LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — Mount Everest was the goal in 2001. This year, International Service Leadership (ISL) wants to send its contractor members to the moon. What’s it going to be in 2003? Heaven?
Don’t put anything past ISL president Bill Efird and his creative staff. At its recent Performance Planning Retreat, held on the beautiful grounds of Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, ISL members were placed in an “outer space” atmosphere, which included entering the main assembly room through a space tunnel (complete with billowing smoke), a fake rocket ship near the front stage, and presenters wearing space suits. Attendees even heard from Jon Cowart, manager of the Space Shuttle Vehicle Engineering Office at nearby Kennedy Space Center, who talked about his desire to land on Mars.