Chamber Connection, February 2016

In this issue . . .

FEBRUARY 2016

Member News New Members Chamber News Diplomat of the Month

On the Job Experiences Are Far From ‘Office Space’ Imaginings By Aaron Kapellusch, President/CEO

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nitially, when I prepared for my January ‘On the Job’ assignment as a technician with EO Johnson Business Technologies, I pictured myself assisting the endless cubicles and frustrated office workers of the cult comedy ‘Office Space.’ In one memorable scene in the movie, employees of the fictional Initech become fed up with their faulty, shared workplace equipment and take their anger out on office machinery with a baseball bat.

EO Johnson Business Technologies service technician Terry Boneske, left, instructs Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Aaron Kapellusch on copy machine repairs.

My experience couldn’t have been more different. I sometimes forget the truly collaborative spirit of businesses in the Wausau region, and the On the Job series has given me an up close look at the wonderful mashups that occur between our members every day.

members) at Lil’ Ole Winemaker Shoppe. Last month’s installment involved copy machine repair at Northcentral Technical College with EO Johnson Business Technologies. Future installments, with more memorable mashups, are in the works.

The series has rolled on since our first installment in November, highlighting a few of these member mashups. Our premier installment focused on landscaping at the new CoVantage Credit Union location with LandArt. We followed this up with winemaking (and serving several

What ‘Caddy Shack’ is to many golfers, ‘Office Space’ is to many business people (and thanks to our annual golf outings, I have an opportunity to quote both!). Now, if I could only find my Swingline stapler ...

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