A Great weekend

What a great weekend, came home buzzing!!

It was the first time all the PR Managers had met ‘officially’. We stayed at a Guide Holiday house in Harrogate and people travelled from all over the UK; London, Glasgow, Norwich, Manchester, Berkshire and Lyn even flew in from Spain for the weekend!

Jill, our Admin and Archivist Manager (who lives in Harrogate) sent her husband to the station to collect those arriving by train. He was instructed to wave a ‘Ways to Celebrate Catalogue’ so that people would be able to recognise him!

Amongst other things, we talked about each of the teams in more detail and ironed out what things each Manger and team would be responsible for at the camp.

One of the most challenging things was planning the SS Media Team selection weekend. We’re potentially looking at organising a weekend for 100 Senior Section to attend in June. Working out the logistics of sleeping and feeding that many people, never mind organising activities, was quite a challenge!

We discussed so many things over the weekend it was mind-blowing, but in a good way.

Due to everyone’s hectic schedules, we’ve had to schedule several lunch-time phone conferences over the next few months. Phone conferences are a good way for us all to keep up to date with what’s happening and it’s the cheapest way for us all to communicate.

One thing that struck me is what a really great professional team we have. Everyone is highly experienced in their area of expertise and really passionate about guiding!

We’re all looking forward to meeting up with the other Camp Managers for a weekend in April and hoping that we get lots of applications from people wanting to join the media team!