Alas, conferences are not dead, but are alive and wild.
Sunday we move in like 1000 people (many of which will leave within 7 days), but by then everything will be in full swing.
We’ve had some … fun … trying to get everything ready for them. ‘Course we have this same complication EVERY year I’ve been here – making our systems and tools work for temporarily housed conference members (many of which don’t use our network). But for those who do, and the many ways they do, life can get complicated. And often does.
So this year, we have probably the best system ever (I always think that), which John and Paul have been instrumental in designing, setting up, testing and deploying. I’ve been there to ask irritating questions and try to simplify things whenever possible, but the real credit goes to our local Bradford experts.
All in all, sunday shouldn’t be a huge issue. We’ve setup and tested all necessary systems, with a good amount of success (this week we have one conference, which went well). It always seems as though we’re behind whenever conferences come to town, but I’m not feeling quite as CRAZY this year about them. I know Patrick’s stress level will go down after the end of next week. 🙂
Now I’m trying to keep up with all my meetings and make progress on the integrated online wou/housing app. Lots of little projects that are all pilling up quickly. Good thing I’m taking most of the July 2nd week off – otherwise I might get caught up!