Giving a little thanks...

Just checking in to inform all that the offices of Open Road Communications will be closed from Wednesday, November 22 through Sunday, November 26. Please feel free to email and we will get back with you Monday.

In other news, I will say that Roadside Service day was a grand success. Additionally, Open Road Communications has had one of its busiest months ever for delivering training, and December looks set to be more of the same. Thanks to all the students and clients who make our work possible and rewarding.

Giving thanks is a pretty good tradition, after all...


On the Road,
Eric J. Reid

Roadside Service Day

Election Day summons a smorgasbord of reactions in this country. Partisan bickering, guilty distraction, and apathy are a few of the less favorable. Tomorrow, November 7th, a certain percentage of Americans will cast their votes and the rest (probably a greater number) won't. For many, it will be just another day.

Realizing this, I have been contemplating the importance of what our government officials do. Budgets are made, taxes are adjusted, programs are funded or slashed, laws that affect us are passed or amended, judges who adjudicate those laws are selected, diplomacy and the economy is leveraged, war and defense are waged. I mention these things because although obvious, we usually don't have time to think about them until we are adversely affected or frustrated by them. But taking one day to make an effort to affect them -- by choosing candidates we hope will make the best choices -- is a citizen's opportunity to help in this work.

Citizenship is neither easy nor popular. We have busy, fast lives full of priorities that are vital to us. And yet, so is the community in which we live. And taking part of one's day to improve or maintain our communities is a priority we often overlook.

So tomorrow, Election Day, Open Road Communications will be honoring this priority with community involvement. We call it "Roadside Service Day", and the staff of ORC will be volunteering to phone in voting reminders, giving blood at a local blood center, and touring a Kansas City Salvation Army chapter. You are encouraged to join in -- below are a few links if you can make the time. You'll be glad you did, and "the rest of your life" will be there when you get back.

Polling Locators

• Kansas polling locations
• Missouri polling locations
  

Polling locations for other states can be found at the DNC or GOP sites:

• DNC
  
• GOP
  

On the Road,
Eric J. Reid