Rohit Kashyap and his wife, Deepa, welcomed their beautiful daughter, Riya, on Dec.11. They are enjoying those early baby days.

Mike Rafi had some big career news to share. His recent promotion demonstrates that Kellogg networking is alive and well in EMP-60. Mike had this to say: "After eight years at JLG, I resigned. Erin and I are headed to Argentina for a vacation before I begin the new job. I have taken a position working for Ron Keating at his new company, Contech Construction Products, as the chief administrative and development officer. We are very exited about the move and I will commute until the kids are out of the school in June and then we will move to the Cincinnati area."

	Proud papa Rohit Kashyap EMP-60 and daughter Riya
	David Krauskopf EMP-60 and son Xander (2) exploring a Mayantemple
	Eileen Moore EMP-60 and son (Santa's favorite) EdwardBurrough Moore IV enjoy a carousel ride at New Orleans beautiful recovered CityPark.
	Luis EMP-60, Colleen and newborn Carlos Orbegoso
	Alfonso Parra EMP-60, his wife Heidi and their twins, Lucasand Mario

Congratulations, Mike (we knew those photos of Texas Ronnie would come in handy), and we wish you all the best in your new role. His mobile will remain the same and his new e-mail is rafim@contech-cpi.com.

I am so excited to share Tom Marry's exciting update. While he is still at Modine, the company has promoted him to the regional vice president of Asia. We have a place to stay in Shanghai now, and here is his update: "We moved to Shanghai in December. My wife, Teri, is continuing on with her position at Intermatic and will be working out of her office in Hong Kong and our residence in Shanghai. This all happened pretty quickly.

"In this position, I am spending lots of time in Chennai, India, where our new plant is under construction, as well as the major cities in India where our customers are located. Lots of time spent in Asan City, Korea, where our plant and engineering center is, and last but not least, our Asian HQ and three manufacturing facilities in China. Bottom line is I am on the road lots and will return to the U.S. every eight weeks or so for both family (Denver) and work-related meetings.

"We are enjoying the change. Very interesting moving from the farm to a city of 17 million. I feel tall and somewhat out of place. The people are great, very friendly. I know lots of our classmates have been to Shanghai. It is a very Western city with nonstop things to do. My new numbers will be added soon to the Kellogg site.

"We had Kellogg Professor Tim Calkins do a branding presentation for the Modine corporate staff during our global management meeting in December. He did a great job. We learned lots and have to chew on how we carry it forward."

David Krauskopf checked in and sent me some beautiful photos of his family. His update: "Keeping busy while running a large multi-national business is hard work, but David Krauskopf has done so by settling in northern Virginia and overseeing his investment in Hamanasi Adventure Resort from afar. In the two years of being out of Belize, his business has grown to over $3 million in sales with high operating margins. Hamanasi has been ranked No. 1 in Belize and No. 2 in Central America with more than 120 customer reviews on the No. 1 hotel review site in the world (tripadvisor.com). Plans are in place to continue expanding the resort at a steady pace. David and his wife, Dana, now have a child, Xander (2). In his spare time, David has been coaching wrestling at Langley High School that is ranked No. 4 in the state of Virginia and volunteering as a SCORE counselor working with small businesses and startups in the area. Plans include investing in new businesses most likely in northern Virginia."

Luis Orbegoso has had a fantastic year. Colleen and Luis welcomed their son Carlos on Nov. 17. Luis had this to say: "He is doing fantastic. We have been thoroughly enjoying him, and I finally learned how to change diapers without duct tape."

On the professional front, Luis left GE after 12-plus years in September for United Technologies Corporate as vice president of product management for UTC's fire and security division. He quickly moved within the company and has recently accepted a position as vice president and general manager of Lenel Systems International (wholly owned UTC company). Lenel is a global leader in the development and integration of high technology security solutions. He is really excited about the opportunity and will be moving (again) to Rochester, N.Y. So if anyone is out that way, please look them up.

Randy McCreary was brief in his update that he bought a rental business in Bethany Beach, Del., and is working to grow and get things going.

It was great to get an update from Alfonso Parra about his calm winter. He had a relaxing break at home with Heidi and the boys with very mild weather in Dallas. However, 2008 has kicked off with a very different and fast pace while he is working feverishly on strategy and M&A activity in Silicon Valley at IBM. He did mention that we should all get on Facebook to stay connected with each other. I agree, get on it EMP-60.

Our globe trotter classmate, Patricia Harris, wrote to tell of her latest adventure: "I visited Bangkok and the Khmer temples at Angkor in Camboda in late December and early January. I really had a great time, people were very friendly, the food was great and the sights (particularly the Bangkok's Grand Palace and Wat Arun, and Angkor Wat) were really interesting."

As for me, Eileen Moore, Eddie and I survived our first Mardi Gras and partied with the best of them. It was fun getting an insider's view on the parades. We have done a fantastic business with the Sugar Bowl, BCS game and now the NBA All Star Game. Please keep in touch, miss you all and hope to see you soon.