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followed
Tuesday
by another full business day,
including the annual Domain
Industry Awards luncheon.
But Wednesday it was all
about saying goodbye until we
meet again over a sumptuous
breakfast served in a gorgeous
tropical setting.
Above:
Wednesday's Farewell Breakfast
at TDC was served in the revolving
circular meeting room on the top
story of the Hyatt Regency Pier
66 Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.
The room's floor to ceiling windows
gives guests a sweeping 360 degree
view of the city skyline, the Intracoastal
Waterway and the Atlantic
Ocean. The shot below
looks across the Pier 66 marina
northwest to downtown Fort
Lauderdale.
Above:
As another beautiful day dawned in
that environment TDC 2016 guests
gathered for one last time to enjoy
breakfast and compare notes
before scattering to all four
corners of the globe.
Below:
(left to right) At one table TDC
Co-Founder Howard Neu caught up
with KW Boswell, Angie
Graves, Michael Gilmour
(who began the long trip home to Australia
soon after) and Pinky Brand
(that is Diana Jackson's head behind
Michael)!
Above:
TDC Co-Founder Barbara Neu,
new Domain Industry Hall of Fame
Member Nat Cohen and Keynote
Speaker Lori Anne Wardi enjoying
the view at the Farewell
Breakfast.
Below:
A member of the GoDaddy
contingent at TDC, Greg Silvius,
chats with a friend during
breakfast. Greg was my always
reliable executive account rep at
GoDaddy for many years and now he
manages the entire department.
Above:
Mentioned that TDC guests came to Florida
from all over the world. They
included one of my friends from Norway,
Truc Tran, who joined me for
this shot taken by our mutual friend
Reidar Rytter-Fjoeren, who is
also from Norway. Truc is now a
Floridian too! - he bought a home
away from home in Naples on
Florida's west coast and will be
back to spend some time there this
fall.
Below:
When I started in this business is
2002, not many women were involved
in it. It is thankfully a totally
different story today with dozens
of smart, top notch professional
women excelling as domain investors,
developers and corporate leaders.
Here are some prime examples who
have made it a much better industry
for us all to work in (left to
right), Angie Graves, Diana
Jackson and KW Boswell.
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We
missed one of the three TDC
Co-Founders at the Farewell
Breakfast, but Ray
Dillman Neu had a good
excuse. The night before
Ray, who has been interested
in a career law enforcement
since before we first met
him 12 years ago, fulfilled
that dream when he graduated
from the Broward College
Police Academy and
became an officer with the Broward
County Sheriff's Department.
We
had the immense pleasure of
attending Ray's graduation
ceremony with his friends
and family including
Howard and Barbara Neu
and Ray's Grandmother Millie
who (at
left) got a sky
high hug from the
6'6" former college
basketball player as soon as
the ceremony ended. It's a
win win for THE Domain
Conference because going
forward Ray can not only
help run it, he can provide
the security too!
This
year's edition of THE Domain
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rave reviews
from everyone we talked to
and you've likely read some
of them yourself on social
media. Our thanks to our TDC
hosts, Howard,
Barbara and Ray, for
another job incredibly well
done. We are already looking
forward to doing it again in
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