Goals and Plans

I have three goals I am working to accomplish during my internship experience:

1. Gain an understanding of campaign and party functioning

2. Increase my speed on data entry, without sacrificing accuracy

3. Better develop my prioritizing and time management skills

It's this last goal that I'm most concerned about.  Deadlines and I have never really gotten along, and I'm worried this will get in my way later in life.  I feel like if I get better at prioritizing and focusing on one thing at a time, step by step approaches, I'll get better.  D is helping a lot with this too.  Whenever he gives me a list of things to do, he usually puts it in some type of priority order as well as giving deadlines.  

I'm already well on my way to accomplishing the first goal as well.  Last night I attended the Linn County Central Committee meeting.  It was mildly reminiscent of a student senate meeting.  The whole "Robert's Rules of Order" thing.  But interesting still.  It was an abbreviated meeting, because they had a candidate forum first, so I don't know that I really understand a whole lot, but it seemed interesting and I'd like to go again.  The CC is LARGE.  That's really all I got from it. 

Today I've been doing more computer setup, more data entry.  It's kinda data entry crunch time because theres a bunch of stuff we need done before the FOs (M and JR) start on the 3rd.  D also got me information on  the GLBT/Stonewall Caucus - an organization for GLBT rights within the Democratic party.  I think I'm going to join, or at least go to some meetings and learn about it.  I'm trying to come up with a nickname for D that means benevolent boss-man, because he's great. SP (aka Pottsie) is back today.  It's been so much louder and social around here as a result.  Love it!  Pottsie's such a flirt.  Man... :)  Oh, and if anyone wants to help him fundraise, he's looking for help (an intern).

One of the candidates brought us a big bag of popcorn this morning.  Also amazing.  S's candidate is getting in trouble for not working hard enough.  S has been talking all day about how other candidates and current elected peeps are calling the IDP to talk about her candidate.  Hopefully, this is effective, 'cause we want him to do well... but he's gotta work for it.