GandiMobile and the desert crossing...

Arti — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:24:00 +0100

Have you heard about the 4L Rally Trophy?

It's a 6000 km ralley from Paris to Marrakech, composed only of Renault 4L vehicules. The purpose of this rally is to transport school supplies to moroccan children. What really makes this rally unique is its adventurous side: travelling 6000 km over road, track, mountain, desert and rock on what may have been an old beater fixed up by students (who until that very moment didn't even know what a crankshaft was!) And all this to help under priveledged children. If this isn't a symbol of good will, then I don't know what is!

So obviously when Cyril and Mathieu, two young EFREI students, came to ask us for sponsorship, we were delighted to participate. Gandi, then became the sole sponsor of Crew 482 participating in the 4L Rally Trophy. And as a way of showing their appreciation, they transformed the famous yellow 4L into a superbe GandiMobile of which we are extremely proud.

So, alas, our young friends joined in the mass of 4L's (almost 1000 Crews!) on the 14th of February departing from "La Défense."

We see them here today on their return in our treasured GandiMobile after having experienced and overcome many trials, but also having enjoyed moroccan hospitality and the beauty of Marrakech.

On behalf of the children they have helped, we wish to thank them and also cheer them on for the completion of those last kilometers.

Adventure, mutual aid, solidarity: a perfect description of Jean-Jacques Rey, president of Rally 4L Trophy.

It is possible that someday you may catch a glimpse of the GandiMobile in Paris or its surroundings as we plan to keep it as our mascot. We think it will come in handy in getting our Administrative team to the Data Center. (when needing to install additional mail servers, for example!) Wow, what an easy way for me to bring up that we have been working very hard on our upcoming Mail service. It is now almost ready to go! We expect it to be up and running in a month or so.

Good Resolutions 2006

Stephan — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:29:00 +0100

No, seriously, do you follow them, your good resolutions taken at the beginning of the year? The same. Therefore, the only solution to have a chance to follow at least one: to put on the pressure and publish them in front of all of you.

In no particular order (that’s the least of my worries):

- Stop buying stupid things, in the large sense of the term. Including all the electronic gadgets that are absolutely useless, therefore irreplaceable, which accumulate in my garage. Excluding all the wheeled vehicles, you can’t mess around. The little boy in me still needs to dream, you REALLY can’t mess around.

- I will not buy Gandi instead of certain people. No, I’m not just saying that because I received a court order from an unhappy candidate on this first working day of the year...

-        I will make my colleagues who still smoke quit smoking, by sticking them on the terrace of our new premises. I know, it seems totalitarian and it is. But, it’s for the well-being of everyone.

- We will organize a real "Gandi Bar" party on a regular basis. Try to get to know each other a little better and in addition have an excuse to have a drink. Eh, Carole^^?.

-   Continue to take care of my family. Certainly my lovely wife might say, as women are apt to point out,that sometimes I’m not around enough, but it will remain my absolute priority for the rest of my time on this planet.

- Go from a “Hardcore Gamer" to a "Casual Gamer". This will help me realize the previous point. At the same time, 30 years of video games isn’t so easily forgotten, so be indulgent. In fact, if someone wants to go a round of CSS, whenever you want^^.

- Continue to Help. No reason to go into that subject any deeper. I just like the idea to help as much as we can.

- Lose a little weight. I know. Pathetic, but if I don’t put it on this list, I’ll be sleeping outside tonight.

-   Stop saying, Damn it! every two seconds when I’m less attentive. But to me, it’s just an exclamation point.

- Finally, I promise to try to take pleasure in all that I do. What did you say, that doesn’t go with the previous resolutions? Noooooooooo!!!

Gandi Bar - Life and Beyond

GandiMobile and the desert crossing...

Good Resolutions 2006