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2/22/2019 – Joe Keenan, Matt Almeida, UTMH, Rive Gauche drinks

Friday 2/22/2019

Coffee with Joe Keenan at Rev. Good discussion of his work. Stumbled on ne work he is doing helping companies spec out the best technology to run things, e.g., Slack, Dropbox, Asana, etc. He will develop proposal for UTMH project. Walked home. Warm day. 40 degrees. Matt Almeida at noon. 

Lunch at Chinese place in 700 block. Met up with Seth before 2pm mtg with David A. Very wound up about Troy Web.  Anthony Debonis wants 4pm telecon including me. Mtg w David bizarre in turns as usual. Discussion of customer service, commissions, revenue calculations, his Slack account. 

Very good discussion w Anthony of Troy Web  he accepted responsibility fit the recent cascade of errors . we worked through fixes including automated provisioning system. Quite positive  left Seth feeling better. TW has better understanding of our market strategy. 

Drinks with David Drake at Rive Gauche in Athens. Samira ?? was there. Met a couple of guys who own a house there near RG. She is very smart and interesting. Dave is freshly back from time with his kids.

 

Sunday – 2/26/2017

Karen still quite sick with a cold. NYTimes with breakfast. Wrote a response to Joe Keenan then posted on currentmatters.markorton.com . “How Much Money Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty in the US.” – Spent much of the morning working on the search function for the volunteer site for the library. Then wrote instructions.

Walked up to Subway for sandwich and salad for our lunch. Stopped along the way to talk with Joan Damiani. Her art production is very high. She said that she sold two paintings in January. “Never happened before, probably won’t happen again. But, energizing.”

Also ranted about Trump.

New use of this term. Store on Columbia near chocolate store/

At 7th St. park. Had a medallion saying it is a Plymouth?

One or then worst looking buildings in Hudson

600 block of Warren. Reminds me of the student sculptures at the library

In front of The Spotty.

Two doors down from The Spotty.

Ride to Fairview Booze and the Bank

Went on errands and took drive down Kips Lane in Greenport where there is a large trailer park. Deer herd grazing.

Saturday – 2/25/2017 – HAL volunteer fair

Karen has bad cold. 

Breakfast at Bobs then shopping at Price Chopper and Walmart. Temperature 65 degrees  

I worked on the forms on the library volunteer site. Figured out how to get the flow working. Went library at noon. Prop 414 meeting at 1. Lasted almost until 3.

Volunteer Fair followed at 4. Spent most of the time talking with Joe Keenan. About 30 people attended along with the whole board. Fixed problem with the online application form on the fly. 

Came home as the 60 degree weather broke in a windy blow. Temperature fell quickly. Got to 2nd St just as rain changed into a downpour. 40 degrees at 7pm. 

Monday – 2/6/2107

Up promptly – in car and out of Belmont by 7:40am. Back to Hudson by 10:30.

Promised teleconference with UTM evaporated.

Long talk with Brigid Dorsey about her business. She has come around on her own to the need to raise funds from friends and network. Has reached out to Joe Keenan and his daughter Lauren to help with a crowdfunding campaign.

Watched more of the British TV series- The Shadow Line.  Trouble getting to sleep. Need to be up at 5:30 tomorrow to get to hospital for cataract surgery at 6:30am.

Tuesday – 1/10/2017

Snowman still standing. Missed call from Albany Med for presurgery checkin w nurse. No call back all day. 

Talked with JoeTheGrower Giangrande. Very negative guy. Sent email to Mary Ann Johnson at HVADC about the call. Ball is in his court. 

Continued work on new DOG virtual website. Very successful HAL marketing committee mtg. Late lunch at Cascades. 

Talk witb Brigid Dorsey. She will probably go out of business. Bartlett House people not responding. 7pm reconnect with Susan Weseen about her granola business. She is smart and thoughtful. 

Watched an hour of tv series OJ Made in America with. Then Obama’s fairwell address from Chicago. 

Friday – 4/10/2015

04102015 - 2HAL – meeting of the newly enlarged marketing committee. Agi Clark joined us.

Agi Clark
Born: Budapest Hungary
Emigrated to the U.S. with parents on February 1957
Graduated from Christopher Columbus H.S. in the Bronx
BFA degree from Pratt Institute major Fine and Graphic Arts
 
Career in Advertising in NYC 1967-1991
Art Director at Pritchard Wood (British Airways, Jamaica, Indian Tourist Office, The Bahamas)
Creative Director Senior V.P.  at N. W Ayer (DeBeers Diamonds, AT&T, Kraft, J.C.Penney, Seven Up)
Chairman, Chief Creative Officer LGFE (New York Stock Exchange, Hennessy Cognac, Contel, Wall Street Journal)
 
Advertising Director for the Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance of Free Democrats)
in Hungary in the 1994 and 1998 elections.
Advertising for the Mayor of Budapest, Gabor Demszky 1994 and 1998
 
Moved to long time country house in 2000
Two photography exhibits one in Budapest, one at Hudson Opera House.
Established the magazine Hudson River Art (with Peter Barton) designed and produced it
Volunteered at John L. Edwards elementary school (mentored reading)
On the Board of the Hudson Library (can’t remember the year.)
 
One son, two grandchildren. Grandson second year at Berkeley California, granddaughter junior at Poughkeepsie Day School.
Very good meeting with Joe Keenan and Agi providing much new direction and content. Now will focus on creating overall messaging strategy. We will meet again next Friday.

 

UTM

– Raizlabs, Surge, Coherent Solutions, Gavant, all intro discussions. Seth called to tell me that he and David want me to take over the website project. Send letter to Alan Coon informing him of our disappointment and need for him to step in. Seth is altogether too emotional.

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Thursday – 3/19/15

The living room will go away shortly. Displaced by DOG

The living room will go away shortly. Displaced by DOG

Went to gym at 7:30 am. Hope to get this into a routine. More work on tennis exercises.

Returned and worked on UTM and library projects. Talked with Jan about UTM plans for an hour. He remains concerned that David and Seth don’t really grasp the situation and opportunity they are in.

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Friday – 3/13/15

imageCan’t figure out why this image is upside down??? I’ve lost interest in figuring it out.

Met with Hudson Business Coalition people about marketing ideas for Hudson. Provided strategic orientation to the meeting. Sherry Jo Williams, Russ Gibson. Dave Colby from the Chamber and Branda ?? from HBC popped in. Good meeting. Done in 50 minutes.

Talked with Matt Almeida and Anita Harris in the afternoon.

Joe Keenan about the library marketing project. He will work on crowd funder and I will work on overall story. Continue reading →

Tuesday – 2/17/15

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IMG_9012Getting warmer??

Spent most day working on consolidation of diary. Did clean out In Box and threw away lots of old papers.

IMG_9016Went to sports palace. Saw Paul Stewart, the artist/carpenter from Germantown. Talked about condition of ice in the river. He described feeling like walking on insulation board. Maybe we should go tomorrow?

On the way out the door saw this satisfaction meter. Joe Keenan thought last night at dinner Monday that it said “workout” instead of “service”.

Sent him a picture.

IMG_9018We had flat iron steak for dinner. Karen thinks this is a made up name. But, turns out that it is a traditional cut from the shoulder.

$9/lb. very good. Pan Grilled. Mushroom gravy. Will have to buy this cut again, though it is fairly expensive.

 

 

 

Monday – 2/16/15

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Intense cold. Strong winds.

Temp at 7am.

Paid bills.

Spent most of day old consolidating diary entries into diary.markorton.com

Noah and Nyla came by for chat. John and Stephanie dropped them off. Talk about photography w Karen.  Also their favorite books.

Cooked butternut squash soup w spicy sausage & asparagus confit. Karen made salad. Joe Keenan, his wife Lynn McElroy and Dave Drake came over. Good fun.