My name is Lamar Morgan. I operate a small marketing company in Northern California. You can learn more about it by clicking the link in my signature.

As many here on Ryze have come to realize, I am somewhat determined to help my locality come into the 21st century. You would think being just three hours from Silicon Valley, we would be the epitome of technological innovation here. We're not. Most of the folks here have never even heard of Ryze. And, if what I understand is correct, Ryze got its start in San Francisco - just two hours away.

I recently held a free seminar on how to use Ryze at my church. (We happen to have a nice multimedia center which comfortably seats around 150 people.) This free seminar was promoted in the church bulletin for weeks. I even got articles about it in the local newspaper. Guess how many people showed up? Two - the pastor and associate pastor. I would like to think the problem was the time and day - Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on May 26th (Memorial Day Weekend). But, I am not so sure. I had to make a special request of the local grocer to stock Fast Company Magazine. Believe it or not, such entrepreneurial magazines are not stocked around here unless someone specifically requests them.

Even more amazing, this unincorporated part of Northern California has been trying to get its act together for 26 years. That is how long it has been trying to get a town hall firmly established. Problem is, not enough people seem to care. Many of the young people are so bored they either spend 10 hours-a-day playing computer games or engage in vandalism for kicks.

Now, I have not been here all those 26 years. I just moved here in 2001 from Atlanta, GA - a very upscale, high-tech, metropolitan area. Compared to Atlanta, where I live now is the cowboy version of Mayberry RFD. 4H is really big here. You will find farm animals being kept at the local high school. Believe it or not, they don't have a school newspaper; but, they do have farm animals. I get the feeling folks here know more about how to care for horses and farm animals than they do people.

That is why I have been reaching out to Ryers around the world for help. Folks here need your help (whether they know it or not). And, if anyone here would like to help, there is two things I encourage you to do:

1) Join a Ryze network called Project-Middletown. (If we can get to locals to join Project-Middletown, we can get them to join this network as well for the Ryze training they need. (After all, Althea Garner, who helped start this network is due to visit this community Father's Day Weekend.)

2) Take a look at this online lens.

Thank you for taking time to read this message. I apologize for it being so long.

Lamar Morgan
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