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[[File:Joekoz451, Wikipedian.jpg|thumb|left|Joe Kozlowski]]
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I'm one of those old farts at the leading edge of the [[Baby Boomers]] (b. [[1945]]) who knows a little about a lot but not a whole lot about anything in particular. 

My approach to Wikipedia is three track:
*I try to fill holes by initiating articles dealing things with about which I know a little or where I think doing the research would be interesting to me.
*I read articles by others and, where I feel they've left significant questions unanswered, I research the answer and add the information to the article. This includes adding links to articles by others in Wikipedia.
*I fix glaring spelin and gramer faux pas when efer I spot them n hav the time. Ths dn't mean to say I don't make them mice elf. I do. I only hope some1 else katches em whn eye dn't.
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== Bio ==
I was born in Upstate New York in one of the communities surrounding [[Syracuse, New York|Syarcuse]]. I'm currently based in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], though I've lived in [[Mount Carroll, Illinois]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], [[Lakewood, Ohio]] near [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Vernon, New Jersey]], [[Parsippany, New Jersey]] and [[East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania]] with several stops in between.

I spent some time at [[Syracuse University]] and later at [[Shimer College]] during the [[1960s]] while it was still located in [[Mount Carroll, Illinois]]. My formal education focused on the [[social science|social sciences]] with a concentration in [[anthropology]]. Perhaps my greatest conceit is that I never let schooling get in the way of my education.

Most of my career has been spent in [[sales]] and [[marketing]], spanning a number of companies across several industries. During the course of my career I've worked for or consulted with [[University of Chicago|Billings Hospital at the University of Chicago]], Thor Metal Products (now defunct), [[American Seating]], West Michigan Magazine (affiliated with Public Television), [[Telarc International Corporation|Telarc]], [[Denon|Denon Records]] (aka. Nippon Columbia) and [[Ricoh|Ricoh Corporation]] among other entities.

I'm currently a [[self-employed]] [[consultant]]. I produce a daily [[newsletter]], distributed via [[e-mail]], for a company involved in the [[Document management system|document imaging]] industry. The e-publication has a global readership of several thousand people with circulation in the [[USA]], [[Canada]], [[Europe]], [[Japan]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Australia]] as well as in [[Latin America]]. The newsletter tracks the activities of various companies involved in the office machine, document management and imaging industries through press releases and news items. Its circulation is primarily throughout corporate management and executive levels worldwide.

When I'm not doing that I pretend to be a [[photographer]] [[User:Joekoz451#External_links|(See "External links")]]. I also do some [[volunteer]] work several days each month at a museum in Arizona focused on the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

I taught the basics of several software packages for seven years (one week a month) in a corporate environment mostly because I got sick and tired of those "productivity tools" on which corporations spend billions being the single largest impediment to anyone getting anything done around the office. 

Those packages included:
* [[Microsoft Word]]
* [[Microsoft Excel]]
* [[Microsoft PowerPoint]]
* [[Microsoft FrontPage]]
* [[Microsoft Project]]
* [[Adobe PhotoShop]]

I'm pleased to announce that, in my semi-retirement, I've not bothered to keep up with the updates.

During the course of my career my responsibilities have included:
* Full [[advertising]] and [[public relations]] responsibility for a $20 million company.
* Management over site of corporate [[Trade fair|trade show]] participation including logistics, setup, staffing, staff supervision and tear down as well as spokes person(s) selection.
* Project manager and acted as the interface between end-users and IT programmers, systems analysts and designers for customer relationship management ([[CRM]]) and transactional systems development and implementations in a $15 billion multi-national corporate environment.
* Development of presentations directed at such diverse audiences as:
** Wall Street market analysts
** Dealer networks
** Product end-users/consumers
** and as general internal corporate communications tools

== Articles initiated ==
=== Arizona related articles ===
*[[Amerind Foundation]]
*[[Catalina Highway]]
*[[Center for Creative Photography]], Tucson, AZ
*[[Dragoon Mountains]]
*[[Gleeson, Arizona]], ghost town
*[[Redington Pass]]
*[[Sinagua]], pre-Columbian Native American culture
*[[Texas Canyon]]
*[[Tres Alamos, Arizona]], ghost town
*[[William Shirley Fulton]], founder of the [[Amerind Foundation]].
*[[Zuni River]]

=== Other articles ===
*[[American Seating|American Seating, Inc.]]
*[[Blue Mountain Lake, New York|Blue Mountain Lake]] both the village and the lake in the [[Adirondack Mountains]].
*[[Charles E. Burchfield|Burchfield, Charles E.]], American watercolor artist
*[[Danka]], an office equipment retailer.
*[[Joseph S. Kozlowski|Kozlowski, Joseph S.]]. American portrait and watercolor artist
*[[La Gran Chichimeca]], an ethnographic area of Mexico
*[[Mid-Atlantic Air Museum]]

== Things in the hopper ==
If somebody beats me to 'em, that's OK. They'll simply turn blue. (The links, genius, the links!)
=== Arizona related articles ===
*[[Bascom Affair]][http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/bascom.html -]
*[[Cochise Stronghold]][http://www.cochisestronghold.com/ -]
*[[Dragoon, Arizona]]
*[[Merritt Starkweather]], Arizona architect; designer of the Amerind Foundation facilities and the [[William Shirley Fulton]] residence

=== Other articles ===
*[[Adirondak Museum]] in [[Blue Mountain Lake, New York]]
*[[East Syracuse Minoa Central Schools]]
*[[Hutchins Plan]] - ciriculum as at [[Shimer College]]
*[[Juan Quezada]] - [[Mata Ortiz]] pottery
*[[Rockafeller Chapel]] at the [[University of Chicago]]
*[[John Lloyd Stevens]]; Yucatan - archaeologist and explorer in the 1840s.
*[[Sussex Air Show]], the biggest little air show in the country.

=== Other tasks ===
*Photograph of the [[Amerind Foundation]] facilities for inclusion in Wikipedia article.

== Contributed Images ==
Links to the images and to the articles in which they are or were included:
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|[[Image:Catalina hwy 062005.jpg|thumb|[[Catalina Highway]] ]]||[[Image:PuebloBonito2006.JPG|thumb|Pueblo Bonito, [[Chaco Canyon]], NM]] ||[[Image:Tulum1940 8382.jpg|thumb|[[Tulum]], painting by J. S. Kozlowski, 1940.]]||
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|[[Image:SpencerMacCallum.jpg|thumb|[[Spencer MacCallum]], leading authority on Mata Ortiz pottery.]]||[[Image:FancyDancerBWw.jpg|thumb|Southwestern style Fancy Dancer. See [[Pow-wow]]]]||[[Image:Broncobuster3.jpg|thumb|Saddle Bronc competition, Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Tucson, AZ. See [[Rodeo]]]]||
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|[[Image:Visitors ctr saguaro west.jpg|thumb|Visitor's Center,<br>[[Saguaro National Park|Seguaro Nat'l Park]] (West)]]||[[Image:TeamRopingTucson.jpg|thumb|Team Roping competition at Tucson's ''Fiesta de los Vaqueros''. The ''Fiesta'' is an annual event held in February. See [[Tucson, Arizona]]]]||[[Image:Texas canyon az.jpg|thumb|[[Texas Canyon]], Arizona]]||
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|[[Image:YaK-9 MAAM.jpg|thumb|[[Yak-9]]. See [[Mid-Atlantic Air Museum]]                              ]]||[[Image:Weiscotten1946.jpg|thumb|Dean Weiscotten 1946. See [[Joseph S. Kozlowski]], painter]]||[[Image:Catalinas 5750.jpg|thumb|[[Santa Catalina Mountains]]]]||
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|||[[Image:Joseph S. Kozlowski.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph S. Kozlowski]]. Self-portrait (1942)]] ||[[Image:AspenFire2003.jpg|thumb|The [[Aspen Fire]] above Tucson. (2003)]] ||
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|[Joekoz451, Wikipedian.jpg|thumb|Joe Kozlowski]]||[[File:Center for Creative Photography entrance.JPG|thumb|[[Center for Creative Photography]]]]||[[Image:Picacho Battle.jpg|thumb|[[Picacho Peak|Picacho Pass]] re-enactment]]||
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== External links ==
*[http://members.cox.net/joekoz451/airshow/index.htm ''Remembering My father's War''] - a photo essay recalling those who served during WWII
*[http://joekoz451.blogspot.com/ For What Its Worth ...], Blog.

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