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TechCrawl 2015 and June-Fireworks



Hi all,
Since my last post is already some weeks old I guess I owe you an  update.
A friend of mine visited me here in Royal Oak and we had lots of work the last weeks for our big TechCrawl event. So there is enough to write about :)
 
Moritz arrived on the first June-weekend. I showed him the Rock City Detroit, and our nightlife here. We had a great time with my roommates and the chance to talk about things going on in our hometown.

After he left the busy time at work started. We had plenty of work – much influenced by TechCrawl. We had to organize final things, print the press material, had meetings at the locations and so on.
But – we managed it, and then the “big day” arrived.

TechCrawl 2015
This year’s TechCrawl was a half-day program. We started with lunch and a short introduction in Birmingham’s “The Bird and The Bread”. A very nice restaurant with a delicious kitchen. We had wraps, sandwiches and salad for everybody. And as a dessert the housemade cookies. Believe me:  It sounds not as spectacular as it was.

The presentation-part of TechCrawl took place in the Birmingham Theatre.  A movie- theatre. We had the presentations on the big screen, the media sitting in those huge red cinema chairs and eating popcorn.
All in all a great atmosphere, great presentations and media attendees that had the chance to relax and work at the same time.
We also presented our former-intern video in the movie theatre. I created it because AutoCom celebrates it’s 20th anniversary this year.
So – every former AutoCom intern who sent a short statement-video to me is now able to call himself a movie-star. Your clip has been on a real cinema-screen. Not everybody can say this :)
Thanks again to all of you who sent a short clip! – if you want to see the video again, here the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILFC9lpwocU&feature=youtu.be
TechCrawl 2015 ended with a reception at Hyde Park – a steakhouse directly next to the movies. Merle and I organized some fun-activities for our media attendees and our clients. We had a caricaturist who drawed the people (very nice!), we had a guitar-player who made some nice music for the background. And we had a little fun-picture frame with two fun-gadgets: Larry’s glasses and Jack Harned’s hair.
As you can see in the pictures: we had a good time.
Now, since TechCrawl is over  I am busy with working on our quarterly newsletter. Be prepared for it – It’ll be sent out in the first week of July. If you want to receive a copy feel free to contact me (nfuchs@usautocom.com) or just subscribe online on our homepage www.usautocom.com/#!newsletter-archive

This week was also an exciting event in downtown Detroit: We celebrated the canadian independence day together with our neighbors in Windsor/Canada. Denise invited Merle and me to join her and her family for a dinner at the Detroit Princess, the historical boat on the river.
We had a nice meal on the boat and after that the chance to see the fireworks from the upper-deck on the water.

Since it is Friday today I am also preparing myself for the weekend. :) Unfortunately the weather-forecast is not very good. But – to be honest:  I’ve never seen a true weather-forecast here in the US since I am here. So hopefully the weather-science guys are wrong this time, too.
Our neighbor came to our house last week. She told us that she organized a block-party in our street for this Saturday. My roommates and I will have fun there, for sure! Hopefully with good weather.
Also I have to tell you that Chicago is calling: I’ll be there in two weeks. Picking up my girlfriend from the airport. She’s going to visit me.
I am so glad that she is able to come to the US so that we can see each other :)

I’ll keep you updated
Niko

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