October 9-10

Thursday: 12:55-2:30
Friday: 12:25-1:47

   The end of this week was very exciting and eventful. On Thursday, I had a meeting with Dr. Murray and the school librarian about our school's blog and some upgrades and changes that she would like to make. It only lasted 45 minutes, but it was a good example of an informal tech-based meeting. After this meeting, I got a chance to sit down with the high school Principal to talk about the kinds of things the administration would like to see embodied in the app. Thursday was also the day that I finalized all of the specifics of the meeting. We decided where to meet, and I worked a little on how the meeting would be run, what we wanted to accomplish, and how we would go about getting there. I started an agenda, and our club advisor told some other byte club members about the meeting so that we could get some new, creative input on the design end of the project.
     On Friday, I spent all of my time preparing for our meeting. I made a list of all of the things I wanted to cover during the meeting and made sure that everyone knew what was happening. After school on Friday, the officers, three other Byte Club members, our advisor, Dr. Murray, and I all went to a local pizza place for our meeting. It went very smoothly, and I think we are all on the same page now. We set up a schedule for regular meetings and check-ups, we talked about how we would break up into teams, and about which topics were the most important to research and understand completely.
     This week gave me a lot of insight into what being an administrator or in a leading position might be like. Holding and participating in multiple meetings and having to prepare for such gatherings was different for me. I also got a taste of what it is like to have to lead in a meeting. It is difficult to keep everyone on task and it is hard to know when to interrupt and when to let conversation die out on its own. Though this is not my forte now, I think after a little more practice, it could become a lot less calculated and easier for me to do. I'm still a little wary of ever striving for a position of power, but I won't take it off my list permanently as of now.