I've heard of "southern charm", but many coast-dwellers view all of "fly-over" territory as pejoratively charming :-)
Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com (a Midwesterner, a Midwest company) On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Kirk, > > I am born and breed Midwesterner also (Indianapolis, Indiana)... > Havent heard the 'term' either... > > Scott J Ford > Software Engineer > http://www.identityforge.com > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kirk Talman <rkueb...@tsys.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: As IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty will bring some Midwestern charm > > I was born and raised in the Midwest but I have never heard the term " > Midwestern charm" before > > Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd > out the important. - Charles E. Hummel > Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. - John > F. Kennedy > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote on 10/27/2011 > 03:50:40 PM: > > > From: Ed Gould <ps2...@yahoo.com> > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Date: 10/27/2011 03:55 PM > > Subject: As IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty will bring some Midwestern charm > > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > > > > With Virginia "Ginni" Rometty, the newly named CEO to succeed Sam > > Palmisano at IBM Corp., the business machines company is likely to > > see a little more in Midwestern charm. > > Ms. Rometty is a Chicago native and graduate of Northwestern > > University, where she serves as a trustee. > > I wrote about her more than a year ago, when she was named a > > possible contender for the top job. > > Ms. Rometty, who has been leading IBM's global business services, > > previously oversaw the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, > > which was acquired by IBM in 2002. Her job was to attract big > > customers as well as redesign and run the company's human resources > > and finance businesses ? key departments for IBM. > > ?Ginni Rometty combines performance and charisma,? said George F. > > Colony, chairman of Forrester Research, in a New York Times > > story about her earning the CEO job. ?She orchestrated a massive > > charm campaign to bring the PricewaterhouseCoopers people into the > > fold. That was the trial by fire for her.? > > More recently, Ms. Rometty is credited with leading the growth and > > development of IBM's huge services business. > > Time magazine noted in 2002 that her "vast Rolodex and industry > > expertise" would make her a force at the company. > > And maybe her skills in scuba diving ? her favorite sport ? came > > into play, too, the magazine said, quoting Ms. Rometty as saying, > > "It's 98% calm and 2% terror." > > > > Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20111026/BLOGS03/ > > 111029828/as-ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-will-bring-some-midwestern- > > charm#ixzz1c0tNKjjz > > > > > > > > (fluff piece on Rometty) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this communication (including any > attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the > personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom > it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this > communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, > or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any > action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original > message. Thank you > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
