From the HQ Bunker (Over 1000 nodes)

The CTC VISTA site has hit over 1000 nodes! Momentous!

Here at Project HQ we're still working out some strategic planning, which will probably be a continuous process throughout the summer. Currently I'm working on a lot of new exciting projects and some other somewhat tedious ones.

The tedious business: documenting everything the CTC VISTA Project does from top to bottom, inside and out. The end result is going to be a Project Manual/Handbook that HQ can use and an edited version for distribution to current and all incoming VISTAs in the future.

The flip side to this text documentation is the fun part: an idea we're working on to create a kind of video manual of VISTA experience. In other words the Project will shoot interviews with VISTAs, profile host organizations, shoot some B-Roll and then send footage back to Project HQ to be edited. After it's all edited comes distribution, meaning a DVD marketing/outreach piece, a video for VISTA training/resources, dropping clips online, and other general outreach and training components. Check out The Plan: http://ctcvista.org/node/1008

Also to see what we're working on at HQ, check the 'Project HQ Initiatives' section on the wiki (http://ctcvista.org/node/1007). More will be added soon!

What else am I working on?
- VISTA Recruitment Plan
- Revised Host Organization Orientation plan
- Working with Danielle, UMass Boston's College of Public and Community Service to try and recruit some student interns.
- Making the work plans 'living' (i.e. easily altered online)
- Getting a Project HQ dog or maybe a wii

What ideas do you all have for making the Project serve you better?