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[hellison]

So a couple of days of normality, then tomorrow, Febmeet. I am a bit thrown by this because in my head it was next weekend so i am very unprepared!

Also that fact taht most of the people I usually spend the weekend with won't be there this time isn't exactly inspiring me to go... however there are people i do want to see, so yay!

what time are you guys all arriving btw?

In other news, today has been hectic. Huge traffic jams in the morning meaning that despite leaving much earlier than usual, i was still late for a 10 oclock meeting, when went on til lunchtime. It was all about our fancy new webmapping GIS thingy, which I understand very little about... we were all supposed to be providing feedback from our respective depts, but of course none of the bastards here have even bothered looking at it, never mind giving me feedback, despite my hounding them all regularly, so I had bugger all to say (as usual).

However I do have the rather grim satisfaction of emailing the whole dept this afternoon to say that our current mapping system (which they are heavily dependant on) will be gone in 6 months so if they don't get their arses in gear and start testing the new version, they're going to be a bit fux0red when they are landed the finished thing and HAVE to use it, having had no input into its development.
sux2bthem.

Now I just have to figure out a polite way to word that ;)

Comments

[reuss.livejournal.com]

"Hi,

As you may or may not be aware, we are currently in the process of upgrading our GIS Webmapping system. The development of this system has been going on for X months, and I have been requesting feedback from you at regular intervals. As I have not heard anything, in the final development feedback meeting today, I was happy to be able to assure Y that you had no further requirements from the new system.

We are now heading towards a final release of this, which will completely replace the current mapping system in six months time. I would strongly advise you to ensure that you are fully familiar with the system before this time, as the current system will be taken offline and you will have to use the new system.

yrs etc etc."

NO SNOGGING INAPPRORPIATE PEOPLE HELEN

[hellison.livejournal.com]

wow thats GOOD, i like it.
I am starting off with forwarding the email from the IT manager in DECEMBER telling people to start checking it out and providing feedback, with the added shock of the 6 months.
Plus a taster of the Exciting New Things the new system will do - and what it could do if they'd bother to tell anyone what they need it to do. They still have a couple of months window to get any new tweaks in, so they need to move quick ;)

If this fails I am going to have to set up 15 min. meetings with *everyone* who uses it to force them to look at the new one.

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

Can we have a list of appropriate people to snog?

S

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I have already asked reuss to keep an eye out for me.

Mostly tho I think it means DON'T SNOG CHIBI

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

Is it coming to febmeet? *twitches*

S

HAHA

[hellison.livejournal.com]

have sent email and in the space of about 15 minutes I have a list of 6 things people urgently NEED changed or added. Of course if they'd looked 3 months ago, this would have been done already, but there you go :p

The 6 month deadline has really put the willies up them ;)