Rob's Rumpus Room

We just had a big move at the University. Well big in that our associate vice chancellor of IT, his right hand, and the wallet all moved. Well no one thought to take their machines over instead of letting the lowest bidding moving company move them. Today, nobody had set up the big guy's machine so when he comes back Monday he can at least check email. For as much planning that went into this some really basic stuff seems to have been overlooked. I think there should be a checklist when moving people.

Does this person run the organization?
if yes, then someone should be in charge of moving their mission critical hardware, as well as anything fragile.

If this person is down for a day or two, will there be hell to pay?
if yes, then someone should be in charge of moving their mission critical hardware, as well as anything fragile.

There that wasn't so bad was it? As an example, if the AVC's computer went down we would get a level 1 or MAYBE 2 call and someone would be in his office before they knew they had a call. I've been finding myself trying to get in front of stuff recently, and with the move I got in front of that. I also fear the old axiom no good deed goes unpunished.

As I think back now I hope it wasn't sucking up. I'm up for a couple of job interviews and I hope that subconsciously I'm not sucking up trying to make myself look better. The two interviews are going really well with an extremely positive outlook. I’ll now something about the position I really want probably in a couple of weeks. I really hope I’m not a subconscious suck up.