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Subject: I went to Central Church Collierville Sunday night to see my DIL's great Christmas program, then to ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/9/2013
I went to Central Church Collierville Sunday night to see my DIL's great Christmas program, then to dinner at Bonefish. Happened to meet Rita & Kurt Kunzel who both worked at FedEx. They are now Realtors for Crye Leike if you need a realtor.
Connie Morgan12/10/2013
Kurt was my manager in ZapMail. Nice to know.
Subject: Chuck Sertich
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/9/2013
Chuck SertichOne of my early meetings with Chuck Sertich, his staff wanted to purchase an expensive monitoring/performance tool to better optimize some of the 500 linehaul applications. Mike Struminger's group had developed a publish subscribe system that took data feeds from the Mainframes and then distributed data to all the downstream apps for hub,air ops, trucking, weather, messaging etc) and they were able to put many of the apps on common unix Sun platforms.Chuck brought one of his tech guys in, as they pitched a proposal to me and Johnny Wong. I was sold about 5 minutes into the pitch and just told them to go do it........but the tech guy was hyped and continued to pitch and sell the system to us.......... Chuck shook his head, and stopped his guy and calmly said something like '.....we don't need to keep selling after we've sold Jimmy on something...stop and enjoy the moment...and let's get out of here....'......Chuck was always quiet but focused and he was in a teaching moment to his staff.He was a great Director, teacher, mentor and friend to all who knew him at FedEx.
Margaret Canon Bruch12/9/2013
Dearly missed
Peter Dangerfield12/9/2013
I'm proud to say Linda Rooks and I hired Chuck from Holiday Inns for AOIS. As they say cream rises to the surface, it didn't take long for chuck to move up the management ranks.
Buddy Johnson12/9/2013
There are a lot of great 'Chuck' stories - could easily fill several books. Suffice to say, he was one of the 'good guys'. He helped me tremendously. RIP, Chuck!!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/10/2013
Julie Chow: "Chuck Sertich was my director at FedEx many years ago. He was the last of a dying breed at FedEx -- without a doubt, he was one of the "Good Guys." As Jimmy states below, Chuck was a great Director, and a great friend to all... Even though I no longer worked at FedEx when Chuck died, my heart hurt for his wife and boys because I knew what kind of man he was. I am honored to have known him, and privileged to have worked for him."
Connie Morgan12/10/2013
I met Chuck when he first started at FedEx. He was a such a nice man. Purple dedication for sure.
David Warren12/10/2013
I worked with Chuck at Holiday Inn and he has and always was a nice guy, we shared many private moments. True gentleman...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/10/2013
Sadly, Chuck's wife passed away suddenly in April.
Subject: Here's a picture of Chuck Morgan, Jay Gibbs, and Miley Ainsworth from 1997... I took this picture in ...
Charles Morgan12/10/2013
Here's a picture of Chuck Morgan, Jay Gibbs, and Miley Ainsworth from 1997... I took this picture in Boston, just now found it again after 16 years!
Charles Morgan12/10/2013
Miley and I worked in Zapmail, for Antony Kong, back at the offices on Ridgeway in 1985, on the Tandem systems... he was my director at the time of this picture in 1997. Jay was later a director in the .Com area, over the first Internet-based FedEx shipping solutions that FedEx offered. It was called FedEx InternetShip in those days...
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz Who worked at MLGW before coming to FedEx in voice systems, hobby was climbing mou ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/10/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz
Who worked at MLGW before coming to FedEx in voice systems, hobby was climbing mountains, and later became the VP of Networking/Security?
Angela Maynard12/10/2013
Randy Roy
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/10/2013
Angie is correct! Randy, now Professor William Randy Roy from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Charles Morgan12/10/2013
Dr. Roy, I presume! Nice going, Randy!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/10/2013
I don't think Randy is a Dr, but he has the experience to teach as one at the university.
Charles Morgan12/10/2013
well, in any case, I am glad that he's found a new calling - that's great to hear the he's become a professor!
Gary Phillips12/10/2013
Maybe he should go back and straighten out MLG&W.
Shirley Lovelace Williams12/10/2013
I worked for Randy when he was a Director.
Subject: does anyone have the number to call about the fed ex discount for Verizon?
Karen Schmidt12/10/2013
does anyone have the number to call about the fed ex discount for Verizon?
Debora Williams Waller12/10/2013
I made an inquiry, there is no phone number and retirees do not get discounts at this time.
Karen Schmidt12/11/2013
there is a number, I had it and now can't find it....
Sandra Allen Palmer12/11/2013
Start with the # listed on your bill/account
Karen Schmidt12/11/2013
no, I meant for fed ex, Verizon says it is fed ex fault for not offering the discount..
Debora Williams Waller12/12/2013
FedEx Retiree Club is working with FedEx to include retirees in discount program but this hasn't happened yet.
Karen Schmidt12/12/2013
Okay... thanks
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz Who made the majority of label printers for Powership?
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz
Who made the majority of label printers for Powership?
Charles Morgan12/11/2013
Eltron?
Gary Phillips12/11/2013
That would be my guess as well
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Bruce Lindow12/11/2013
I think it was TEC
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
Bruce is correct! TEC of Japan
Charles Morgan12/11/2013
Gary Phillips. There were a lot of the Eltrons too, but now that I think about it, TEC probably had the larger number.. Great answer Bruce!
David Hunt12/11/2013
TEC was the first printer used on Purple Lights since it was the standard in 97 and 98.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz Zapmail reached it's highest volume somewhere around 55,000 documents per day. Abo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz
Zapmail reached it's highest volume somewhere around 55,000 documents per day.
About 10 percent of all daily Zapmail documents stayed in this one city?Name this city ______________
Gary Phillips12/11/2013
Wild guess because of the size....Los Angeles
Dan Elliot12/11/2013
New york city...
Melissa Leech Ziemer12/11/2013
Washington DC
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
Melissa is correct!
Debora Williams Waller12/12/2013
Dallas? Is that where Val-Pak was?
Subject: David White: Anybody recognize these folks from 1987 photo? Not sure of the exact timeframe, but I'm ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
David White: Anybody recognize these folks from 1987 photo? Not sure of the exact timeframe, but I'm thinking it may have been around Christmas time as there is a ribbon draped across the PBX cabinet (see Carla's head).The "Telecom Experiment" was to test whether or not we could do a "self-Install" of a Nortel PBX without involving a vendor. We did it collectively, programming, and cross-connecting with the guidance provided by voice engineering. Several of us had attended Nortel PBX Installation training classes in California to prepare to test the concept.To the best of my memory from 1987 the FedEx employees in picture were:Back Row L to R: Greg Nemec, Sharon Roberts, Carol Williams (now deceased), and Carla S. Moore.Front Row L to R: Marsha Wallace, Jonnie Carrion, Marie McVay, J. David White, & Jon Peacock.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/11/2013
Marie McVay: All my gosh, we were babies! This was the era of long curly hair for
ladies.
So miss our sweet Carol Ann......
Thanks David for the walk down memory lane!
MM
Subject: Ancel Hankins story: http://fedexlegends.info/stories.html#dcc
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/12/2013
Ancel Hankins story: http://fedexlegends.info/stories.html#dcc
Subject: Some DCC history. Many of FedEx employess came from DCC.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/12/2013
Some DCC history. Many of FedEx employess came from DCC.This photo is at DCC around 1976-77.DCC was the first company to automate advertising & billing to computers.Before DCC, TV stations sold and placed advertising slots using index cards. As they sold advertisements they would build a daily list of commercials using the index cards and then take them and cut a tape of all the commercials.A Burroughs programmer named Jim Ziegler(ex of Cynthia Spangler) wrote a program which would allow a TV or Radio station to input the advertisements into a local computer, and communicate to a central mainframe. The mainframe program would build the advertising spots, send that info to a tape machine to build the master tape, automate all the billing, and even place national spots across multiple TV stations.He got with Norfleet Turner in Memphis and DCC was formed. WMCTV was the first station to automate. In several years there were over 500 TV and Radio stations around the country using the Memphis based DCC computers and a corresponding network and telecom system was
designed by Ancel Hankins. DCC ended up with 2 of the largest Burroughs 6700 systems, a large Honeywell Multics System, hundreds of Burroughs and Data General minicomputers spread across the country.When Ancel was hired by FedEX, it's telecom system was under the computer floor. Ancel brought the circuits out and built a monitoring and backup system for the company, and redesigned the multi-drop network to optimize it.
Don Rose12/12/2013
And several FedEx employees went to DCC when we converted to IBM.
Charles Morgan12/13/2013
I was a DCC employee from 1980 to 1981... Systems-Programmer Analyst in the Mini-Computer Division.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/13/2013
i worked at DCC from 1976 till Jan 1980
Subject: FedEx Tivia: Who at FedEx was called Captain Video? He handled setting up video conferencing systems ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/13/2013
FedEx Tivia: Who at FedEx was called Captain Video? He handled setting up video conferencing systems in the 80's, then worked at A cruise line, and then Walmart as VP Telecom.
Gary Pantlik12/13/2013
David Flanagan? (sp)
Gary Phillips12/13/2013
Flanigan
Gary Phillips12/13/2013
Sorry GP, beat be to It.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/13/2013
correct!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/13/2013
David is currently a director at General Motors
Marie McVay12/14/2013
David F. and his wife got married at the finish line of a Triathlon.
Subject: Dec 14/Tom Glasgow wrote:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/15/2013
Dec 14/Tom Glasgow wrote:I may remember some of these events as I was the Project Director for the Superhub. What an amazing experience.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2013
From www.fedexlegends.info (Superhub pages) Management Tidbits
In one of the (Mike Basch Staff)meetings I got a management tidbit I would always remember.
As action items were checked off or assigned, they would ask who was responsible for a particular item. When no one accepted it, Mike would ask a young Director named Tom Glasgow if he would take the item. Tom always said, "Sure".
He never wrote anything down, and at the end of the meeting he might have 5-10 items to do.
"One day I asked him, how do you do all this, and don't write it down?"
He said, "Well, first, Mike always has someone taking meeting minutes, so I don't have to write it down. I get a copy of those minutes and look for action items with my name. And having the action item doesn't mean I need to fix the issue, I am responsible for finding the right person or group to fix it, whether in my group or not. I then tell them that it's their issue and they need to find the solution and report back to Mike or him". (Tom would also have the minutes reflect who he assigned the item to)
So, an important lesson. Taking an action item, means taking the responsibility of finding the correct person to do it, and following thru that it is addressed.
Subject: Jimmy, I remember first meeting you and Jim Barksdale around 1980-81 while working as an application ...
Wade Waldrup12/16/2013
Jimmy, I remember first meeting you and Jim Barksdale around 1980-81 while working as an application engineer with Market Data Systems, under Buford Smith. Formerly of Cook Industries, I believe. We developed the prototype for an intelligent talking drop box for Federal Express. One of those projects that slipped away!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2013
I remember the project, one of many we were working on. We did two prototypes. One with MDS and one with Diversified Technology out of Ridgeland Ms. If I remember correctly some of you had to work all night, right before the demo, to get it finished, but the demo turned out fine.
Barksdale deferred the project due to 1) we had over 30 R&D projects in motion, so too many to do right, and 2) focus groups showed that customers were just dropping off packages on their way home...they really didn't want anything to slow them down like an ATM inputs.
Did you know Reece Dike or Jim Glass who might have worked there?
Wade Waldrup12/18/2013
I was indeed one of the ones who worked all night to finish the demo. I remember Reece very well.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizWhat are FedEx aircraft named after?How are these names chosen?What was the first FedEx Falcon named?Where is that jet today?
Marsha Terry Rider12/16/2013
(1) employee's children (just 1st?) (2) can't remember - by some type of drawing submitted by employees? (3) don't know (4) Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Ben Moore12/16/2013
3) Wendy - FWS' daughter
Jane Meredith Robbins12/16/2013
My daughter had a plane named after her! It was great!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2013
Answers above are correct; names drawn by lottery; and my second son Jonathan was born 3 months after I started w/FedEx and the company sent him a silver spoon.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2013
David Hunt12/16/2013
We got a spoon for Sheryl and flowers for Sheila in 81. In 84 with Brian, Sheila got flowers that is it.
Sherry Little12/16/2013
1. Children of employees
2. Drawn from submissions
3. Wendi, FWS daughter
4. Museum in Washington?
Subject: If you are going to purchase toys and games online, I would like you to visit my new site,
Jack Brown12/16/2013
If you are going to purchase toys and games online, I would like you to visit my new site,
Debora Williams Waller12/17/2013
Jack, sent you a friend request. Remember Marsha Taylor and I working in ZapMail doing activations. I think I was Debora Williams back then.
Jack Brown12/17/2013
Debora ,Great to hear from you.
Subject: FedEx trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/17/2013
FedEx trivia Quiz:Who was this person, and what did he do?Hint: TCB
Ray Lipham12/17/2013
It is a very grainy photo but is it Milo High? He was a FedEx corporate jet pilot and earlier was a pilot for Elvis.
Ray Lipham12/17/2013
He was often the pilot on the FedEx corporate jet runs from COS to MEM which I flew on frequently prior to 2000.
Jack Brown12/17/2013
Yes, I believe it is Milo High. I was a passenger of his on the corporate jet several times. A great pilot.
Buddy Johnson12/17/2013
I always enjoyed his stories on the MEM-COS runs.
Lucille Crowder Morris12/17/2013
It sure looks like Milo and he definitely had the TCB that he wore around his neck. From 1977 to 1980, he was our neighbor in Bartlett. He started working for FedEx after Elvis died. His wife, Paola, also worked for FedEx. They were both a lot of fun.
Don Rose12/17/2013
I miss seeing Milo. Great pilot and great fun to be around. I could not begin to count the number of times I flew with him MEM-COS and back.
Marsha Terry Rider12/17/2013
I remember running across his name in the PRISM test system and thinking "oh, what a clever test employee name for a pilot"...then I found out it was a real name.
Subject: Milo Burns High
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/18/2013
Milo Burns High
Jack Brown12/18/2013
Thanks for sharing this.
Don Rose12/18/2013
This makes me sad Jimmy. I did not know Milo had passed. It also makes me sad that I did not know he was from Pontotoc MS. My Mom was born and grew up there and I am sure we could have had some great conversations about Pontotoc. Another great one gone.
Charlie Derrick12/19/2013
T.C.B., Milo! You were a gentleman.
Carl Wayne Hardeman12/19/2013
We from Pontotoc too as is Jimmy Gafford and Dick Davis.
Don Rose12/19/2013
Did any of you know any Harmons?
Carl Wayne Hardeman12/19/2013
We are Grahams and Hayse. I know where Harmontown is. We from Hurricane-Thaxton area.
Don Rose12/19/2013
My Mother was a Harmon and had 3 sisters and 3 brothers. My uncle, Carl Harmon, owned Harmon's concrete products in Pontotoc.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/19/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Who is this person, what did he do for FedEx?
(photo is grainy, but only one I have of him)
Gary Phillips12/19/2013
Kurt Wulff
Gary Phillips12/19/2013
Started in Communication Software in mid 80s.
Mike Acord12/19/2013
Best boss I ever had, anywhere/anytime, and one of the finest human beings I have ever had the privilege of knowing...he is greatly missed...
Dan Goss12/19/2013
Kurt Wulff was hired by Elaine Turner into the Communications Software group in Computer Operations in July 1983. When we expanded the Comm Software group into three sections, promoted Kurt to manage the Distributed Communications section. Thus I had Elaine Turner's group for the mainframe, Kurt Wulff for Distributed Systems, and Bill Strange for the Tandem systems group.
Subject: Rob Carter Video on some of the history of FedEx technologies:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2013
Rob Carter Video on some of the history of FedEx technologies:
Subject: Online FedEx Company Store: http://www.bdasites.com/FedExCollection/Main/Splash
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2013
Online FedEx Company Store: http://www.bdasites.com/FedExCollection/Main/Splash
Subject: One of my favorite JLBarksdale comments:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2013
One of my favorite JLBarksdale comments:I was at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando with 6000 of my friends. On each day a different speaker did question and answers with a host. JLB was at Netscape then.First day was Bill Gates. When asked about the competition from Netscape which had over 60% of the browser market at the time, Bill paused and said,'Microsoft believes that Browsers should be free....'The next day, Mr Barksdale spoke. He was immediately asked about Bill Gates pushy comments the day before. He then said," Yes, I heard what the youngin said...........and you know I've thought about this alot...
Netscape believes that Operating Systems should be free.....'It brought the house down, too funny to everyone, plus he was such a more polished speaker that Bill Gates was.Michael Dell spoke the next day, but Mr. Barksdale had made his point to 6000 people, and later to Congress about Microsoft tactics.
Penny Hitchcock Hopper12/21/2013
Enjoy most any anecdote about JLB and wish him well.
Rajeev Sk12/21/2013
X'Mas wishes
Dan Elliot12/22/2013
And the free browser still reigns...
Subject: Merry Christmas to all my friends.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/22/2013
Merry Christmas to all my friends.Things are going to start getting hectic this week, so I thought I would go ahead and Wish you all a very Merry Christmas. If you celebrate the holidays another way, I pray for you to have a wonderful time and hope you can spend quality time with your families.We are having 45-50 of our immediate Burk family at our house Monday night, Tuesday will be at Stephanie's sisters' home Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day will get to spend some time with Josh & Cathy & the grandkids and let them show us their Christmas gifts.Thursday, maybe recovery or go see the things we haven't yet, that we love: Enchanted Forest, Zoo Lights, and Starry Nights.Merry Christmas & A Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year to you All!
Connie Morgan12/22/2013
Merry Christmas to you and yours Jimmy Glenn Burk!
Don Rose12/22/2013
And a very Merry Christmas to all the Burk family!
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