Glassweek 2007 Wrap

Well the 2007 edition of Glassweek is over... and some random thoughts from it.

And not to be confused, I am writing this from the perspective of Max the blogger/fabricator/marketing foof and not as the GANA BEC Chair or Board Member.

* I am amazed at the technical talent that gathers to work on behalf of our industry. I know I have said it before both here and in my column in USGlass, but as an industry we are very lucky to have "volunteers" like this who work extra-time to help develop our industry.

* The brand new Decorative Glass division has insane potential. That division has some fresh faced folks ready to go to work to bring some semblance of standards and structures to that growing segment of our industry. Congrats to Kris Vockler and all involved for a great start.

* As you may have seen on USGNN the IG committee had some interesting debates, that will be continued in the Fall, making that segment of the GANA fall conference a must-attend. Note that the GANA Fall conference is held at virtually the same time as GlassBuild America in Atlanta, so you can really get the best of all worlds.

* If you are a glazier and you don't have the GANA Glazing Manual or some of the other incredible GANA reference materials, you are doing yourself a disservice.

OK elsewhere in the world...

* Got great feedback on my take on the logo change by Kawneer. As one person put it, at least the Kawneer salesfolks will get all new wardrobes.

* I was taken to task for making fun of the glut of Self Cleaning Glass in one e-mail. But I'm sorry, when there's more options for Self Cleaning (including aftermarket) than there are for Low E, that’s pretty nuts.

* Many takes on "24" in the workplace, not to mention comments about this past Monday nights incredible episode featuring Jack's brother. Here's a few of the Jack-isms that were submitted:

--- "Chloe, upload the edgecut dimensions to my PDA"

--- "We don't have enough TIME to get you that IG unit, our country is at risk"

--- "Dammit!" (Can work no matter what and had this by itself from a few folks)

--- "You're gonna tell me where I landed on that quote, or I'll make you tell me"

--- "Listen to me Bill, we have to do whatever it takes to get this order done."

There were a few more but of the same gist as the above. And again if you don't watch 24, this means nothing.

As for the video take- it comes from Saturday Night Live (yes, amazingly, something funny from a new SNL) and it’s about the controversy surrounding Atlanta Falcon QB Michael Vick. As you may or may not have heard, Mr. Vick got held up at the Miami airport because he did not want to surrender his bottled water before security. Well after he did, the bottle was found to be a 2 piece bottle with a fake bottom. And in the fake bottom a foreign substance. SNL takes a comical look:




And yes, the police are clearing Vick and saying there was no illegal substance but something is still fishy and regardless the piece funny.

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