Volume 1, No. 14. August 10, 2001
Eric’s Turn
Well above par
Her indoctrination of choice: miniature
golf. One step in THE LOOP's orientation program for new team members is to
take them out "into the field." In other words, we go play at a park, zoo or
family entertainment center. So, the LOOP's newest team member, Stacey Copeland,
suggested we meet at Adventure Golf in Centerville, Ohio, for what she promised
would be a "mean game of golf." That's Stacey, above, on the course where the
25-year-old said she has been golfing since she was maybe 8 years old. Though
I've played many mini rounds in my 43 years, I've never gotten within 10 strokes
of par, so I figured I was walking into a trouncing.
It might have been my need to show her I know my way around this industry; it
might have been her desire not to show up her new boss. Nah, it had to be luck,
because not only did I beat her by five strokes, I finished at one-over on the
58-par "Championship course," scoring a hole-in-one eagle along the way to my
best game ever. Not that attaining such a low score really mattered in the match.
When we both struggled to the six-stroke limit on one hole, Stacey put the whole
game in proper perspective: "We're adults. We're not supposed to be good at
this."
Of course, I had already considered myself a winner when I recruited Stacey
to join THE LOOP. She will be helping with web site maintenance and enhancements,
and she already has made a huge contribution by developing a printable version
of THE LOOP. Not just this issue; every newsletter in our archive
now comes in two forms, the original and a printer-friendly version. Over the
next few weeks we'll be archiving printer-friendly versions of each individual
newsletter item (as this and subsequent LOOPs feature), and we'll also be adding
printer-friendly versions of our Reading Room
articles, too. Then, Stacey will turn her attention to building an on-line media
kit for our advertisers and making other improvements to our site. We'd love
to get your suggestions on how we can improve THE LOOP. You can email her right
here: stacey@gettheloop.com.