Creating a Group Contract: Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Group

Before working with my three group members (Jennifer, Susan, and Sean), I felt a little apprehensive about how the project would come together. What I mean is, who would make sure I was scanning and uploading my exhibit pieces correctly? How were we all going to coordinate our written descriptions of our exhibit pieces to create a coherent story?

These two questions were answered once our group worked on creating a contract. We split the four components amongst our group members to ease the burden of meeting together. Susan created "chairs" for each of us, which emphasized our individual strengths. This answered the questions that I mentioned form above.

It turns out that I- with my experience in exhibits- will help pull the exhibits together to create a coherent story. And Susan- who has scanned many images her GA position in the library last year- will help scanning and uploading the images for consistency. Jennifer is our top-dog in a way, she will be holding the group together to make sure that everyone finds the sources and information that they need for the exhibit. Last (but certainly not least) is Sean, who has a lot of experience in computers, marketing, and site-building, will help us create our website, check our links, and make navigation as simple as possible.

All of the things that I was apprehensive about seemed to have been cleared up by the simple task of creating a contract. We four make a great team. And I'm excited to work with them. It'll be work, but my teammates will make it fun and easy.

I look forward to hearing about the strategies, tasks, fears, and excitements of my classmates.

Until then- GO TEAM PLAZA-MIDWOOD!!