Blog 5

The South Carolina State Fair. When you are a kid it seems like one of the best weeks of the year. All the fun rides, specialty foods, and the games. It was like having your birthday when it wasn't your birthday. Sadly enough when you get older the fair seems a little.....bland. Yes the food is always good, but then you have to factor in how you will pay for all of the joys you had as a kid. You probably can only fit on maybe 5% of the rides considering you are a lot taller than any kid. Last year it was $7 to get into the fair and you buy tickets 5 for one dollar. Now it is $8 to get into the fair and $1 per ticket. Do the math.....one dollar per ticket and the good rides cost at minimum 3 tickets. That's a lot of money. I didn't go to the fair this year, but I know people who went and this is how I know how high the fair is now. I guarantee that the food is the same price, but I heard the drinks went up from $2 a bottle to $3 a bottle (notice that you only pay $1.29 for the same bottle drinks in a store). Clearly someone isn't too worried about the bad economy knowing that people will come to the fair anyway just to spend the money. Oh well, I can't wait until next year when the fair comes to see if the admission price will be $9.....ooops did I spill a secret???

Blog 4

At this current moment the Volgistics project is at a standstill. As a group, we determined that to better prepare ourselves to train the residents we need to have access to the volunteer side of the system. This will allow us to gain a better understanding as to how volunteers are to log hours, check schedules, etc. After gaining access to the system two things need to be completed: 1) a presentation is needed to show step-by-step directions on how to use the Volgistics system, and 2) a hand out will be created as a take home guide for reference. After the presentation is created, two of the group members will prepare to deliver the instructions to the class. Since there are two training dates, there will be three people per day to deliver the training.

My part of the group is to deliver the instruction on how to gain access to the Volgistics system and how to navigate through the system. Personally I think the training will be a success even if we only have three people sign up for the session. All my group members are equally skilled and I believe all deliverables will be done on schedule. Thanks group!!