Well readers, it has been quite a year!  We have moved into our new facility – the Business After Hours was quite the party (biggest one of the year this editor hears!).  MaC has expanded and also teamed with new partners over the past year to offer an ever-increasing menu of goods and services to our clients.  Here are some highlights:
 

The Partnering for Success Center (PFS), which is located at 455 South 3rd Street in the old Carbondale Middle School (now the Bridges Center), had a fun-filled and informative grand opening on Monday, November 3rd.  The new PFS is open to Roaring Fork community members of all ages.  Attendees checked out the services and amenities of the Center while…

MaC is proud to unveil its Defend IT Services for small and medium business.  After extensive research, vetting, and development, MaC has unveiled the latest generation of IT protection for desktops, laptops, servers, and data.  “The level and sophistication of this service is unbelievable,” says Kelley Mitchell, “and the price is such that you can’t afford not to have it!”  The Services are broken into three areas Total Server Care, Total Desktop Care, and Business and Disaster Recovery Care.
 

This season don’t let the mortgage crisis, the banking crisis, the stock market crisis, or the auto industry crisis get you down – get out there and SHOP!  Are you an AmeriCAN or an AmeriCAN’T?  Here is a list of our top hot toys to buy to keep our economy running -- and make your geeky loved ones ecstatic:

Too cold to be outside but not enough snow to ski?  As you sit at your desk and dream about, maybe, the ‘perfect storm’ that will make this the best ski season ever:  gainfully unemployed or severely underemployed due to the slowdown (plenty of time on your hands), no tourists due to same (no gapers to contend with), and, here is the ‘if’, another epic year of snow (duh).  Here’s this issue’s best ways to kill time while waiting around for ‘the big one’:

Bravo people!!  Last issue's survey question:  ‘What did you do with your Economic Stimulus check?’ had fairly predictable results:
 

I immediately stuck it in my retirement fund of course!	33.3%
Can you say beach time?	11.1%
Let's just say I won't miss a single minute of NFL coverage this year!	11.1%
I bought 50 turkeys for the homeless shelter.	0.0%
What is this economic stimulus check you speak of?	22.2%
Had two days rest from collection calls.	11.1%
I don't remember, but my friends say it was fun...	11.1%

 
See this month’s survey to chime in on snowfall prognostication.

That's it for this year!  Have a great holiday season!