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t’s already 1996 and (mea culpa!) we are late, late, late. The reason? I am being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century. The MAC environment has snagged us. Help!
The new year is a time for confessions and for resolutions:
CONFESSION: Up until this issue, the JCFR was put together with a combination of Wordstar 7.0, a hot-waxer and paste-up boards—and too many deadline days that ended at five AM … and began again at eight AM.
RESOLUTION: Growth and change are not words to be avoided and/or feared.
COMMENTS: Notice our “new look” and notice a new name, Aldo Licino, has been added to our Staff Box below. Aldo knows computers and publishing like I know the industry. We are both hyperactive, manic, workaholics who mutually believe the answer to the overall problem of insurance fraud lies in industry’s ability to communicate and educate, starting in it’s own back-yard. We also share the belief that we have currently reached only the tip of the iceberg in these areas. In short, we’re a heck of a tag-team.
While the conversion process has been hell (both on my technophobic self and on the usual prompt mailing of each JCFR issue), the future promises to be bright. Elsewhere in this issue you will see that one of our paths to the 21st century is a Web site, one designed to dispense valuable information to assist in the fight against insurance fraud.
John Cooke is no longer an infant. He’s going on 20 months old now and toddling just as fast as he can. He will soon be welcoming a little brother—or sister—to the fold at Alikim Publications. Stay tuned for some exciting news and some (we think) rapid progress in the two areas we concentrate on: communication and education.
CONFESSION: I took three days off at Christmas, missed the first printer’s deadline, and … felt no guilt.
RESOLUTION: None.
COMMENTS: While deadlines have always been taken very seriously, and will continue to be treated as same, there is no force on earth strong enough to drag me to the office when my 3 year-old, blond-haired, green-eyed munchkin looks up at me when I’m ready to walk out the door and says, “Mommy, I need you to make cookies for me and hold me on your lap.”
As a bright and new year begins, please remember that while we as an industry are faced with a huge challenge, we as individuals must constantly remember to take the time to have … take the time to hold … and take the time to hug.
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