Ten Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation administrators have earned their Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma.
Those individuals are:
Stacy Mauser, chief technology officer
Mike Raisor, executive director for operational excellence
Mark Thompson, operations analyst
Heather Wilson, assistant to the superintendent/professional development coordinator
Mike Mentzel, director of transportation
Carl Underwood, principal, Vogel Elementary
Jason Woebkenberg, principal, Hebron Elementary
Rick Cameron, chief operating officer
David Smith, superintendent
Pat Tuley, chief financial officer and chief human resources officer
These individuals earned the certification as part of their pursuit to attain the Master’s of Business Operational Excellence degree from The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. They began the program last January and expect to have completed it by December 2011.
Operational excellence is a philosophy of leadership, teamwork and problem solving resulting in continuous improvement throughout the organization by focusing on the needs of the customer, empowering employees, and optimizing existing activities in the process.
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IS IT TRUE that the occasional practice of “Millionaire Watch†on underway in Silicon Valley once again with the 180 day lockup period for NASDAQ juggernaut LinkedIn?…that this lockup period is a 180 day period immediately following in Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the company stock during which employees of LinkedIn are not permitted to sell any of their shares on the open market to cash out on their sweat equity?…that on November 21, 2011 that nearly all of the 1,500 employees of LinkedIn will be able to cash out of this leading edge software business that did not even exist a few years ago?…that at today’s stock price of $87 per share that the employees of LinkedIn will have the ability to cash out $8.2 Billion if they choose to do so?…that this averages an astounding $5.6 Million per employee?…that we are sure that this is not equally shared but that the long time practice in Silicon Valley to offer stock options to nearly all employees has made many millionaires of people who would otherwise just draw a paycheck and struggle to get by?
IS IT TRUE that IPO’s that create and spread wealth of this magnitude are only possible in locations where active Angel Investment Networks and Venture Capital is available?…that the talent follows the money and that by not having such opportunities that Evansville and many other conservative places are sealing their economic fate at the bottom of the food chain?…that at a time of recession when Silicon Valley and a dozen other places are high fiving over companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Synga, etc. that our election is hinging on the perceptions of the masses on Floatgate, the Homestead Tax Credit, cash infusions from Indianapolis, who hates meth the most, who endorses who, and when the Ford Center will ever draw an act that Roberts couldn’t have drawn?…that quite frankly we would be better off celebrating an IPO or ten?…that we wonder if the “keepers of the castle†are paying any attention?
IS IT TRUE that in 2004 at about the same time that the Ford Center was a twinkle in some people’s eyes that LinkedIn announced that they had secured $10M in secondary financing from the Venture Capital firm Greylock and an undisclosed additional amount from 14 Angel Investors?…that with the level of investment that was made in the Ford Center, Front Door Pride, and some other building projects over 100 start up businesses could have been funded?…that while Mountain View got LinkedIn, Google, and a host of other new businesses that we have an arena and some houses that have for sale signs that are gathering dust?…that Evansville is today a sum total of the choices that have been made for the last 50 years?…that looking back to 2004 in the link below should give local leaders cause to reflect on what may have been?…that if we never try we shall never know if something like this is even possible in Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that the $8.2 Billion harvest of cash that the employees of LinkedIn will be able to access if they choose is enough money to buy at assessed value all of the City of Evansville and still have over $1 Billion remaining?…that one can only wonder just how much impact a stash of $8.2 Billion in personal wealth distributed over 1,500 people and their families could have on a place like Evansville?…that unless something is done about the lack of investment dollars and the ability to attract talent we shall never ever know?
Thomas Jefferson
Subject: Thomas Jefferson – on where we are headed…
check the quotes at the end, too bad he is not living today
THOMAS JEFFERSON
At 5, began studying under his cousin’s tutor.
At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
At 23, started his own law practice.
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
At 31, wrote the widely circulated “Summary View of the Rights of British America †and retired from his law practice.
At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .
At 33, took three years to revise Virginia ’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
At 40, served in Congress for two years.
At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.
At 57, was elected the third president of the United States ..
At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation’s size.
At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
At 65, retired to Monticello .
At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.
At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence .
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
QUOTES:
“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Thomas Jefferson
“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”
Thomas Jefferson
“I predict future happiness for Americans….if….they can prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
Thomas Jefferson
“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from….too much government.”
Thomas Jefferson
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of…..patriots and tyrants.”
Thomas Jefferson
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes…..the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors…..is sinful and tyrannical.”
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive
the people of all property – until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As October marks national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office is now accepting nominations for the first-ever Hoosier Hearts Hero Award for Distinguished Advocacy.
“Our criminal justice system relies on the strength and courage of victims to speak out about the crimes committed against them,†Attorney General Greg Zoeller said. “Victims’ lives are touched everyday by those who are devoted to providing them support and encouragement. Just as advocates work to ensure victims’ voices are heard, my office will make sure their selfless efforts to help others do not go unrecognized.â€
The Attorney General created three Hoosier Hearts Hero Award categories to help recognize shelter volunteers and staff on an annual basis:
• Career Advocate: This individual has made a career-long commitment to helping victims and advocacy for sexual assault victims and their families;
• Volunteer Advocate: As advocacy centers often have limited resources, an outstanding volunteer demonstrates a strong commitment to helping with everyday tasks which range from sorting donations to even some victim assistance; and
• Rookie of the Year: A new advocate to the field can bring different ideas, a refreshing perspective to a career of service or can go above and beyond to help those in need.
Zoeller encourages Hoosiers to nominate an advocate who deserves special recognition by visiting www.in.gov/attorneygeneral. Nominations are due by Dec. 31 and winners will be announced during a formal ceremony in April at the Statehouse in Indianapolis during National Crime Victim’s Rights Week.
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Randall T. Shepard Academy for Law and Social Justice is hosting two open houses this week for current sophomores and their parents.
The first open house is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Red Bank Library. The second will take place Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. at Harrison High School.
The Shepard Academy, housed at Harrison High School, is a half day program named after Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, who is a Harrison alumnus. The Academy is a two-year program for junior and senior students interested in law, social justice, American policy and social values. In addition to earning high school credits in English and social studies, students are able to earn college credit in postsecondary universities in Indiana.
Students enrolled in the Shepard Academy spend half of their day at their home high school and the other half at the Academy, allowing them to participate in extracurricular programs at their home schools. Students have the opportunity to participate in mock debates, benefit from visits by the Chief Justice, travel to Indianapolis to meet with representatives, and more.
For more information, visit www.evscschools.com/shepard.
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Ten Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation administrators have earned their Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma.
