Step 1 - Go to the 2106 OM World Finals in Ames, Iowa to help as an Official
Step 2 - Check the list of world countries there to compete.
Step 3 - Lock in on Togo and set out to make contact at opening. Saw them but no luck.
Step 4 - Work at finals and keep an eye out for any Togo team members.
Step 5 - Check competition schedule and see when the compete. Working, could not go.
Step 6 - Keep looking for team or coaches at Officials Party. Bingo!!!
Step 7 - Make contact and explain World Duct Tape collection to Amah
Step 8 - Exchange Email addresses and contact information.
Step 9 - Email Amah in Togo and arrange to have him send a roll for the collection
Step 10- Send $20 Western Union to help cover costs.
Step 11- Learn that it costs $20 to send $20 and that to mail roll would cost $75
Step 12- Arrange to meet at 2017 Finals in Michigan and get roll from Amal
Step 13- Go to 2017 OM Finals in Michigan as an Official
Step 14- Find out that Togo did not send a team and not Amal this year
Step 15- Continue to communicate with Amal my Email and maybe next year.
Step 16- Go to 2018 OM Finals in Ames and hope to meet up with Amal
Step 17- Amal is planning on getting to go this year to 2018 Finals
Step 18- Togo team gets cut at the last minute so no Amal in 2018
Step 19- Go to 2018 Finals in Ames as an Official
Step 20- On the last day of competition go to watch some teams compete
Step 21 - Be OM friendly and visit with people sitting around you.
Step 22- Talk about the World Duct Tape Collection
Step 23 - Pass out List of Countries that we have rolls from to anyone interested
Step 24 - Keep your eyes open and observe a Togo bracelet on a teams wrist!
Step 25- Find out that there was a representative from Togo at Ames!
Step 26- Look for the person from Togo out of the 7,000 + people there.
Step 27- Email Amal and tell story
Step 28- Keep in touch with Amal over the summer of 2018
Step 29- Amal tells me he is going to be at the 2019 Finals in Lancing, Michigan!
Step 30- I cannot make the trip to 2019 Finals this year.
Step 31- Arrange for Tammy Schmit, Wisconsin OM Director to get the tape from Amal
Step 32- Tammy tries to meet Amal at 2019 opening in Lansing. No go.
Step 33- Tammy makes other arrangements to meet.
So there you have it. Simple. Three years and a little patience. Here is Amal and Tammy. Amal is holding the 1 of 200 World Duct Tape coin I engraved for the second roll #86 he brought from neighboring Ghana. The bracelet is from 2018 in Ames from Spenser, OM Atlanta, GA. The roll from Ghana is roll number 86. So that means that rolls from 18 different countries were added during the quest of getting the roll from Togo. Some story and a good example of good ol' OM problem solving.
Check out the list of rolls in the collection at. ducttape2thefuturelist.blogspot
