Thanks!
I am ever thankful for the kindness of strangers. Most everywhere I go, I meet strangers. These strangers sometimes become close friends. After all, other than family, everyone is a stranger until you meet.
Everyone’s kindness and generosity will determine many outcomes of my travels and this website. To them, I want to extend my thanks, via this page, listing everyone along with whatever information about them I can provide (regarding my meeting them and their help with this endeavor).
Expect many updates to this page. . .
The Sounding Board
These are the people who have taken the time to let me bounce ideas off of them and who have thrown their ideas at me. There have been two people who have been there since the beginning – and even before that:
Don Manelli – Los Angeles, CA
Mark Eveslage – Mill Valley, CA
In addition to these two, there have been others who have helped me in gathering specific information about the more technical side of things, as well as adding their two cents – which I always aim at spending wisely:
Chris Ashford – www.opticaledge.com
Roger Gilbertson – www.spacex.com
Nick Baggarly – www.drivearoundtheworld.com
Marc Miller – www.tell-my-story.com
Russ Turley – www.fat2fitradio.com
Tom Rooney – Portland, OR
Podcast People
In my effort to provide more than just my thoughts and ideas on the topic of trash, I am forming teams to help me while I’m on the road. As part of the fun, I will have segments of the podcast to let them share their contributions to the whole effort.:
The Surf Segment
A core aspect of the whole trip, regarding where I’m staying each night, will involve www.coushsurfing.org, a.k.a. “CS.” In order to pull this off, fellow CSers are going to help me search, select, and collaborate within the CS community, lining up places for me to stay and contacts to meet in the cities where I will travel.
Tom Rooney – Portland, OR
Luis Saenz – www.chichochon.com
Virginia Morales (non-CS) – Manassas, VA
Claudia Morales – Guatemala City, Guatemala (pending)
Deigratia Daniels – Atlanta, GA (pending)
Maps, Maps, Maps (a.k.a. Michael, Michael, Michael)
As I track my GPS coordinates, I will also share them online using Google Maps (and Google Earth). Along my ground trace, I will add photos, videos, links, and more, highlighting places I’ve visited. There will also be the ability for fans to contribute their photos, videos, and more to the maps. A team of friends will be helping me keep this feature fresh:
Michael Briggs – Destination unknown (lives on a boat)
Michael Bergen – Alameda, CA
Michael Gregg – Mountain View, CA (pending)
The Facebook Look
I am still developing this web presence but there is a Facebook page for “Trash Trip” and a profile of the same name. I will be able to post updates to the status, for the profile, and co-administrators will help manage the fan postings to the Page. I am looking for people who are interested in this role and I have a few people in mind. If you are a friend of mine, let me know if you’re interested in taking on this role.
Your Name Here – Send me an e-mail, via my personal website
YouTube
This list is pending and anyone who is interested in helping out here, please let me know.
Your Name Here – Send me an e-mail, via my personal website
Inside Information
These are people who are in-the-know about all things trash. Their insights have helped, or will help, me in putting out information which is based on years of experience.
Risa Buck - Ashland, OR
Donald McSwain – San Diego, CA
Vicki Figone – El Cerrito, CA
Additional Contributors
This list is for those who have helped me out in various ways of making contacts that have made a significant difference: making a new contact for me, an “insider” to information that has helped add to the content or has lead to other contacts, and more.
Kelly and Sherman Lamb
Rene Steinhauer
Beth Bergen
