Speaking at the annual conference of the Oak County Association of Annual Conference Planners yesterday, former organization president Louis Russo emphasized the paramount necessity of supplementing any annual conference with multiple additional meetings throughout the course of the year, the chief objectives of this augmented schedule being some or all of the following: blue-skying initial ideas, settling upon a smaller and more obtainable set of forward-facing benchmarks, endeavoring to achieve those goals, and then following up afterwards to determine both successes and failures and how expectations can be adjusted before the next annual conference. "In these days of hurry and scurry," Russo said, "too many conferences rocket from one year to the next without these moments of thought. This means not only poor planning but all too often dilapidation and collapse of the event itself. Some conferences go off in a condition that is a reproach to civilization." His voice had a music to it that brought him back to the days when he used to sing. He performed in lounges mostly, first under his own name, then under the name "Blue Lou." Geraldine, his duet partner, had stayed in the trenches longer, even after Lou left for law school, and scored a minor disco hit with "Blind Love." Lou always thought the initials of the title were a secret wink to him. He and Geraldine had been hot and heavy for a while. Geraldine! He sighed thinking of her, reddened, and apologized to the other conference planners. "Let's break for lunch," Lou said, careful not to sing it.
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