Who is there?
NOC stands for Network Operations Committee. It's basically a group of people (technicians) from the different ESU's around the state who meet and decide how to best spend 1% funds allocated to our group. Even though we are all doing different things at our locations, we somehow pull together and get things done.
The NOC group are sure a cool bunch of guys ranging from technically ignorant to the regurgitators of every acronym they've ever heard. Really, LPS gets a whole lot out of this group. Ok, that's not entirely true. I get the most out of this group, while other LPS people benefit from what I get out of it. Just this year alone, there has been 3 (nearly) weeklong trainings which were paid for through NOC funds. Typically these trainings range from $2500 - $4k. So that's a savings of ~$10k for LPS... or in my case, I actually get to attend some of these trainings, which would likely not be funded.
This year I'm the Chairperson of this group. That's been moderately ok... it was much better than expected actually. It's just a matter of herding cats, and aiming them at a goal. One of the objectives of being Chair is to line up trainings/events for the following year. It should be interesting to see how my negotiating skills are when we meet with the other affiliates.
Oh, and another thing... Food in Kearney is rockin... I think I gained like 10 lbs in 3 days. There's not much else to do here other than eat. Next time though I'm going to try and hit a hockey game.