easa010 Final Report
This was most evident with poor timing from the fire brigade. We had been advised that we would have a visit before 5pm letting us know what their decision had been, at 5:15 there was scheduled another NC meeting which had been arranged to outline the plan. When the Fire Brigade didn’t arrive we went ahead with the meeting because it was important to let people know that they would be moving that night as planned. Following this meeting the Fire Brigade did arrive with news, not unexpected, but different to what they had stated that morning.
Following this the
organisers had a final meeting of the day and the decision to make the move of accommodation permanent was made. At this time, with dinner, lectures and the move all happening it was decided to hold back this information for the day, to allow the participants to stay relaxed in the knowledge that they When you face problems it is important were to have somewhere to stay, that to realise that the participants have put their trust in you, so if you seem EASA would continue and to enjoy the out of control they will be genuinely excursions of the next day without worried. the thought of moving hanging over them. In the weeks before easa010 the team received a lot of compliments from all corners about how well organised we were, but ever the one to spurn praise, I honestly lost count of the amount of times I met this praise with the statement that you can only measure an organising team by how well they deal with the inevitable problems. Though I did think about what to do if the worst did happen, including losing the accommodation, never did I dream it would happen in such a manner as it did. We will come to the move in full a bit later, but I believe that the team stood up to each part of the challenge impeccably well, not least keeping people informed. Problems were inevitable though.
Dealing with peoples bags is a very
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