Yesterday’s corporate service corps meeting was all about Cordoba and travel opportunities in the area. Veronica, the local consultant, educated us on the atmosphere of the city, including the social and political demonstrations that take place, the university feel (good night life!), and the beautiful parks and architectural sites inside the city. It sounds like there is always something going on in Cordoba and I’m looking forward to wandering around the city and experiencing it all. She also covered the very useful topic of transportation around the city.

Edwin then continued with a great presentation on day and weekend travel opportunities around Cordoba. Thanks for the great info Edwin! Since this is a CSC assignment, it’s pretty much a given that the entire team likes to travel. The only question will be how to choose among the many amazing places in Argentina to visit. Quebrada del Condorito National Park and Mendoza definitely rank at the top of my list. The picture of smiling people biking through vineyards on the Mendoza slide might have helped.

This morning was the first team meeting with our client ADEC. After overcoming a few technical difficulties, everyone logged into Google Hangout and we were able to see all the IBM and ADEC team members via video conference. I have not used video conferencing in a very long time (remember when IBM used Pictel?) and was so excited to be able to see everyone! Sounds like I live in the stone age.

The ADEC team members introduced themselves, explained a little bit about their specific roles and the organization and function of ADEC as a whole. The ADEC team is very small, with less than 10 full-time employees, and the broad range and number of projects they are able to facilitate and support is just amazing. Their focus is all about economic development in Cordoba, both benefiting small and medium businesses and improving social issues such as unemployment. The statement of work is still a little vague, and we plan to discuss that more at next week’s meeting. It was great to meet our clients and I am looking forward to working with them and the IBM team to make a positive impact in Cordoba.

Now I should probably get back to my day job . . .

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