Venetian Night! (Double Click on Pictures)
Good morning. This is me … we’re late into a Sunday morning. We’ve been up with Sweetie Pie for a bit. We’ve been watching the Sunday morning CBS morning show.He’s calling his mother now, but it seems like she’s still in bed. Hmm, that’s odd. It’s already 9:30 am. *Sigh* I guess when you are older you get to make those life choices. I know when I’m tired I’ll sleep no matter what time of the
day, but in general, I still like getting up to do things.
This morning we’ve taken our shower done some news reading, but haven’t thought much beside being around my snoozy friend. He’s such a huge turn-on. I’m not sure what he’s goin to do next, but it seems that we are turning the cards. If he continues to watch TV, I might do the headphones with some music so I can concentrate. We’ve left off with work stuff that feels left in the air. And, I think the tv is turning more to politics. There’s only so much of that I can take. Hmm, seems we’re still floating over to the picture we left in our blog yesterday of the state room with an ocean view. I told Sweetie about it a few moments ago. Just wanted to let him know we’re getting serious about this life-style change again and that the thought of a cruise is inspiring me. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.
I want to tell you about something though that was pretty cool in more recent events. Last night Sweetie got us out to go downtown for the Venetian night and fireworks off “the point” across from Navy Pier. This guy. I don’t know … he keeps getting more and more spectacular. He wasn’t sure going into it what the parking and crowds would be like, but we tried to relax through it. We didn’t want to get caught up in our own sense of panic. Recently, we’d hurt our leg … think we said that before, but the point was that we weren’t sure if we were up to things. The other place that was so good for parking was closed up at the time, but we got the handicap parking under Soldiers Field stadium, which wasn’t too bad. It was right next to an elevator and only took a couple of up periods. I tried not to complain, but it gets rough at the end of the period of being up. I didn’t want though after we got to the point go any closer to the crowds toward the boat parade. Sweetie let it go.
We stayed up at the top of the stone plateaus so that it was easy to get to without going to deep into things so that helped. I think we got down there about 8:00.
Sweetie had stopped by a sandwich place to get sandwiches and we got ice for the ice water. The first place we parked the chair and us was too close when a family came up who were loud and aggressive. No boundaries. So we moved a tree and a half down. And, then another big group of couples came in who’d been drinking and again were very loud. So we moved down another tree. Finally, we had found a quieter space. It seems a strange thing that some people could be so loud that they were invasive of everyone around them. They seem just ignorant, but I guess that’s all part of being a part of a big city … there are all kinds of people trying to get along.
There was so much to see down there. Our view included … oh wait … hold on I have a few pictures!
These are the best pictures. We didn’t take very many, because of the darkness, but I feel I got a couple really good memory holders. It seems the first part starts with the planes. I think they are like something angels? I’m not sure … Rich told us that they were older fighter planes I think. It looks like in the picture there were 6, but there was really 7 and they passed by a couple of times. I think the colors are a little too reddish, but now seeing it I couldn’t say what the sky really looked like because we were so intent on getting the camera out on time. You couldn’t really hear the sound until they were going right past us. It’s a beautiful sight.
The second picture was directly in front of us … behind the barrier was where all the Venetian boats were. And, behind the barrier is Navy Pier where they have the really cool stuff including a Ferris wheel. Rich says that most the tall building you see are residences, and the building directly on the left side is the Shedd Aquarium. The part where we were at is part of the Chicago museum campus. The water was phenomenal. The weather was a little chilly and there was a good wind blowing in from the NE. I don’t know if you can catch how cool it is to be a part of this city with so much to be amazed over. It is very exciting and much different than the bedroom community I grew up in MN … there the big deal was the soft ice cream sold at the city fair under the water tower and behind the soft ball field.
It’s just a unique world that is hard to believe if you don’t get out to see it periodically. I never did this kind of stuff when we were married or with the kids. I feel very bad about that.
The third shot is a better of the Shed aquarium … the front of that building facing Lake Michigan is these huge glass windows and you can see part of the aquarium in the reflection of the glass. I always like the grass area that we are sitting, because it is like auditorium seating in the way it slopes down to the stone terraces. This is when we view left, and then the fourth picture is our view to the left. There were a lot more boats in the water as the night went on and the picture just doesn’t do enough detail as to how many families are down on the other end. At the end of the point is the planetarium. Hmm, now I can see right in the middle of the picture you can see a guy with a white shirt selling the colored plastic light deals. There wasn’t too much selling, but a couple people were into it. At the very center right of the picture, you can get a glimpse of an ambulance behind the tree line … that’s where the road was … it wasn’t open to traffic except the police people and ambulance. We felt very protected as to being in such a popular spot.
Rich said that on the place right across from the boats and on Navy Pier it is standing room only and that some people get down there 5-6 hours early to stake their spot.
And then the next two pictures are obviously a couple of the fireworks shots. It’s pretty hard to get shots of fireworks we found. They were really exciting and we were being just delighted. By this time, Rich was leaning on our legs (keeping them warm he said), but in general we were being allowed to massage him and the feeling of his body seeing the sights above. I think that the thumping of our heart was being pressed into his skin. We of course had the wheel chair and he decided not to bring a chair. I reminded him just now that we should purchase one of those chairs in a bag. And, he smiled warmly and stammered something about liking the way … and then we were both smiling in delight. Again, we invited him to sit in front of us after we’d been messaging him from the right. Moving directly in front of us gave us the ability to manage his shoulders, upper back, neck, and head. Thank goodness when out and about he doesn’t care about us mussing his hair. It’s just so gosh darn romantic. And then again there was this going on …
Hmm, we’ve gone through a couple of thoughts now from the background stuff especially centering on Chicago from the politics down in Springfield to the mob/gangster scene to the publication of Chicago through the mass complex of our convention center. Kind of getting a Chicago head rush. Yes, yes .. you can believe it that people in Chicago consider themselves the center of the world. How am I going to step back now from all this excitement. I don’t think I could top it although I have to get moving on toward something.
Ok, that was a shaky moment … We had to make it over the hump where we were going from TV shows – news and special interest back to music. Rich had left on a cartoon about saving liberty and by then it was kinda like it MUST be time to turn off the TV. I think he must be turned into the video aspects of it. It’s just like this distraction. I was enjoying the stories, but it is a guilty pleasure in something we’ve sworn off in that we want to be more in control of our mind. Usually music plays on our emotions, but that has to be sidled up to will of thought. Ok, ok … whichever we just switched to I’ve got to go back to something else quieter now. Could someone else please take over? Where are those romantics ..
AHA! Nakid butt just ran past … this is what we’re talking about … what a wonderful world.
Flash over to big screen picture of the fire works. Yes, that will do nicely. It’s about 11:30. Sweetie will probably want to do lunch after he gets out of the shower. Just between you and us? I think he is in completion with time I spend alone writing. Even if we are writing about him. With the television our attention is being shared on the same thing his attention is … even though he was multi-tasking by doing his expense account. Like before we sat down here, he made a comment on the question of getting his massage for the rest of the morning. Hehehe we’ve spoiled him. *Sigh*
I’m not sure how much to invest yet in where we would like to go … we might want to trace over how far we’d gotten yesterday. I’m not sure where Rich is going next, but we did say that we were going to do something with his grant today. I need to put in more reading and practice time. We will need to become more firm with that before we try to organize him to our speed. Last night it came up just briefly. He was saying that he was going to have to allow us more control. We’d been kinda waiting for that … mostly because we need to organize it. He says that Sisters been giving him hints that he’s got to prove himself worthwhile this year, because and here she hints again that she could be gone after this year. I think in that case that we are all going to need promoting ourselves. Sure don’t know what we’d do without St. Rose. No where could have been developed by us to be more perfect.
We’ve developed around sister and the two have become for the most part one direction. She’s holding up for me to lead, but I have to be serious with my time in finding those special niches that will longstand her time and mine. It’s time to make a mark on the field. Just as far as we go though on the south side of Chicago.
I’m sure there are other agencies doing more for the bigger populations, but now Rich is saying that they are trying to take down three of our bigger non-profits that work with the DD population because they are too institutionalized. They think that is going back to families and community life, but no one is supporting payment of that yet. And, we’re going nowhere with the present governor. We’ve just heard on the news that Madigan who is the center’s super hero is vying for a leadership position to get his daughter who is the state’s head legal prosecutor … forget maybe office of inspector general. … anyway Madigan wants his daughter to run for governor. I think the family has a big enough name, perhaps with enemies, but from the perspective on the populace he has enough name recognition to get her in. I think our republicans are lightweights so a different democrat could get in. The Governor is lousy and unrealistic. They talk about him as the guy that refuses to even walk into the capital. There is something lame about that … I don’t think he’s even pretending to try blending in … he’s been on his own planet ever since voted in. He’s a jerk.
Ok, where did that come from … just that it’s kinda tense in Illinois because we are so close to having services cut down because the governor can’t get over himself.
He’s willing to let the people suffer. I just don’t get the guy … think he’s a dirty politician on a power trip. He’s trying to make us believe that he’s going to do something for others when its jus a game to him. I believe in Madigan and that his decisions include what is good for us all. It maybe something too in that just a couple of months ago he visited with the center on our turf. Plus he’s the one that paid for my office to be built … you can be sure that we’re going to give him our support. Lot different than a governor who says, developmental disabilities – what’s that?
Ok, ok shhhh. We’re going to get over our insulted feelings on that score. I think if his daughter ran that we’d have to get out there and really work for him. He’s done his share …
I do want to say something that I find in general very interesting … it’s the part of JVS not getting very far in their accreditation this year. They only earned one year where the norm is to earn 3 years like we did. I know that St. Mary’s went through it before too where they had only earned one year. I think this last time though they got their three year. Rich asked us if we were interested in reading the CARF evaluation from JVS … this was last night. Man-o-man can you believe it that we were interested in reading it. I’d like to collect the insights from the entire South side set of CARF evaluations. I know that our CSO is going to make it because the head of that organization is into CARF. Sister believes enough in me to give me the chance to make CARF real at our place. Last night after finishing JVS report in the car … Rich through out the line for our active involvement if we want to earn him some points as to correcting the problems his company is facing. He’s actually looking very realistically on where to jump in case JVS goes down. He says that the leadership will most likely retire this year. What they do … it will be a curiosity.
JVS is pretty posh up on the top and they support their empire on the backs of little people without showing much obvious regard for them. I think they need to have an entire attitude adjustment. I think he said that his boss was in charge of the CARF stuff … so Rich is really in a good position to help, but I think he’s on the outs with the upper corp people, because he could be feeding into his own bad attitude. I think the Corp knows Rich is valuable in the work he does, but they think of him as just a working guy … he doesn’t do the suit and tie routine and socialize as if he’s got an estate. We really need to talk about the problems with attitude. I tried just a twinkle of it last night … I really introduced how easy it is for Rich to become upset. He was upset about not knowing the parking last night and he was upset about not being allowed into the lot. He took it as an issue with his thoughts against the reality. He didn’t get in on his special graced position.
That might seem kind of harsh for Rich, but we both need to start figuring it out if we’re going to get anywhere. I thought the first time he was teasing, but by the second time, I realized he really did want to do something or at least put down some plan of attack on the CARF stuff. I asked if JVS was going to hire a specialist and he said no. That would seem to be a problem. They really do need some serious help. I don’t know what their level of commitment is, but they don’t seem to have walked down the CARF priorities, and it might be because their management hasn’t given some one the power to make the needs meet the solutions.
I’m really confused in some ways in that Rich thinks I could really help to turn JVS around. I don’t have any special tricks to teach JVS to behave itself. But, I think they could really use a dedicated person to be doing the work. Not someone smart enough to run the company, but someone dedicated to be getting things done. I suppose that would mean having the power of someone like Rich’s boss behind you.
Everything then would have to be proofed by him, because he really could take a controlling leadership position because of it. CARF demands that the whole of the organization is behind itself and they aren’t working over non-communicating divisions, where the uppidy-up is just busy ordering lunches. There is so much very interesting stuff that they were saying its just pretty inicredible. I’m shocked with how brutal the CARF people were with JVS. It is certain that we’re going to push that Sister get a copy of the report and recommendations. I think she has to see something like that to impress how good our organization really is. I think I would like to read over the JVS report and then go back over ours to tie together how we got over the humps that JVS missed. It seemed almost to insult the integrity of the inspectors. They were just very non-plused about them.
Rich is pretty cool in that aspect … he knows a whole lot about what goes on at the working level. I think he doesn’t have a large share of his bosses confidence with the exception of getting the workshops to work. It’s a lot different with my boss – being Sr. Theresa. She gives me a lot of room – especially toward the end in letting me right the reports that I thought we would need to get past the hard spots. I have to learn better though on how to get to the smaller things done.
Like it seemed to be a trend island that we’d get in trouble for the subpoenas and
search warrants. JVS got that recommendation too. It seems purposeful that our inspector left off on the Performance analysis, but the JVS one came down hard on that and their business improvement reports. It was like no one just did this stuff over at JVS? Man … I think they need someone to take responsibility who was a male. Males command attention. I don’t know why, but it seems they’ve been hiring a bunch of women who didn’t know what they were doing … women who get high positions, but don’t have the confidence of their peers who are micromanaging their own special projects.
I literally don’t think I have enough intelligence to do what needs to be done, I could see they really need some help fast. But, there are so many other things to be doing. We need to help Rich with his St. Rose position, especially if there is going to be a take-over in the larger sister-hood. I think that Sister is trapped by the same kind of thing from her boss. They are into their position and their insight so they forget that there are others out there that are making decisions that don’t include them.
This last week there was an important annual meeting for all the sisters of the order who came together to talk about their organizations. Sister came back pretty frustrated with it and then later Sr. Margaret Mary came back to give me the lowdown from her end. We probably divulged more than we should of to her, but I have the sense that she is a heavy hitter at the corporate game. She’s going up the ladder where Sr. Theresa is going down the ladder due to her age. She’s been good for St. Rose because she’s done so much with it and she’s got a good staff and she’s given up to the other sisters, but apparently she was too proud with this and it put off other sisters. Just like Rich is to high on his ideas that aren’t inclusive of their world, so he’s going to come off badly in front of upperups.
Sr. MM let me know that she’s going up and probably to the level of doing business matters for the Rome Sisters. That could be very helpful down the line and we need to watch ourselves in that we will not abandon Sr. Theresa, but we do have to look over the future. We compared thoughts for quite a bit. And, then not too much longer Sr. Theresa came back to check on things. She knows that Sr. MM and us talking would be like a sign of betrayal. I really have to come up with something to impress her – but most would, but something that will work on the larger sister order, because that is really our biggest audience. There is a lot of sisters out there with a great amount of people experience, so I can’t imagine having something that much more special than they already have in place. I have been given opportunities though, because Sr. has shared so much with me as to program and business. I think we’re not so good, but then we passed CARF to levels that a big corporation like JVS didn’t and the places that JVS went down were predictable by Rich.
He’s got to get over the attitude thing … so does sister … we’ve got to approach this situation head on, but in a group comitte Barack O’Brama manner. We have to move with the times, which is why it is so important for us not to worry anymore about creating our world, but by adapting the leaders positions that of Schalock and Wehmeyer. I’ve got to put in more serious time to reading and writing and putting in long hours when Rich is busy doing other things. Even things like where we are going today. I think after lunch Rich and Us have to commit real work time together, where we are working like co-partners … For sure he’s the leader, but he’s got to work with me, because my ideas seem to be proving out as valid. I don’t have a lot of condidence in myself, but then that would become my taking on my own problems. It’s important that the problems get resolved like our issues of moving, weight, and dying. I think this will be an important thing between us and Dr. Marvin. And, I’m sure as hell hoping that our confidence in the hypnotism is going to pay out, because I believe that if I’m going down I can inspire Rich to be doing the same. I think that is what he is hoping too. In that he mentions it often.
He’s looking for personal leadership from me. I think that this one paper that I read last night is just the framework for things that top the news in the DD world, but I don’t know how many organizations have grasped the bull’s ring. That’s what I would like to do. I couldn’t or chose not to do it through education, because for whatever reasons, but part of that is the immediacy … I don’t have the time to go through 10 years … though that would have been ideal, especially if it had been done 20 years ago. I am going to have to pull myself up which means doing the reading, writing and ground work … I think that is in general taking in information like the kind that can be provided by Rich. He’s really the key to so many things, we need to learn to work together, mostly like we love together. Hehehe maybe we’ve learned that already, because here we are working and he’s in the kitchen making us a sandwich.
Ok, girl be careful there … that be like robbing someone’s cradle, right? Remember what Sister Rose Mary said … “Are you taking credit for God’s Work?” So many times I do this and we get lost on our personal stuff where we aren’t helping anyone.
Hmm, before we forget here too we should go back to where we last left off in our heady stuff. Back to where we were working with goals and objectives. Where we were working with self-determination and self-regulation. Man-o-man that’s where the beauty lies. And, if we play our cards right and get done with the little work, AND get down some master plan – according to material just framed then maybe we can make a real difference by becoming a place that the little world of the Srs. Or south Chicago has become.
Hmm, that was a tough session. I think Rich was saved by the phone ringing and then he shot out the door to go shopping. I can’t say I know all of what’s going on, but I think sometimes I know important stuff. We told Rich he was dealing with a hurt child. He did the thing we are trying to tell him about someone not wanting to listen to him, and then when he got on the phone he did it again with his son. He said though that he would think about it. We talked about working with the corporation or better the concept of cooperating or collaborating … collaborating is one of the giant words at this point. That’s why we like Barack O’bama. He’s for collaboration. Rich wants to be thinking in black or white … if you ask his opinion he wants to then do it his way … he’s not seeing that people like to think for themselves and pick and choose the knowledge that they accept. But, he’s got to learn to work with people where they are at not his angry child position. That is what’s keeping him back. Angry children don’t work with anyone. They take the ball home so nobody can play. I asked them do you protect your boss and he said that he wants to be the only one to protect him. So, ok I buy that because he’s pretty tightly wrapped, but he’s now in a vulnerable position.
I asked Rich for time to work together. Just to be put on his schedule. He changed the subject several times and then cried Sunday is his day not to think about it and that he’d put in his time already. But then, he said, maybe between 5 and 6 pm tonight and that we could do Monday mornings between 5 an 6. I think both of us get tired during the week, but his theory was that if he could get up to go fishing, he could get up to work at least once a week. I need to learn more of how to communicate to him. The only way I knew to do it in the short space he was going to give me was to make my points quickly then back out. Cuz then its like being with the wounded child. He cried basically no fair and that he didn’t like to be psychoanalyzed, I guess I don’t think of it as this is what we’re doing, but we need to come to common grounds. He was already ready to throw most of it over to me, where that’s not what I’m looking for … I want to organize it, but I don’t have his knowledge or his stability. He’s going to have to keep being the anchor. That throwing of it over is his trademark all or none. I told him that we’d have to figure out what we are working on. Are we working on St. Rose, JVS, New Hope, CARC, Abe Lincoln. Whatever?! He’s got his fingers in so many pies; we need to strengthen his position. We told him that we knew he wanted to be the face, which mean we give him the credit, but he said that he wants to be the face only at St. Rose and that at the other places we can be more partners. I told him that we needed to able to work as well as we made love.
I think my guy can handle all of that. I just have to wait now to check his response. I know that he can bury me in it … once during the conversation he cut it back to me as in speaking that he was the coach and that we were going to work on me. But, we rejected that we were going to be worked on. We told him the only one you can change is yourself. Apparently that also hit a nerve because it is about the same thing his daughter told him. We are being left more and more out of those conversations – that and the other kids and friends. I think he figures that we are figuring out too much, but then that might be a reason to worry about me figuring out our problems. One of which is a time scheduling problem. We better figure out what we’re going to do for our 5 pm meeting. It’s 1:30 pm now. We have to figure out what to do with the grant next because I’m pretty sure we’ll have to go there … Rich is really worrying about fixing his position. I talk about one place though and he diffuses his attention well we need to write grants for so and so. Hmm, maybe our first chore than is to write down all the variables that we are dealing with.
I’m thinking that this is a good idea, and I’m wondering if there is instructions we might make use of that we’ve already read about … he talks about all these pies, but we need to consolidate the work. We are going to need labeling it and then forming strategy for each – somewhat like we do at the center during our administration meetings. Line items. Hmm, bet there is something here in the grant book, hold on … let me look.
Ok, our first conversation going back from the start is going to be avoiding project problems. It then gives us guiding principles. They are:
Grant seeking is a team sport.
Members of the grant-seeking team need certain skills.
The grant-seeking team needs resources with which to work.
The grant-seeking team needs training and support.
Grant seeking is a project itself and as such must have goals, guiding principles, and action plans.
The grant-seeking effort needs a management plan.
Good good so far. I had gotten the team thing from the last reading. I think there are forms to interview for skills. And there is a check-list that discusses the resources. And, we figure that if we are going to be a grant-writing business we are going to get good at it. Which means learning to establish the goals – big Ann word – guiding principles and action plans. I’m thinking that a collection of all the above is the management plan. But, we’re figuring we have a hell of a lot to figure out. The book says that the time we are going to need comes from sharing the responsibilities in the form of a team. I think we are going to have to put all the players down and whether or not they know it yet, parts of the team are going to be the different center and organizations that we are affiliated with.
Ok, the next thing we do is get together the team mostly based on attitude, outlook, and personality. I wonder in saying this who Rich considers his allies. I’ve only got 3 business allies and they are Sr., Rich, and Dr. Marvin. I would have at one point thought Brandi more helpful, but she’s limited. It’s going to be a question if the new Q becomes an ally. She’s too young right now, but should be watched for inclusion. That would be the ideal and when I think of it even Holly can be brought in though I don’t really know anymore how she uses her time.
Shoot why does my music keep cutting in and out. We changed from work computer to home computer and tried both AOL and Musicmatch … and on all four variables there are problems. Why can’t we just hear the music. It’s distracting. Am I doing something wrong or different? I suppose we’ll need to let that go and get back to business … sorry.
Ok, but maybe if we went down Rich’s list we would find people that could work with us in different capacities. Sort of like a librarian helping everyone that calls on her. I think there are people that help. Like Bob can be an ally sort of like how V used to be an ally. Maybe we can look for people just on the basis of attitude, outlook and personality. This might even mean Rich taking back his friend Doug to work with him. That is if Doug isn’t burying himself otherwise. Don’t know how all that is going.
Grant-seekers have to be self-motivated. Well, I guess that’s why I’m here and Rich is covering groceries and dinner. Ok, next? Ahh that’s an important element … we have to be set on doing good, rather than on financial gain or other rewards, though we know that that is nice too, especially if Rich wants his house overlooking the lake and a retirement cottage. WooHOOO!!! Hehehe oh yeah and we gotta have a sense of humor … On target! Part of that is not taking ourselves over-seriously … Sort of how like MS champion Bill Gates always has that smile-thing going on. Ok, check-out so far. Needing to have a positive, can-do attitude and outlook … we’re working on this with Dr. Marvin … trying not to kill ourselves. Again working toward the things we can change. Innovative – pushing the envelope – that helps – at least the part of taking on the game. We’ll need to work on our ability to visualize. We start that by gaining information on how processes work and people think. We need to stop complaining … that goes for both Rich and us. I’m the weaker on handling failure, but we can take Rich’s lead on that one. Sense of worth has to come from ourselves and we can’t give up on this fact … We are worthy to be here. Dammit!
Failure can be a problem of the ideas and proposals not based on who I am specifically. Or, if I’m a multiple.
So in total –
Self-motivation
Well-developed sense of humor
Positive, can-do attitude
An innovative mind
Pusher-doer disposition
Lack of fear of failure
A sense of self-worth from within
Now the actual project …
• Project design
• Funding source research
• Project development
• Proposal writing
• Proposal publishing
• Partnership building
• Marketing
• Public relations
• Others
General categories of grant seeking research
• Funding sources
• Verification of the problem
• Justification of the solution
Hmm, some day I’m going to have to pay bills … we just ordered a couple of books … well actually 3 books. All from the same author with the title of Grantseeker’s Toolkit. Our book referred to it as specific and detailed directions for tracking down research. We’re going to need that … the other books were on how to do the budgeting and how to write the grant proposal … hope that isn’t one we’ve already ordered. I better check. Whooops we got one of them let me see if I can change the order … that will save about $35. Oh man their server went down. At least that’s what it says at aol and Firefox. Well, I’m either going to get to take it off or not … I hope we can remember later tonight to take a look before it ships. Hmm, the book says we may need to do research to see if our problem has a solution, but we don’t have access anymore to research tools. That may be a problem. We could also use examples from the various other agencies in Chicago.
Anyway … the next thing would be to develop the project by moving the problem to being a “problem-solving action plan (project).” Hmm Leaders attributes must be patient and diplomatic. Someone to coordinate the effort (multiple people, order, and deadlines). I think that is going to be me and our super new system of organization. There needs to be someone too for the administrative position … Hmm ability to organize and track information and resources. That will have to be me too. Archives (past projects or proposals), tracking funding source research, project development, proposal creation. All this is administration. Ok, lets see … we should make this two positions unless there are more. Maybe Rich should be the leader and we’ll be the administrator. Hmm, and the last is someone to write clearly and simply. That’s going to me so we’ll have to practice writing better.
Ok, repeat? Clear and simple! Umm next paragraph.
We better not put me on the costs committee. Terrible with money.
So far … Rich is the Leader, we are the administrator and writer. So we’ll have to tell Rich he is to be patient and diplomatic and coordinate people, general order, and deadlines. That seems fair. Umm, our Leader is over on the couch though snoring through the baseball game. Is that what leaders are supposed to do on Sundays? Hmpf! But, he does snore cute and IS making steak and corn for dinner!
Ok, Ann this is a clue to writing grants.
• Simple
• Short
• Direct
• Descriptive
• Well-organized sentences and paragraphs
We don’t have a real choice of our big players, so we better learn quick to adapt ourselves to the chores involved.
Each of the team members must have or be able to share criteria of being
• Self-motivated
• Sense of humor
• Positive attitude
• Innovative
• Mentally flexible
• A pusher, a doer
• Unafraid fo failure
• Inner self-worth
• And have skills of
• Research
• Project planning
• Leadership
• Coordination
• Administration
• Writing
And we could go also as to asking experience with grant seeking and proposal writing. I think we’re good so far.
Ahh wow! Look at this part too … Team Skills what a line-up!
• Research
• Problem solving
• Facilitation
• Outlining
• Organization of ideas
• Organization of process
• Organization of project
• Budget development
• Leadership
• Coordination
• Tracking information
• Tracking resources
• Writing clearly and simply
Pretty cool to be thinking of organization separately of ideas, process, and project. I think I’d like to try this pretty soon in our system of Paper Tiger
Hmm, have the old version .. that’s ok we’ll play with it. Aha we DO have the new version.
Ok, this has gotten serious. We’re looking into working with this project differently if I have to be organized and efficient I have to take notes in the Paper Tiger … I’ll be over here.
posted by Ann Marie @ 7/30/2007 06:12:00 AM
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