Sue – our Westford, Massachusetts-based VP – is our guest this week, in one of the last ‘Meet the Board’ interviews. What country is on the top of your list to visit? I would have to say Portugal. My Dad’s is Portuguese and in 2001 my parents, my partner at the time and I were …
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Alcatel, Lucent, and Alcatel-Lucent retirees: you can now join us!
It took some time to iron out some technical issues, but we are now able to have our former members (whether retirees or not) ‘re-join’ our Chapters mailing lists! To do so, do get in touch via the Contact form and we’ll get you started. Photo credit: eMail by Esparta Palma, on Flickr (under Creative Commons license).
‘Meet the Board’ – Brian Cort
We stay in New Jersey this week with Brian, based in Murray Hill! What country is on the top of your list to visit? China. I have been studying Mandarin Chinese for three years, and I am to the point where I can hold simple conversations and even read and write a few hundred characters. …
‘Meet the Board’ – Dotti Evans
This week, meet Dotti – EQUAL!’s Secretary, based in Murray Hill, NJ. What animal scares you the most? Man scares me the most! We are the only animal that kills for no reason, that shows prejudice, and is greedy. We are the only animal which feels free to waste our natural resources and refuses to …
‘Meet the Board’ – Ryk Koscielski
We’re back this week with Ryk, our long-time board member and current Northern Illinois chapter representative – based in Naperville. What is the decisive factor that triggered your involvement in EQUAL!? When I first heard about a LEAGUE at AT&T chapter forming at the Naperville/Lisle campus in 1990, I really wanted to join, but I …
‘Meet the Board’ – Billy Nickerson
This week, meet Billy – our At-Large chapter representative based in California. What animal scares you the most? Dogs scare me the most and this is because I suffered a dog mauling as a young kid of 10 years old – facial scars, arm, and leg. Medical technology in a small town in the 70s …
‘Meet the Board’ – John Fredette
This week, meet John – our VP based in Raleigh, North Carolina. What is your funniest experience at work? I work virtually most of the time and usually from my home. Our 15-year-old cat Maynard has a touch of arthritis which slows him down. He likes to sleep on top of the heater grates to …
‘Meet the Board’ – Kelley Neal
This week, meet Kelley – EQUAL!’s co-president and long-time board member. What country is on the top of your list to visit? Honestly – almost anywhere. What is most surprising to folks is that I’ve never been outside of the US except for a few side trips to Canada. I have never had to travel …
‘Meet the Board’ – Jérôme Meyer
Jérôme is one of EQUAL!’s vice-presidents, based in Hong Kong, China. Get to know him, as part of our ‘Meet the Board’ series! What country is on the top of your list to visit? Japan has always been my all-time favorite. Although I’ve already traveled there a couple of times, its culture never fails to fascinate …
Meeting HomoSFèRe
Sylvie is President of HomoSFèRe, an NGO which gathers lesbian, gay, bi and trans employees of the SFR group and their friends. SFR is the second biggest telecom service provider in France, and its workforce includes more than 10,000 employees. Sylvie has been working at SFR for 12 years; she was a victim of …