction book club, tennis

Tuesday

Skipped UTMH team meeting. Spoke with David Ball about white paper. Chatted with David Ackerman.

Spent most of day working on reconstituting travel photos from as far back as 2008.

Went through a February 2011 trip south and west to New Mexico and back. Reminded me of how much I enjoy the driving around trips. This one started in Cambridge for the Super Bowl, then Washington DC, down along the Smoky Mountains, Chattanooga, Montgomery AL (19 degrees in the morning, New Orleans, St. Charles LA, Galveston, TX, Houston, Austin, LBJ homestead, Fredericksburg, Seminole Canyon St. Park, camping a few times, Carlsbad Canyon, Roswell NM, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, NM, Canyon TX, Oklahoma City, Memphis, then long drive back to Ed’s house. Approx. 21 days. 

RVW Bridge from Catskill Waterfront Park

Should do more of these. 

Scanned through 1/3 of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. This for the Non-Fiction Book group next Monday.  Too much detail, too long, not very interesting.

Tennis at night.

3/14/019 – UTMH, real estate, tennis

Thursday

Lots of nonsense round the Gayle Gendron mess. David wants immediate action; Seth equivocates.

Took more pictures of comparable houses in the assessment issues. They seem inappropriate in our situation. Part of the problem is our classification as a commercial property..

Tennis lesson at 2:30 as usual. Long half speed ralleys., lot5s of volley practive at the net. Finally lots of work on the spin serve. Finished on return of serves.

3/13/2019 – transformational learning, work, tennis

Wednesday

Late breakfast. More research about adult learning models. Transformational learning.

Walked to PO w Karen.

More crap about Gayle Gendron. She called WW and accused him of going behind her back to Seth. David is ready to part company but wants to involve a lawyer. Told him that was unnecessary. Seth is equivocating. trying to get commitment from Brandon about support and training responsibilities.

Walking back home:

 

Looked at city re-assessment documents. The comparables don’t make sense. Set up appointment with GAR Associates.

Wrote part of a posting about learning strategies on AD.

Tennis doubles at Total tennis. Played very well, especially serve. Tossing the ball high. Then discovered on the way home that I had left my phone at TT. Drove abck. Building left unlocked. No phone. Went home and look on iPad with Find My Phone app. It was opposite St. Jospeh’s Catholic Church on Spring St. in Catskill. After some calls to Paul Ambrose found out it was at Steve Horniak’s house. Drove over and retrieved it at 10 pm.

3/12/2019 – work, Hudson Creative, tennis

Tuesday

UTMH – Spoke with Sam M about his sales work. Progress is slow. Asked him to send a weekly summary. Team meeting at 11 was chaotic and filled with re-hashings of the mess created during the install of Wexelman and Darby on the test server. Bad decision to do that. Gayle has to go. She is abrasive, pig headed, just plain difficult.

Spoke with Seth further about Gayle. Then Brandon about his taking over implementation and training.

More research about self-directed learning.

Got Chad WAeckler reconnected to various Hudson-Creative accounts,

David A. called about Gayle.

Tennis at Total Tennis. Played 3 sets with a guy named Paul as partner. Won all three sets. Served well. Mixed results on volleys.

3/11/19 – HAL, work, car, Torrey

Monday

Weight 231. Need to cut out all eating outside of the house.

Worked on re-writing facilities use contract for the library. Meet with Seth to watch him train Gayle Gendron on the set up of new customers. Slow, frustrating. In the end she is such an obstructionist…. perhaps Brandon can take on this role. Time to cut losses.

Walked back and forth to Seth’s office. Very nice weather ~ 48 degrees.

Dave Drake drove me over to pick up the car at Wards Auto.

Went by tennis courts at the school. One net up and kids playing. Spring must be upon us.

Talked with Torrey for 45 minutes. Ended with discussion of adult learning models. My AD learning project. The Cycle of Excellence – deliberate practice.

via Skype.

Dinner – leftover chicken, salad and coleslaw with mushed cauliflower with cheese.

3/8/2019 – work, AmericanDelusions, new grocery

Friday

Tree removal in the alley.

Some UTMH work. Troubles w Wexelman causing troubles about how apps are working. Set up marketing meeting in Hudson in ten days to talk lead generation. Brief chat with David A about commissions. Again didn’t really understand him.

Wrote AD piece on International Women’s Day.International Women’s Day.

Went to new grocery store on 2nd St. Rolling Grocer 19.

3/7/2019 – library, work, tennis….

Thursday

Met with Miranda Barry at our home. Discuss transition issues when I become president again. More about starting a foundation and setting up a Fundraising Committee. 

Only a little UTMH work.

Met briefly w Cheryl Lacona about June exhibit at in the gallery. Think she is going to put too much stuff in  room.

Tennis lesson. Lot of focus on early prep for strokes. Racket up. Also change in stance and racket position at ready at net. 

Karen went off to meeting with Woodstock photog. group.

Wrote AD piece on Reich’s video Monopolization of America.

 

3/6/2019 – work and tennis

Wednesday 3/6/2019

Most of the day taken up with UTMH. Met with David A and John Friedman to talk about commission contracts. Also discussed leasing finance arrangements. David continued to ask about what Ole, Sam and Gayle are doing. Need to bring more discipline to their work. Then met with Seth. Ryder Cooley also there. Then, talk with Anita Harris. Finally Ole Breuning at Verdegris. Maybe I can get him more focused on home health agencies.

Cold all day. 12 degrees at 8am.  Walked back from One Hudson City Center at 3pm. Windy and cold all the way back.

Tennis doubles night at Total Tennis. Played very well. First set in particular. Won three sets. Very unusual. Played with Ray Siecinski at the end.

 

3/5/2019 – work, colonoscopy prep,and tennis

Tuesday 3/5/2019

UTMH team meeting. Quite brief because Seth did not attend. Spoke with Ball Consulting about dropping monthly retainer and going to a time and materials basis for future press releases. They will work on a white paper this month.

Went to CMH to meet with Lynn Carollo about colonoscopy in April.

Total Tennis at 6:30. Played doubles, three sets. Included Nicholas, a young pro who knew that I take lessons from Saif. Played quite well. Many good rallies. Tony Sarowitz, Franz ?? and Kevin ??  were partners also.

Pictures from ~1/3/19 at Andrea’s house.

Picture from August 2015 – at top of Mt. Greylock.

 

3/1/2019

Friday 3/1/2019

Up early again, 5:30am.

UTMH: Talked with David Ball and Greg Turner at Ball Consulting. They essentially repeated their rather narrow focus on press and media relations when asked again how they might help reach our new target markets. Perhaps now Seth will be satisfied that we can jettison them as a monthly retainer. Move to time and materials basis. 

Prepared materials for tomorrow’s HAL board retreat. Couple hours work. Spoke with Miranda Barry about the meeting. She continues to be quite sick with a cold.

Chatted with Matt Almeida who had done very little this week.

Played tennis with Ted at Old Chatham on the clay court. 1 1/2 hours. I played very badly.