My First Day

Today was my first day working as a intern with Positive Spin. I started the day by helping Nick Hein install some wrenches and various tools on the wall for the public work benches. The office itself doubles up as a shop for people to repair, recycle, and pick up bikes. There is a small room where Nick and I have set up our laptops to get some minor work done. The office itself is very (VERY!) cold.

I started by updating the list of volunteers with their name, phone, address, email, and major information. I have not finished it yet, because Mr. Hein asked that I include a picture of everyone as well. This will take some time, because I am the only volunteer here this early in the day. Nick said he would help out by getting everyone's picture for me. Its a short list so it shouldn't take long.

Nick also got me working on editing and combining the minutes and the narrative of a board meeting held on March 3rd. This way it comes in one easy to read, 7-page file. It involved organizing the charts with the narrative so they flowed together and could also be used for quick reference. It was a word document that needed proper formatting.

I also made some suggestions about posting the Positive Spin name on other websites like Activeliving.org and pot holes I found in the company website. There are just a few dead links and sentences saying "click pic below," but there was no picture. I was hoping to work will the company webmaster, but he quit yesterday. So, I will work with Nick to fix these problems and update the website. I have very little experience with open source FTP code, but Nick seem to know a little bit more then me.

I am looking forward for tomorrow where I will bring up the ways Nick sees Positive Spin growing.