What's Up With the July Jam?

After we captured lighting in a bottle at last year's reunion by forming a band of musical all-stars from the local area, we thought what a great idea it would be to do it again this summer. One super storm later and much contemplation of how much time, money, and energy this would require, the idea hasn't had much traction. That is until this week when it was brought up on FaceBook on our Class of 1977 page.

Now I realize not everyone uses FaceBook for social networking and I am fine with it. Though as a technologist and network engineer I find it curious that people would have such strong feeling about it and never participate. We have all seen in the news the wonders of "Big Data" and how governments use it to draw conclusions, whether it's the IRS or the NSA. FaceBook has been depicted as another organization which uses the information it collects, and no doubt it does. I simply accept this a fact and realize that both good and bad will result from the gathering of data of the findings which this sort of activity generates.

Anyhow, the July Jam is seeking volunteers to help organize and coordinate a smaller get together this summer. The band is raring to go according to JV and needs help with finding a location to play. If you are interested in helping contact JV by any means you feel comfortable: email, phone, or FaceBook. Hope to see you!