Ross, Aaron, Sara, Shelby, and Jenna have contributed so much already. They have, between them, translated our general brochure into Spanish, created signs (no “NO!” signs), taken the ABLE weeding course and in-house training for weeding, and begun actual stage one of weeding. They’ve cut untold numbers of summer reading fliers and time sheets, checked book donations against the catalog, placed new books on our website, learned opening and closing procedures, covered books, and begun helping staff out on the floor.
We’ve scheduled a weekly intern meeting so we can address upcoming activities, the status of projects, and whatever comes up. The first was yesterday, and only three out of five were present. One forgot, and one left just before meeting time. The one who forgot won’t do it again — it isn’t in his nature. I’m not sure what happened with the other one. Perhaps it was my fault for not communicating effectively (or more likely, I didn’t give enough notice.)
Fondue night is next Tuesday night. The interns who were at the meeting had their choice of jobs for this TSRP event, and naturally, they chose prep and manning the event, leaving the clean-up detail to the two who were not present. Isn’t that what happens when you skip a meeting?
Ross has chosen his display project and is working on his proposal. It looks terrific so far.
I’m collecting individual project ideas from staff for the interns to choose from. They can dream up their own, of course — but I’m hoping that some of them will choose from a list of projects that we as a staff consider important but not urgent. The kind of thing that sits at the bottom of a stack at your desk for way too long.
Tags: fondue, meetings, projects, teen summer reading
