Hear, hear
On Jan 20, 10:01 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote:
> At this very moment (12;01 pm on my clock) America is finally
> rejoining the world community. It is an exciting day for us in the
> states, and I am wondering how it appears from those in the Hobo
> community around the world.
>
> I think our small company, Barquin International, is a reflection of
> the changes in the global community. Our founder, Ramon Barquin, was
> born in Cuba and went on to become a US citizen and one of the
> founders of The Data Warehousing Institute before starting his own
> company.
>
> Among the Barquin team members that are now American citizens are
> those from the UK, India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Canada, Columbia,
> Bangladesh, The Philippines, and Nigeria.
>
> I had a grandmother born in Spain, a grandfather whose family spent a
> couple of centuries in Puerto Rico before coming to the states, and a
> great-grandfather who came from Holland to build boats on the
> Chesapeake Bay. I am, like many others, a “mutt”, as Barack Obama
> described himself.
>
> At the same time we celebrate our diversity and global connections, we
> are also joined by the recent global financial challenges. I have
> lived through three recessions, but this one feels much different.
> But with every crisis there is always opportunity. There is a need
> now for “agility” like no other time in recent memory.
>
> I believe that Hobo can become one of the major tools to help us
> respond in an “agile” and rigorous fashion to the critical and
> unpredictable challenges soon to come. It is up to all of us to
> contribute what we can and share the benefits...
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