Summer sublet: College Campus (w/cable, water, internet–bad credit okay)

Organizations who have rented various college campuses (campii?) where I’ve worked:

  • Morris Dancers
  • Cheerleading camp
  • Chamber music groups
  • Mormon youth
  • Notaries
  • Football camp
  • Elderhostel
  • and, my favorite: Camp Gone to the Dogs (an overnight camp for dogs and their owners)

And, yes, some of them do require IT support….support which is typically promised months ahead of time by the auxiliaries group and communicated 24 hours AFTER campus arrival to the IT group. Maybe next year we’ll get together and p-p-plan?

6 Responses to “Summer sublet: College Campus (w/cable, water, internet–bad credit okay)”

  1. rufusb said:

    Aug 01, 08 at 10:25 am

    GASP! You said the “p” word!

    Question: Any of your psychologists have any insights into why people hate planning? *grumbles quietly in the safety of his office*

  2. admin said:

    Aug 01, 08 at 2:35 pm

    They hate planning because they’re afraid to make a commitment early and risk a mistake. Much easier to panic at the last moment. Then, when things fail, you can blame it on not knowing earlier rather than on your own preparations.

  3. essprit said:

    Aug 01, 08 at 8:01 pm

    @admin I guess I’ve always wondered why -at least in some cases- people can get away with blaming it on not knowing earlier. But I’m just grumpy after a big office cleaning, in which I found –among other things– a 5 year old report begging senior leaders to allow a group to start planning for a post-Blackboard campus. We’re now in Planning into the Void: Part VII (maybe that should be a thrilling ride in the academic administrator amusement park?), at least on the LMS topic. But I know none of the esteemed c-folk on this blog would allow such a thing to happen on their own campuses, right?

  4. Kyle said:

    Aug 03, 08 at 12:09 pm

    I have a related news flash. Students will be returning to school this fall. Some of them will be new and require some kind of introduction to campus, an “orientation” if you will. I believe it’s been happening for some time (my institution was founded in the 1850’s, so probably around 160 times).

    Yet mid-July hit and I finally asked when we’d be meeting to go over details of the opening of school. Apparently folks though meeting that early was a little silly, but they did it anyway. And the meeting made it look like nobody at the whole school (IT or anyone else) had ever done one of these before.

    Apparently my predecessor just had all the IT staff report to work every day at 7am and leave around 8pm for 7 straight days. Then they ran from crisis to crisis in what they termed “all hands on deck.” This year we mapped out all the needs, I staffed each need appropriately, and nobody worked more than 6 days for more than 8 hours or so. Two different staff have said this is the best planning they have ever seen for IT support during orientation. It wasn’t that hard, as the bar was pretty low.

  5. rufusb said:

    Aug 04, 08 at 11:18 am

    Kyle…kudos to you, my friend. Planning actually works? Go figure.

  6. admin said:

    Aug 04, 08 at 3:36 pm

    Kyle, it’s like you ARE a rocket scientist!

    @essprit: I love the idea of “planning into the void”–there’s something to be said for acknowledging a potential outcome at the very start. Here, so far I’ve seen either no planning, or lots of planning followed by immediate amnesia. Hence, my new strategic objective, which I’ve taken the liberty of branding: “Documentation, Communication, and Dance–Bring It On! ’08” ™


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