Ron Kruse
Lone Star Communications, Houston
(d) 281-846-7352
(c) 817-739-5106
January 25, 2023
WEATHER
Tornados touched down in Pasadena, Baytown & Deer Park on Tuesday 1/24.
Everybody seems to be doing OK.
EOM
The employee of the month voting wraps up today. See the e-mail from Alyssa Garza on 1/23.
Here is the link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQBDXST
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
February 1 - Optional Vision Summary Coffee (drop me a note if you have interest. If I get 6 or more, I will schedule it).
February 9-10 - Responder 5000 class - Bryan Peltier
February 9-10 - Lone Star Technical Institute Q&A with Trey Meador @ 15:45 (AKA Topo with Trey)
February 10 - Everything DIsc - Trey Meador
February 15 - DC Switching Lab
February 22 - Fiber Optic Overview and Termination
February 23 - We will try once more to have a retirement lunch for Jackson Cole.
February 28 - March 2 - NSCA Business Leadership Conference in Las Colinas
GOOD NEWS
December was a good month for us in a very up and down year. We will see if market conditions will allow us to string together a few in a row with an eye toward profit sharing. There are some conditions that are out of our control, but we should keep on the ones that we can change. The KPI boards will return next week with updated data.
CARE50 PROGRESS
In fall of 2022, we started the process of implementing CareSight in 50 hospital locations.
Slow going as far as the number of systems turned on at this time. We are in IT evaluation process in over 50 sites at the moment, so there is movement. This will be on the public KPI boards next week..
January 20, 2023
GOOD NEWS
HCA Willis Ambulatory Surgery Center - Architectural Punch List (project is 84% complete).
Winner, Winner! Chicken Dinner!
I know you all got this, so you already know, but Lone Star wasn’t on the List!
Great Quality Work, as usual!
Thanks!
Gregory Propps | Technology Consultant
UPCOMING LONE STAR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
RESPONDER 5000 INTERNAL TRAINING CLASS
Bryan Peltier will be teaching a two-day class on February 9 & 10.
Marco Huertas & Fernando Santos will be in attendance.
Bryan will be assisting on the class instructed by Jorge Garces in Grand Prairie February 7 & 8 and then Jorge will backing up Bryan for his class here in Houston on February 9-10.
DC SWITCHING LAB INTERNAL TRAINING
Ron Kruse will be facilitating a two-hour lab on Thursday January 26.
Marco Huertas & Omar Puente will be in attendance.
In-person hands-on signal flow lab.
Multimeter calibration & offset
Multimeter basic functions
Simple DC circuit assembly, document and test
Circuit resistance, amperage and voltage measurements
FEBRUARY 23rd CALENDAR LOOK AHEAD
We will try once more to have a retirement lunch for Jackson Cole.
We had a practice lunch on January 11 while Jackson was in the ER.
An invite has been sent out via Outlook.
January 13, 2023
FEBRUARY 9th CALENDAR LOOK AHEAD
Topo Chico & Chat
The Command Central conference room is reserved for a Topo Chico Chat with Trey Meador on Thursday February 9th @15:45 – 17:00.
This will be an informal discussion with Topo & snacks. The goal is to create awareness and answer questions about the vision of the in-progress Lone Star Technical Institute.
A calendar invite will be sent out soon.
Yes he his a Texas Rangers fan. Pity him, but don't let that stop you from coming by to see Trey.
January 11, 2023
Jackson Cole will go into full retirement mode after Friday. His last day with us will be January 13. Thanks for ten years of your contributions Jackson! Try not to run the tires bald on that hot rod Mustang.
Alyssa Garza joined Lone Star Communications as the Receptionist on January 3, 2023 in the Houston office and she reports to Marissa Cerna. She brings more than 2 years of Receptionist experience and has some expertise in accounting.
In Alyssa’s spare time she likes to be with her family and friends. If she isn’t spending time with her loved ones or working, she is doing what she loves most and recently started growing fond of Lash Artistry .
Please welcome Alyssa to our Lone Star Team!! She can be reached at 713-667-9424 or alyssa.garza@lonestarcom.com
JANUARY CALENDAR
January 11 - Practice retirement Lunch for Jackson Cole (Jackson was unable to attend).
January 17-19 - Annual Planning Meeting - Grapevine
January 26 - DC Switching Lab - Marco Huertas, Omar Puente
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
TBA - Retirement Lunch for Jackson Cole
FREE TICKETS
Shrine CIrcus - Fort Bend County Fair Grounds April 19-23
Please contact Alyssa Garza for your free tickets.
