Trip to OMUSA Headquarters, 2003

The skies were a bit overcast when I took these pictures, but this at least gives an idea of what the OM USA (Operation Mobilization) headquarters look like. They are working on a substantial addition, which will more than double the size of the building. They are working as funds come in, but currently, they have enough to enclose the entire addition.

Ron is the head of the IT group there. The office supports between 50 and 70 people, most of whom work on Linux based, diskless NC's ("Network Computers"), though there are a handful of Windows based laptops thrown into the mix, just to keep things intersting. Greg (a consultant from Lightsys) is the head technical guy, in charge of software, security, and whatever you need to keep a small but heavily used system like that up and running. Mark and Lorane work primarily as help desk, customer support, book-keeping, and all the hundreds of other jobs necessary to keep the users from killing the technical guys... ;-) Ron's job is trying to maintain some level of sanity in the group, and making sure everyone is going in more or less the same direction.

Dave is a Taylor University student working at the OM office over the Summer on the Centrallix application server, which is a product Lightsys is developing in conjunction with OM and the University.

A couple of the pictures here are (near) duplicates, since I was playing around with the new Fujifilm FinePix 3800 digital camera and comparing natural light with flash.

The pictures here are thumbnails. Click on the picture to see the large image:

My corner for the week

View out the window I sit by

Shots of the office building

Behind, with lunch area

The back woods

Work on the new addition

Late night at the office (Greg Beeley)

Pan shots of additional housing units

Greg

Dave (Taylor student)

Mark (help desk)

Lorane (support)

Ron Tenny (IT head)

Brett Tenny and family

Brett and Linda (Sr.)

Rodger Sisk and his fancy place settings

Roger and his VBS shirt

Larry, Leslie and Rodger Sisk

The Tenny home (where I'm staying)

front drive

front yard

The Tenny's dog Molly

My corner for the week		View out the window I sit by	Shots of the office building
	Behind, with lunch area
The back woods	Work on the new addition		Late night at the office (Greg Beeley)
	Pan shots of additional housing units
Greg	Dave (Taylor student)	Mark (help desk)	Lorane (support)
Ron Tenny (IT head)	Brett Tenny and family
	Brett and Linda (Sr.)
Rodger Sisk and his fancy place settings	Roger and his VBS shirt	Larry, Leslie and Rodger Sisk	The Tenny home (where I'm staying)
front drive
front yard			The Tenny's dog Molly