From The Ashes

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."

Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954), The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (published 1987), "Strider", ISBN 0-395-08254-4

Sometimes I still shake my head in disbelief that CVIS, as we once knew her, is no more. Yet even in the midst of her demise she conspires to live on. Those of us who had called her home - some for over 12 years - who found shelter and growth within her walls; who despite her flaws never doubted her intrinsic value; who when we stumbled and found ourselves unsure were shown patience and care uncharacteristic in the business world; those of us who were lucky enough to have been scooped up and put to some task or other now possess skills enough to continue doing those things we were given the opportunity and oversight to have learned under her guidance.

Where there once was one now there are three. And while some among us have gone their separate way, most have stayed.
Microdesk, having received the bulk of sales and technical staff, bulsters their hold on the AEC market in California while CVIS clients continue being served without missing a beat.

GRM, what used to be the EDU division of CVIS, also employs most of the same indivduals as before. They carry on in the same fashion as before to exemplify extraordinary sales and service to the educational marketplace in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Alaska.

MoreCompetency.com employs the remainder of those who have shown interest in a new venture designed to carry-on the CVIS comittment to end user efficiency in Autodesk applications.

Microdesk and GNR are still running, of course, and going stronger than ever. MComp is a startup whose first meeting was this morning discussing business strategies and next steps. The brains and brawn behind MComp are from the lineage of training pioneers who took the hugely successful CAD Manager Boot Camp and all of its cousins to hundreds of AEC professionals throughout the state. Now through MComp those same professionals will be able to get products that will allow them to start making money NOW rather spending their time getting ready to make money - if you know what I mean.

So in what I had previously termed 'The Phoenix Project', the Fellowship - now split into three parts - will always be in the hearts and lives of everyone who was a part of it.

How are people taking the change? More on that next time!