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My flight was supposed to leave at 2:19 pm today and it finally left (the tarmac) at 6:45 pm. I’m in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to teach the last two of the Rural Library Sustainability Workshops here and then another in Alexandria on Wednesday. It’s weird to think that I have been working on these workshops for about a year now! Last year about this time, I was working on organizing workshops for Mississippi and then later Louisiana… and of course in the middle there was a great trip to Seattle to work with the great folks at WebJunction.
I’m looking forward to these workshops - they usually bring out some really interesting ideas regarding fundraising or making contacts with local politicians etc. I was really glad to have my iPod and my laptop I have to say, while waiting in the airport all afternoon. I really hope that when I fly to Richmond, VA on Thursday (via ATL) that there isn’t a similar delay. I tried really hard not to lose it with the Delta people…but I really dislike when the time is incorrect for the departure and the only answer they can give is “the plane is in maintenance and we don’t know when it will be done.” I just really think that the airlines need to have a backup plan when things like that happen. Some of the delays today were due to weather - so if you know that the Summer is typically stormy, hmmm, maybe have LESS flights going at the same time?
So here is the lowdown on my upcoming travel (it’s a lot all at one time, especially after just getting back from Australia)
Monday, 11 June: Atlanta - Baton Rouge
Tuesday, 12 June: Baton Rouge - Alexandria, LA
Wednesday, 13 June: Alexandria - Baton Rouge
(Rural Library Sustainability)
Thursday, 14 June: Richmond, VA
Friday, 15 June: Richmond - Atlanta
(Web 2.0: Train the Trainer)
Monday, 18 June: Atlanta - New Orleans
Thursday, 21 June: New Orleans - Atlanta
(Advanced Networking, Troubleshooting PCs and Securing Public Access PCs in Metairie)
Monday, 25 June: Atlanta - Shreveport
Tuesday, 26 June: Shreveport - Atlanta
(Basic Networking in Shreveport)
Posted: June 11th, 2007 under I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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