This is the “real” results of the Putt Putt tournament. Please note that the Earthly Beef (my team) had the lowest score. However, they had this thing called the “Sheleileigh.” I have no idea if I’m even spelling that right at this point. The idea was to raise more money by having people buy these things which then added points to someone else’s team score. Pretty nefarious if you ask me.

That’s why it was important to have a picture of the “real” results.

I’ll let you come up with a name for this golf team. I didn’t get it written down but I think the last part of their team name started with a “B” and ended with something that rhymes with “itches.”

They should have won a prize for the team that had the most fun. Ask them how they got the ball into the cup on one hole when it came up just short.

At the welcome reception we got to play putt putt. Here’s Judi Lampe, Mother Earth News, getting ready for a hole in one. She was on my team and thank goodness she agreed to play with us. We needed the help!

The end of the opening session ended with a panel discussion and attendance was great. A question & answer session followed the speakers. Then it was off to get ready for the welcome reception.

Our first speaker at the opening session is Dr. Gene Brown, University of Missouri. Dr. Brown presented research from a study he just completed of NAMA members asking them all about customer-focused marketing and their thoughts on how their companies did. I know he used the academic term “sucks” more than once to describe the results on certain questions. I’ll try to get or point you to his powerpoint presentation later.

The sponsor for the first session is the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and representing them is Monte Reese. Monte introduced the first speaker.

The first session is about to get started and Charlie Arnot, CMA Consulting, will soon be moderating the panel discussion portion of the program.