Getting the network back into high gear!

The first thing to mention is how important it is to us that you have your say. A network is a group of individuals working together and we want to make sure everyone has sufficient avenues of input. We may be "in charge" of the network but we understand completely that we are nothing without a body of members. You are important to us and we would like to make it understood that, even though communication has been poor up until now, it was not without reason.

The simple fact is that running the network is a lot more work than it looks like on the outside. The Department is now funding PDs for CRTs and it's no simple thing to put together an application likely to succeed at getting the funding. It has been a long, hard road getting to the point where we know the process well enough to achieve regular success.

We watched other networks get caught out and end up in trouble from over-communication or have a series of rejections just because the application process isn't simple and often misunderstood, something we wanted to avoid. Communicating planned PD's and then having to pass on the disappointment to our members wanting to go to them was something we wanted to avoid at all costs. Rest assured, we have had applications rejected too!

With the success of 3 applications, and new automaticly-approved PDs arranged by the department, we feel we are in a good position to start letting you all in on what's going on a lot more frequently than we have been.

Also, because this process is now a lot smoother for us, we now have a lot more time for the other things we wished we could have been doing all along! As a result, there's going to be a lot going on with the blog over the next few weeks as we gear the network back up again.

So, while we are in the planning stage, where would you like to see the network go? We are aware of some of the needs of our members on things like PD scheduling which we plan to cover in a blog soon but what issues do you think the network needs to address to try and cover the needs of all of our members?

Our eMail address is at the top right of the blog, use it and let us know! If your ideas or concerns are similar to many others, you won't be sent a private eMail in reply. Don't despair though, that's because we will be covering it with the blog instead to seek out further feedback!

Tomorrow's blog:

Making sure everyone gets their digital resources from now on and the reboot of monthly Wodonga CRT Support Network meetings!