The Final Week of Labor

So this week what I have left isn't much of anything... keep your fingers crossed.

I have printed out and assembled the name tags with a few blank extras for some unforseen event. I have called to set up an interview for Dr. Lewis for press coverage. I've arranged hotel rooms for after the symposium for a handful of guests. I've put in my replacement job ad.

I'm working on the mini tour outline now. Basically what I'm doing for that, or at least my thought process for this, is to give some hard numbers on the buildings they will be touring. It's really important that any kind of technology advancements are mentioned, too. People from seven or so different countries will be seeing what WVU is like, so I need to put us in our "Sunday Best" for the tour.

In other fantastic news... Dr. Lewis has informed his group of researchers that we need to revamp the website (again). My initial thoughts were of suicide after it took me so long to get the website where it is now. Then he explained it's not the layout or design that needs changed (woot woot me) but the content needs updated. Dr. Lewis said I did an excellent job with the web site for not knowing a lick of physics! This is something I can't do alone, so I'm waiting for people to send me new material to place on the website. Also, I'm in the middle of the visit from NSF webpage. I have pictures and an article to read to put some text on the page. That should be up, if not this week, by next week for sure. If you're taking a look at the web site, remember it needs updated especially on the MNIS page since the numbers have jumped since the last update.

As for the booklet... I did get them back. Yay! However, there were many differences from what I handed them and what they produced. I'm really disappointed because I really worked hard on that. I took into consideration everything from the color scheme to readable font, and it looks like a 5th grader did it. I know if I had had more time with everyone's CVs and abstracts I could have formated ALL of them to look the same, but that was a task that was just too big for the little time I had. So I understand that being the way it is, but some of the pictures turned out way too dark that you can't read them, the colors are off, the alignment of everything is off. Yeah, I'm not the happiest camper about that. I've decided that at the poster display, I'll have my original copy and the finished product next to it. It's not a reflection on my part, and I've accepted that. So I'm preparing to file a complaint about it as well. That... can wait if need be only because I have one week until the event and nothing can be done to fix the mistakes here.

It's a lesson learned.