Friday, April 11, 2008

IBM 100% Club Palm Springs

Vaughn was awarded a trip to Palm Springs with the IBM 100% Club. The event took place 4/9-4/12 at the Desert Springs Resort. It was a very nice event that consisted of recognizing those IBMers that achieved/exceeded business targets in 2007. Each day, Vaughn was able to select an special recreational activity to do. The choices consisted of "Day at the Spa", Jeep tour of the San Andreas fault line", "Hummer tour in the Joshua Tree National Park", etc. etc. Vaughn chose to do the Jeep tour of the San Andreas fault line. It was a great event. The attendees were treated with performances by the Funk Brothers and Jay Leno. The food was phenomenal. Vaughn met some great new IBM friends and had a fun time relaxing and having fun (not working).
Views of the resort from the hotel room

Views on the Jeep excursion along the San Andreas fault line.

Wild West Night in the Desert - Vaughn's first and likely last time on a mechanical bull

3 of the people in the picture I actually don't know at all. The only person I knew going into this was Patrick Ryan who is standing just above me to the right. I met Morad (sombrero and rifle) and Frank (above me to the left) at the event. We had a very enjoyable time this evening. We were bused out to the desert and had quite a spread awaiting us

2 comments:

Hannah Stevenson said...

I still can't believe they didn't invite Heather on this trip...that's just LAME! But glad you had a good time on the bull!

Anonymous said...

just found you browsing the web. what was the theme for the event? do you remember?