All posts tagged Joe Ban

For the past six years I’ve had the honor of representing my peers as a United Adworkers Board member. Over those years I served under three different Presidents, three different Directors and too many fellow board members to try to remember. It’s a group I’ve been proud to be associated with and will truly miss. Probably not a whole lot, though. One thing I know about being on this board for so long is that old board members never really go away, they just don’t have to attend the meetings.

I was looking out my window the other day and saw a couple of squirrels playing in my backyard. Well, I thought they were playing, I think they were actually foreplaying, since one quickly mounted the other and started going to town. It got me to thinking, spring is finally here! Which means two things:…

Some people gauge time by calendar year. Some, by fiscal year. While others follow a religious calendar. As Adworkers President, it all revolves around the Milwaukee 99 and as of September 12, we’re back at day one. Our annual awards show took place the evening of the eleventh, which means you all have about nine more months until entries are due for Milwaukee 99 2009. Or “9 to the 3rd” (it’s a working title).

Summer is almost gone and I’ve heard rumor that people thought I took the season off since it’s been nearly that long since I’ve posted a new letter. I apologize; perhaps I just wanted to see if anyone actually read them. Am I that needy for acceptance and validation? Well…

For those of you who felt your brain is above knowing the Skipper’s real name is Jonas Grumby, opting not to attend our Team Trivia Night, here is a brief recap: Team Martindale, Ludden & Rayburn, also known as Nonbox, took first place. What they lack in clever team naming abilities they make up for in useless knowledge. Boelter + Lincoln took second, followed by Purple Onion and The Factoids (bvk #2)-side note: “Purple Onion & The Factoids” would be a good band name. Truth be told, it was a three-way tie or 2nd so easy on the bragging rights B+L, you just happened to guess better at your final score. For those who didn’t attend, prior to the start of the event, every team had to write down what they thought their total score out of 64 questions would be. Incidentally, just in case you needed further proof of the egos in this business, every team guessed way higher than they actually scored.