Post by Jason Bogle

Now look, I got nothing but respect for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The man coined "less is more" and built a career on it. There are exceptions to every rule, and I have a photo that proves it. Two Jasons. Both tall. Both smart. Both, dare I say, handsome. Standing on the rooftop of Lido House, in weather so perfect it almost felt unfair, celebrating CoreNet Global - Southern California Chapter's OC Soiree like men who know exactly how good they've got it. Now I'm not going to sit here and tell you two Jasons are better than one. That's not what this is about. What this photo really is, if you look close enough, is a snapshot of past and present leadership, the folks who carried this chapter before us and the ones carrying it now. And the ones who aren't in the picture, they matter just as much. Nina Desrocher, Todd Anderson, Jennifer Dryden Hess, Brad Schmitt, Kathleen Neary, Anya Ostry, MCR. Every one of them is remarkable. Every one of them gave something of themselves to shape, manage, and guide our Southern California chapter into what it is today. A community. Warm. Real. Full of people bringing their own perspective to the table so the rest of us walk away a little better, a little wiser, a little more human. So maybe Mies van der Rohe had it right all along. Less is more, sure, when you're talking design. But when you're talking leadership, when you're talking community, when you're talking about the kind of people who show up year after year to make things better for everybody else, more is more. And we have been blessed with plenty of it. Here's to the ones who built this thing, the ones still building it, and the ones who haven't even shown up yet. Jason Evers