Weekly Reflection

Week two went even better than the first! The week began with both the Athletic Department meeting Monday morning and then the Athletic Council Monday afternoon. The Athletic Department meeting consisted of issues at Proctor regarding liability. It was cool to see the progress, or lack of, from week to week. Much of the topics discussed in last weeks Athletic Department meeting were solved this week, whereas the issue of liability and gym, fitness room, use is still an ongoing issue. In the Athletic Council, the idea of an online store was discussed. I personally think that the online store would be extremely beneficial to Proctor. Having the ability to purchase any apparel online would be great. It would also be useful for each team to use as well. Because having been a captain for a few years, it is hard to get everyone on the team in the same place regarding what they want to order as a team. By having the online store, we can just use that and tell everyone on the team to order as they please. Tuesday consisted of projects, projects, and more projects. The first was researching character traits needed in being an athletic director. Although there were many attributes necessary in being a good athletic director, the two prominent ones were leadership and organizational skills, both of which I feel I have. Another project I've been working on is the end of term Spring Athletics show. I am spearheading this project along with director of social media, Scott. Wednesday was game day! However, due to inclement weather, mostly all games were canceled. Although this bad weather is really getting irritating, it was cool to see how the athletic department must respond to bad weather. A lot of work and energy goes into bad weather game days. Thursday consisted of preparing, creating, and sending athletic surveys to coaches, athletes, seniors, and parents of seniors. The goal of these surveys is to get information regarding the Proctor athletic experience. The hope is that this information will help Proctor athletics to be better in the future. The week finished up on Friday doing a lot of work on the end of term slide show. Throughout the week, I learned that you need to try to be proactive, yet so much of the job is reactive. I learned this through the different meetings, and especially on Wednesday when we had to react to the bad weather and work with what we've got. We had to adjust from what we thought was going to happen and come up with a plan b. Everything happened as I thought it would over the course of the week. There were no surprises, except for the unexpected downpour on Wednesday. I thoroughly enjoyed what the tasks I was given, the meetings I attended, and the day-to-day responsibilities. Overall, it was a very solid and fun second week!