Happy trails
It's really over.
After more than 17 years, a half dozen job titles, and dozens of co-workers come and gone... After the years of uncertainty regarding the headquarters relocation... after layoffs, changes in staff and governance... after assignments strange and exhilarating... I am departing from my position at the Barbershop Harmony Society, effective August 31.
When the headquarters relocation process was set in motion in 2006, I knew I would not be leaving Kenosha, a town I've adopted as home. (Detailed story.) The Society extended me the extraordinary privilege to continue as a remote worker for the past year, an arrangement that has now reached its previously agreed-upon conclusion.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I've had the pleasure of working our with terrific, dedicated staff in Kenosha, and a brand new, equally terrific and dedicated group in Nashville. I've been mentored by a great succession of executive directors, supervisors and peers. I've pursued more careers with one employer than most folks experience in their entire lives.
Greatest among these joys has been the opportunity to serve the members of a Society and hobby I have loved. I've worked alongside our heroes of singing, sure; and alongside guys whose names will never be widely known, but whose passion and delight illuminates all those around them.
What's next? A number of things. Some consulting, a few job nibbles, a little breather to reassess. (If you're interested, peek at my resume at briansturn.blogspot.com ) Not that I'll disappear completely. I'll be of service in a number of ways, and of course, a singer and fan forever.
My first day of work, June 3, 1991, I had lunch with giants: Gary Stamm. Tom Gentry. Jim DeBusman. Ev Nau. Burt Szabo. Joe Liles. After the introduction to Whey Chai's sublime kung pao chicken, fortune cookies were passed around. Mine has been tacked to many a bulletin board in the many offices I've occupied since then: "All troubles are behind you now." Prophetic. True. Blessed.
Brian Lynch
pretty fair bass
After more than 17 years, a half dozen job titles, and dozens of co-workers come and gone... After the years of uncertainty regarding the headquarters relocation... after layoffs, changes in staff and governance... after assignments strange and exhilarating... I am departing from my position at the Barbershop Harmony Society, effective August 31.
When the headquarters relocation process was set in motion in 2006, I knew I would not be leaving Kenosha, a town I've adopted as home. (Detailed story.) The Society extended me the extraordinary privilege to continue as a remote worker for the past year, an arrangement that has now reached its previously agreed-upon conclusion.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I've had the pleasure of working our with terrific, dedicated staff in Kenosha, and a brand new, equally terrific and dedicated group in Nashville. I've been mentored by a great succession of executive directors, supervisors and peers. I've pursued more careers with one employer than most folks experience in their entire lives.
Greatest among these joys has been the opportunity to serve the members of a Society and hobby I have loved. I've worked alongside our heroes of singing, sure; and alongside guys whose names will never be widely known, but whose passion and delight illuminates all those around them.
What's next? A number of things. Some consulting, a few job nibbles, a little breather to reassess. (If you're interested, peek at my resume at briansturn.blogspot.com ) Not that I'll disappear completely. I'll be of service in a number of ways, and of course, a singer and fan forever.
My first day of work, June 3, 1991, I had lunch with giants: Gary Stamm. Tom Gentry. Jim DeBusman. Ev Nau. Burt Szabo. Joe Liles. After the introduction to Whey Chai's sublime kung pao chicken, fortune cookies were passed around. Mine has been tacked to many a bulletin board in the many offices I've occupied since then: "All troubles are behind you now." Prophetic. True. Blessed.
Brian Lynch
pretty fair bass