kevbaz Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Do you guys have anything on the radar this year? Profressionally for me this year we have the schools rebuild starting in the summer, 3 years worth of building work should be interesting, got to squeeze the entire staff and students into one part of the current school while the other is knocked down.. sounds fun! Personally i turn 30 next month, got a 80's themed fancy dress night out planned and im off to Florida in August for my wedding :) hoping to move house by the end of the year and the missus may even have a bun aswell as a turkey in the oven by christmas. Quite an eventful year coming up! how about you?
Iain.Faulkner Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Do you guys have anything on the radar this year? Profressionally for me this year we have the schools rebuild starting in the summer, 3 years worth of building work should be interesting, got to squeeze the entire staff and students into one part of the current school while the other is knocked down.. sounds fun! Personally i turn 30 next month, got a 80's themed fancy dress night out planned and im off to Florida in August for my wedding :) hoping to move house by the end of the year and the missus may even have a bun aswell as a turkey in the oven by christmas. Quite an eventful year coming up! how about you? Have you stolen my identity? Your year is very similar to mine! Personally, I turn 30 next month, getting married in April (only booked at Christmas, 3 months planning we must be mad!) although we're getting married in Prestbury not Florida, although I am hoping we'll get to New York for the honeymoon. In addition, we're hoping to either move house this year or extend our current one. Professionally, I'm looking to switch jobs into a full Network Manager's job, and I'm also looking to achieve the MCITP Server Administrator this year, first exam booked for Feb half term! Best get started on the revision then :-) So yes, eventful to say the least :-) 1
Domino Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I've stopped planning more than a month in advance - cause, no matter what, my plans get changed too quickly 1
glennda Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 For me we have a lot more going on inside school - in the process of planning a migration away from the LEA's wan. Hoping to do a Comptia Linux + this year and am 21 in June so that will be a big party!!!
sonofsanta Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Actually got to just sit down in a corner, ignore anyone coming into my office and leave their problems to my techies, and get the flip on with setting up SCCM/SCVMM/shiny SAN/shiny virtual servers, and testing Windows 7 thoroughly, and deploying that out over the summer, along with the shiny new PCs we'll need in some areas, and all that by September. After September, mind, I have no idea, as my three year plan will at last be complete - although that's probably for the best, as with any luck I'll have the whole new-Dad thing going on around that time to keep me busy
Little-Miss Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Well, come April we should have ownership of the junior site again, and thats when the fun begins!
bladedanny Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) I'm planning on getting married in Florida April 2013. You'll have to let me know what it's like . Nothing special this year apart from wedding planning stuff. Edited January 5, 2012 by bladedanny Capital letters. 1
irsprint84 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Moving to London next week with one suitcase! off to take IT Manager job in a University down there
Butters Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Moving to London next week with one suitcase! off to take IT Manager job in a University down there Welcome to London - which part will you be moving to?
Jay_Jay Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 My big change this year is joining the NHS IT team, just waiting for the contract, and hopefully moving house. After 10 years working in school a new direction is very much needed !
irsprint84 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Welcome to London - which part will you be moving to? Moving to Ealing, only know one person down there :s where are you?
dwhyte85 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Moving to Ealing, only know one person down there :s where are you? Ealing is a train journey to most places, you'll be fine :-)
Domino Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 @ric @Soulfish and I are all down this way @irsprint84 Just shout if you need a beer break
irsprint84 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Think I will do! got to try and meet loads of new people, I m of to work for UWl formally known as Thames Valley Uni, Ealing is a lovely place from what I see, where are you lot from around there?
Little-Miss Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 My big change this year is joining the NHS IT team, just waiting for the contract, and hopefully moving house. After 10 years working in school a new direction is very much needed ! That peaked my interest recently. May look into it when working in a school gets too much. Lemme know how you get on!
Jamman960 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 My radar's a bit whacky at the moment, don't quite know how things will be in a couple of weeks let alone the rest of the year Me and the Mrs were expecting a baby in April however due to complications we're looking at having it in the next month or so followed by a few months in SCBU/Neonatal - a bit scary! we're hoping the delivery can be delayed for as long as possible to give it the best possible chance of making it, For now we're going for weekly scans and hoping for the best. Work wise I'm hoping for a quiet year with minimal upgrades/projects although I'm currently sorting out a networked fire alarm proposal to keep me busy and sorting out cover Hoping this turns out to be a good year although at the moment it could go either way
Butters Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Moving to Ealing, only know one person down there :s where are you? Holloway - North London at it's ropey finest
Jay_Jay Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 That peaked my interest recently. May look into it when working in a school gets too much. Lemme know how you get on! Will still be around on this great forum, so will let you know how I get on
Pete10141748 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Professional / School related plans Within the next few weeks our 18-month-long build will be completed, and I shall *finally* have every classrooms standardised in terms of the basic IT kit they have (laptops, cameras, IWB, you know the drill). Having some real hassle at the moment but it shall soon be over. Also hoping to get a full audio-visual setup in each of the school halls, save me having to wheel out the crappy little "projector on a trolley with USB speakers" kit. Really it should have been done years ago when I first suggested it, but it's taken this long & a new Head Teacher to get it underway. Hmm, what else... Expanding the school's CCTV coverage using a mix of analogue (read: old, existing) and digital (read: cool shiny new!) cameras, and getting a cabinet & server to run it all - should be fun, or at least interesting. Upgrading all the external doors to key-fob run ones (not strictly an IT project, but involved nonetheless) and new fire alarm system throughout the school. In February we get to start work on our new Library / Wireless ICT Suite area. General idea being that it is more of a "research room" than a strict ICT Suite; anyone can do their ICT lesson in their classroom with their year group laptops, I want to create something more akin to an actual real-world library, where the children can go and learn things of their own choice, at their own pace - hopefully this will lead to my currently-homeless Lunchtime ICT Club returning too. After that we're planning to have a 'take it easier' approach to the year, as the last 2 years have been crazy stressfull what with the building plans changing every 10 minutes, leading to constant moving-offices-and-classrooms around, random and frequent power outages, no car park for most of the 18 months, every pupil coming and going from school through one small gate, Head teacher & all senior management staff changing at the same time... it's been a hell of a few years! Personal stuff I'm planning for 2012 to be the year that me my girlfriend move out of my single-bed flat and into a house with a few bedrooms. Having my flat valued next weekend, so fingers crossed for a reasonable asking amount. Once we have the space I also plan on getting a few pets, which I have never really had but always wanted. We also are planning to head out to Spain to see her Dad for a week in August, which I'm looking forward to as we only get to see him twice a year, at most. Having passed my motorbike CBT just before the holidays I'm planning on exploring the country a bit more now I have my own means to travel too
Earthling Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Holloway - North London at it's ropey finest Holloway was one of my old stamping grounds, used to live in St. Georges Avenue, off Tufnell Park Road.
Butters Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Holloway was one of my old stamping grounds, used to live in St. Georges Avenue, off Tufnell Park Road. I'm literally off Holloway Road - actually really like the area/North London in general.
Flatpackhamster Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Well it's likely to be busier than 2011, if that's possible. We just bought our first house (after 6 1/2 years renting together) and moved in three weeks ago. Now it's time to get hitched, I suppose. Also toying with starting a small non-IT business but there may not be enough hours in the day.
broc Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 2012 brings me..... Another year closer to retirement...... My wife & I both hit three score years this year, in the summer our son gets married (our daughter got married last year); in a few months time we are off on a trip along the Norwegian coast crossing the Arctic Circle.... At present I have no plans for work...... no point in making any plans, all they do is make you realise where you are going wrong..... Once the small matter of Academy & TUPE is out of the way I might start planning again .....
sidewinder Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Professionally: Massive overhaul last year so probably not as much as that, but a lot of re-wiring to do, and the small matter of moving to Windows 7. Possibly looking at VOIP. Personally: Finally moving to London (NW3) after a year of working here, that happens in 2 weeks and I'm so excited. Want to do a TEFL course for use when I want to leave this country... Get fitter and live more healthily. Have fun! I dont really plan very much
Earthling Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I'm literally off Holloway Road - actually really like the area/North London in general. It was great when I lived there, some really good pubs, King's Head, Hope & Anchor, the one up by Tufnell Park tube (can't remember the name now), but first-child came along and it was time to put away those things and move out of London for greener fields, fresher air and a more laid-back lifestyle.
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