Truck's A Lot Harder To Drive Than A Car

Within the coming weeks I will be getting ready to fly to San Francisco for a week-long conference for one of my clients. The Exective Director and I as the Membership Director have been working really hard to prepare for this meeting. This year is somewhat larger than any of our previous conference because it is simply "San Francisco". Doesn't that sound attractive? Yes, it is for many, or I should say hundreds of preventionists, researchers, and scientists around the country. Several will be represented by international delegates from Nepal, China, Germany, etc. Therefore, these parties will be treated somewhat special during this conference, as they are not so fortunate to come and attend our conference in an annual basis. Perhaps, conference funding being limited or non-existent in these countries restrain their attendance. My client, however, had given them to opportunity to attend and participate in order to bring in international contribution in terms of the programmatic component of the conference. Blah...blah...blah... (Sorry -- I get started discussing program developments and I just go on and on with it...I get into it! Trust me.)

Also recently, the company decided to re-organize responsibilities and priorities within the office and everyone will be impacted because of this transition. Few months ago, the Program Director for one of my clients "was let go" because of incoordination between the Administrative Director and Program Director. Their relationship didn't satisfy what was expected of the role player. So that being said my Executive Director made recommendation that I pick up the slack and fill this position. It is evident, and rather obvious, that me and my superior have great teamwork abilities and that we balance ourselves when pursuing a project. She thought we would work a whole lot better together with the program development than previously. Subsequently, some of my responsibilities such as advertising and some membership marketing projects will be delegated to one (or two) of my colleagues. However, I will remain responsible for those projects. (That's the challenge of being in a management position -- making sure things are done systematically!)

So, work within the next several weeks is obviously going to be hectic especially with the transition and two cuncurrent conference events. As I said before, it's just going to get crazier from this point onward. I am glad I went out last weekend to enjoy my weekend before plunging into a potential 9-month long project. For those of you who regularly talk to me via phone or myspace, I might not be able to respond in a timely manner. Don't take it personally -- it's just work! You know how work goes sometimes! :(

Well, we're heading towards the weekend, so enjoy everyone! I'm sure those who are allergic to pollen, stay in as much as you can -- not fun though! Try to have fun anyway.

d-Jae