May 14th, 2013
Ever wonder what it would be like to be on the Star Ship Rooster Prize? Check out our video, you won’t be disappointed!
Are you ready to boldly crow and win some dough? Join us on Wednesday, May 15 at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce’s Expo at the Expo at the Alex Madonna Expo Center from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m.! The best crower wins $100!
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May 10th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce has a new coop, so Blue Roo had to cross the road to investigate! After forty years at their Chorro Street location, the SLO Chamber was excited to move into an easily accessible building downtown. With the help of local design firm RRM Design, the Chamber aims to become LEED Certified in its new office, the Historic Pairola building. With a collaborative work space, larger visitor’s center (almost twice as large), and more space to highlight members, the Chamber is both a business resource and a resource for visitors to San Luis Obispo!
Blue Roo in the new visitors center!
The Chamber’s next big event is “Rocket to Success,” the business-to-business “Expo at the Expo” Wednesday, May 15 at the Madonna Expo Center. Five thousand attendees are expected to enjoy over 150 local business display booth, as well as samples of local beer, wine, and food! New to the Business Expo this year is a networking tent sponsored by SESLOC Federal Credit Union and an attendee give away bag. Blue Roo can’t wait to crow in the Blue Rooster Telecom Crowing Contest (the winner receives $100) and rub wings…err elbows… in the new networking tent. The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Business Expo is one of Blue Roo’s favorite annual events!
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May 9th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
As crowing enthusiasts, Jeff and Blue Roo love this time of year because the sun rises earlier, the skies shine brighter, and central coast residents participate in the Blue Rooster Telecom Crowing Contest! For the past three years Jeff and Blue Roo have shared their love of crowing through the contest, and this year has started out with a big cock-a-doodle doo. To spice up the contest we allowed Facebook followers to vote for their favorite crower. With more than 110 votes, Ashley Brown of Wallace Home Medical Supplies is Paso Robles Business Expo’s best crower and winner of $100!
Jeff and Blue Roo presenting Ashley with her $100 and winners certificate.
Not only does Ashley have one killer crow she also has one huge heart. As the manager of Wallace Home Medical Supplies, Ashley helps senior citizens and other members of the community with all their home health needs. Wallace Home Medical Supplies is one of the only durable medical equipment companies in San Luis Obispo County. Priding themselves on quality customer service their mission is “our priority is you.”
Thank you to Ashley and all our crowing contest participants. If you haven’t seen Ashley’s crow check her out! If you would like to see all the crowing contest participants visit our YouTube channel.
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April 30th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
Today is a very significant day, a day for the crowing books, a day that (in Blue Roo’s mind) should be a national holiday. Today is Blue Roo’s 3rd birthday and the 3rd anniversary of Blue Rooster Telecom! The traditional gift for three years is leather, but since Jeff already has enough cows we settled on muffins, deviled eggs, and rooster-shaped watermelon for the birthday breakfast.
Blue Roo loves to wear his hat and blow out his candles: it’s his birthday and he can crow if he wants too. Jeff and Cheryl got to wear party hats too!
I wonder what Blue Roo wished for?
A huge thank you to our customers and friends for three wonderful years! We can’t wait for the many more to come! To help celebrate join us May 15th at the SLO Chamber of Commerce business expo for our annual “crowing contest” and win $100 for the best crower in town!
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April 22nd, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
Living on the beautiful central coast has given Blue Roo a new perspective and love for the place we all call home so he wanted to find a special way to celebrate Earth Day. Blue couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than to visit RRM Design Group, a local design group of architects, civil engineers, landscape architects, planners, surveyors, and LEED accredited professionals that focus on sustainability.
Blue Roo had a great time visiting with RRM Design Group CEO Erik Justesen and IT Manager Nepal Plummer. Justesen said “what is a sustainable company? Its two elements: doing sustainable things and having a sustainable business unit.” RRM is just that, not only do they design buildings and environments that are sustainable and in some cases LEED certified, their own offices are LEED EB certified. LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environment Design is a green building program where anything from homes or offices, to neighborhoods can become certified for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. In RRM’s case they have become LEED EB certified or LEED for an existing building. In 2000 they moved into the old Hinds factory and immediately started to implement sustainable practices. By 2008 RRM was LEED EB certified, an extensive process to retrofit their existing building to be as sustainable and efficient as possible. “Sustainability is a smart business move,” says Justesen, “you have to pay attention to the little stuff.” Becoming a sustainable company and building is an investment but your savings year to year will far out way any initial costs.
Blue Roo with Nepal and Erick of RRM Design Group.
RRM’s investment in sustainability saves approximately $13,000 a year by incorporating the following practices in their business: reducing energy use, providing employees with extensive recycling programs, water use efficiency programs saving 94,000 gallons of water a year (the equivalent of 24 pools), encouraging employees to bike or drive hybrid vehicles, and so much more. RRM has incorporated multiple practices to reduce energy use including: large bay windows surrounding the office providing natural lighting for employees and circulating fresh air from the outside to keep the office cool. Many of these changes not only reduce energy use but improve the quality of the work environment at the same time. Special plaques line the office walls outlining the steps they have taken to retrofit their building and implement smart sustainable practices.
Plaques like these line the walls of the RRM Design Group offices.
If other businesses would like to take steps to become sustainable and implement green practices, Justesen recommends visiting the SLO Green Business section of the SLO Chamber website. To celebrate Earth Day, Blue Roo hopes everyone has the chance to get outside, let out a little cock-a-doodle-do, and enjoy the SLO life!
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April 19th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
It takes dedication to stay in tip top rooster shape so Blue Roo accompanied our Marketing Intern Chelsea to work out at Equilibrium Fitness for Women, an all-women’s fitness facility located in the Marigold Shopping center in San Luis Obispo. Blue Roo is one cool dude so they made an exception to the all-women policy just for him. For the whole month of April Equilibrium has opened its doors to the Cal Poly Sororities for the 2013 Sorority Fitness Challenge. As a member of Gamma Phi Beta Chelsea loves attending the different classes and using the gym facilities and Blue Roo does too!
Blue Roo working out with Chelsea the marketing intern.
Blue scheduled a training session with owner and personal trainer David Pomfret to work on his wing strength; he needs to stay fit for the chicks. While working out, Blue learned that David is a celebrity walker for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the international men’s march to end rape, sexual assault and gender violence on Saturday April 27. David is one of seven well known men in the San Luis Obispo community who are looking for monetary sponsorship for walking in high heels and also competing to be Walker of the Year. If you would like to support David in his high heel walk click here. Blue Roo thought he should be a celebrity walker, but then remembered that roosters don’t wear high heels!
David and Blue Roo working on their wing strength.
Blue Roo had such a great time working out with Chelsea (his wings are looking very trim) he wishes he could go to Equilibrium all the time. He even suggested that David open an all rooster fitness facility, animals need to get their reps in too!
Blue Roo getting his reps in.
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April 16th, 2013
Dear Valued Blue Rooster Telecom Customer,
I want to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the network outage late last week. We know how important telephone service is for you and your business, which is why the Blue Rooster Telecom team worked diligently around the clock to restore all network services as soon as possible.
Last Wednesday, a critical piece of equipment failed at our network facility and, in a very unlikely scenario, multiple layers of back-up systems in place also failed. This failure caused audio to cut out intermittently during conversations. However, Internet service was not affected. The network problems first appeared on Wednesday morning, were repaired Wednesday at midnight and ran clean until 8 a.m. Thursday. The audio cut outs returned Thursday morning and were ultimately repaired by replacing the equipment Thursday evening. Some customers experienced fax, modem, and static problems on Friday until final network restoration was completed.
No network is immune from a possible outage, but as telecom professionals our goal is 100% reliability. To this end, the affected equipment has been replaced, and in addition to acquiring even more spare parts, a separate fully functional standby system has now been incorporated and is powered up, tested, and ready.
As a loyal Blue Rooster Telecom customer, you know how rare this kind of system-wide outage is with our services. We sincerely regret any problems this event has caused you or your business, as the level of service we provided was clearly below our standard and warrants an apology, an explanation and a rebate of charges; which is why a credit for a full week of monthly recurring voice services will automatically appear on your May bill. We realize that any credit amount offered cannot possibly compensate for the inconvenience and losses you and your business suffered last week.
We were able to speak with many of you during the service outage but by necessity our conversations may have been brief. We would welcome a phone call in the coming weeks so we can personally apologize and explain better why Blue Rooster Telecom is still the best choice for your business voice and data service. We welcome any questions or input that you, our customer, may have on this entire situation. These conversations will help us to serve you better in the future.
Most importantly we would like to thank you for the overwhelming support and encouragement so many of you provided to us during the outage. The many kind words, messages of support, and friendship are greatly appreciated and make us even more determined to provide you with the best service possible as we move forward.
Sincerely,
Jeff Buckingham
President
Blue Rooster Telecom
Direct: (805) 545-5100
Email: jeff@blueroostertelecom.com
April 13th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
Blue Rooster Telecom keeps growing and crowing, welcoming two new employees: Operations Manager Johanne Mercier and Sales Support Representative Craig Johnson. The whole brood is so excited to add to the Blue Rooster crew we just want to cock-a-doodle-doo all day!
Johanne, or Jo (as we like to call her) started in telecommunications with Blue Rooster President Jeff Buckingham at the original Call America, and has since made it her mission to help startup telecommunications companies build infrastructure and sales teams. Her drive and can-do attitude make a great addition to the Blue Roo crew. “There are never challenges, just opportunities,” says Jo. She’s been married for 31 years to Bruce, with two daughters, Nicole and Rachel, and two dogs, Winston and Atticus. Jo loves to spend weekends breakfasting in Avila beach and conquering crossword puzzles!
Blue Roo welcoming our new employees!
As a San Luis Obispo native, Craig Johnson attended SLO High school and graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in Computer Science. While at Cal Poly, Craig’s side job was installing cables and switches providing phone, internet, and cable television to campus. Along with his experience as a telecom installer, Craig worked as a Customer Care Representative and at one time worked with Chrissy, our Customer Service Representative. On the weekend Craig likes to play board games with friends, enjoy the beautiful central coast, and catch a cool libation at local restaurants.
We are so happy to have old friends Jo and Craig come on board, and Blue Roo is especially excited to have more people to crow with!
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April 9th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
Blue Roo had a cock-a-doodle fun time last week at Pacific Sun Growers, a whole sale grower of indoor tropical plants located on the Nipomo Mesa. With over 10 acres of land, Pacific Sun Growers produces most of their plants with care on site. Blue Roo was able to tour the inside of one of their many greenhouses and had a blast hanging out with all the fun tropical green plants.
Blue Roo loved all the cool plants.
As part of the Central Coast Greenhouse Growers Association, an association of 17 locally operated nursery’s on the central coast, Pacific Sun Growers will open their doors to the public for the CCGGA Open House on Saturday, April 13. Over 1,000 people will come to purchase plants, tour the nursery, and learn more about the plants at Pacific Sun Growers while supporting the CCGGA Scholarship Fundraiser.
Blue Roo played hide and seek in the Song of India plants.
Some of the many indoor tropical plants grown at Pacific Sun Growers.
Pacific Sun Growers began in 1979 and provides plants all over California to nurseries and local retailers. They specialize in indoor tropical plants grown on site and imported from South America. Some of the plants they offer are Alocasia, Dracaena, Fern, Ficus and Succulents. Their plants generally end up in private homes, banks restaurants, and offices so everyone can enjoy nature indoors!
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March 24th, 2013
Written by: Chelsea Franza
As a true renaissance man Blue Roo is a lover of the arts and culture. He was so excited to crow on over to the Foundation for the Performing Arts Center Board of Directors Meeting and present them with a donation for $240 as part of the Community Partners Program. Blue Rooster Telecom developed the Community Partners Program as a way to provide telecommunication services to local non-profits and organizations while also contributing back to the community. The board members loved meeting Blue Roo and commented on his beautiful color, and compliments are the key to Blue Roo’s heart, besides corn snacks!
Jeff and Blue Roo with Foundation for the PAC Board members.
The Foundation works along with Cal Poly and the City to provide a center for performing arts that elevates arts in our community. Blue Roo can’t wait to catch one of the up-coming performances at the PAC here is their website with scheduling and ticket information. He only hopes that one day they will bring The Counting Crows to perform, he loves to crow along to all their songs!
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