Thursday, September 12, 2002
I wanted to work on the database today, but didn't have any time for it. Staff meeting at 9:30—we mostly went over preparations for orientation, which Joel is handling very adeptly. I particularly enjoyed hearing everyone's gasps of horror when Joel told his story of how he left his pen case at Heather's yesterday. Computer support meeting at 2:00: Mark Jenkins's last CSC meeting, Ellen Amsel presented the Secure Zone plan for ITS, and with the other speakers mostly the same old problems and no new solutions. Dan A. Freeman and a bunch of other people were talking in the back during the presentations making it very hard to hear—how rude! Helped Kristina temporarily move her computer to the desk formerly used by Melissa while her office gets the old desk taken out and the new one taken in. Began revising the student class schedules so that they are easier to read when reproduced 50% (4-up). Debrah had used a really small font which turned even smaller after shrinking, so something had to be done. Dinner at home with Patrick: crab cakes from Tower Market, homemade potato salad. Talked with Steve Miles for the first time in ages after he sent me e-mail yesterday saying he and Bryan had broken up. We got caught up on each other's lives and those of people we knew.