Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Ugh! This week is going by so slowly. Up at 3 again, drove the roads, checked-in with my boss, spent a couple hours at the gym, followed by an hour at Starbucks studying.
Yesterday I completed my application for Gonzaga’s MBA program; I hope to be accepted and enroll for this fall’s term. Fingers crossed. I still have 18 courses to complete in the next term at WGU, but I’m confident that I can get ‘er done.
The Gonzaga MBA program takes two years for part-time students and I’d have to drive up to Spokane twice a week to attend class at night.
My boss has asked me to take a leading roll in this year’s 12th Annual Columbia River Technician Conference. This is a two-day event that’s held at the Columbia Basin Technical Institute (CB Tech) which is next to the Moses Lake Schoold District Transportation Department (both are right off I-90 in Moses Lake).
This is a beautiful campus and offers vocational training for the region’s high school students.
Every year, one of the three bus vendors is responsible for recruiting companies and teachers to offer training classes that pertain to pupil transportation. We’re a little behind on getting things off the ground, and that’s probably why I’ve been asked to take a lead, but we’ll get a great program put together here in the next couple of weeks.
I’m working on designing a logo for the association and setting up a website. I will start on the promotional material once I have a better idea what classes will be offered. I also need to get bids out for food and make sure local hotels will offer the government rate for rooms. The dates are Thursday, August 11th, and Friday, August 12th (my birthday).
There wasn’t a very good turnout for last year’s conference. I’m going to work on targeting Superintendents more than Transportation Supervisors and shop leads.