Get to know the AU board members
Joyce is the diamond that has been added to the ranks of AU board members and is truly looking to the future of the sport. Her professional accomplishments and experience are a huge benefit to all pigeon flyers. Read on to see what she is working on to make the sport better for all.
Most of California already knows a lady named Joyce Stierlin. She has devoted herself to the state organization for many years. California State Racing Pigeon Organization members probably don't recall a time without Joyce in a position of service.
To give you an idea of how long she has been involved, she started racing with her husband, Roy, in 1974, with the Sacramento RPC. They had a team of pigeons racing from their Windancer Loft.
Back then, Joyce helped institute automated race result calculations via a computer program run on a Texas Instruments hand-held unit. Remember those? Joyce's background, a Management Information Systems degree from Sierra College and 30 years as a computer programmer-analyst and manager of large computer projects, armed Joyce well to take on the calculation task. Were any of us actually thinking of automating race results back then? That was a brilliant step into the future to make lives easier on the finish-line-figuring duties.
Joyce co-founded the Auburn RPC in the greater Sacramento area. It was during that time period that she managed the High Sierra Classic Loft for 3 of the 4 years that the event was sponsored by the Auburn Club. This lady is pigeon devoted!
Not one to "rest on her laurels," she progressed to serving as the secretary of the Auburn Club, the Camellia City Combine, the NORCAL Concourse and the California State Racing Pigeon Organization (CSRPO) - and that has been going on since 1978. Are you picturing the Eveready Battery Rabbit yet?
And still, that is not where she stopped! In the state organization role, she was able to simplify communication with the group by instituting the CSRPO Email Group and database to promote pigeon racing by distributing email flyers to all CSRPO members with email addresses on file. As a result, 60% of the membership was included in those communications, which was a faster and more efficient way to transmit important and entertaining information. Members were informed about upcoming events, lost/found birds, racing equipment for sale, and memorial services for flyers that passed.
Joyce currently serves as statistician for Camellia City Combine. She uses WinSpeed© to merge clocking data from 4 area clubs. She has worked with Mike Tobin on several occasions, documenting WinSpeed© bugs and beta-test Mike's resolutions.
In 2014, Joyce joined the AU Board of Directors as the Mountain Zone Director. She intended to assist the eWinspeed© effort and, in fact, has volunteered as technical support for WinSpeed© desktop issues since August 2016, fielding an average of 15 calls in a month!
As a technical advisor for WinSpeed© and National Database software, she has been a tremendous asset in assisting in the development of database changes and providing WinSpeed© support. Additionally, she has analyzed and documented technical requirements for progressing to eWinspeed©.
