What a Week!

It is Friday night at 10:30.  This is the first free moment I have had this week to post a message to the blog.  Why is that?  Lazy?  Nothing to Say?  Hardly.  It is the week prior to the first week of classes for the fall semester and kinda like being in Hell's Kitchen.  Like me, I am sure many of you are in the same situation with the endless meetings, tweaking syllabi, getting set to teach a new course, registering students, orienting new faculty and staff, getting your own kids off to secondary or post secondary classes, and maybe even finding time to get a bite to eat or sleep.  Fortunately, once the classes are under way life is good again as into the swing of things.

Perhaps not having the time to post to the blog this week is not so bad afterall because many of you do not have the time to read it anyway.  I do promise to get back on track next week and continue posting from Monday thru Friday, with Monday dedicated to a website of interest to educators or administrators. 

I am also happy to report that we will be launching the new look of our website to be more user friendly and also help us attend to the needs of our members, especially when it comes to handling memberships, in the very near future.  We also will be announcing some major news concerning our online certification and the launch of educator workshops within and outside of the U.S.  We could not be more excited about the partnerships we are forming and cannot wait to share the good news.

So, try to get some rest this weekend even though many of you will be greeting your new crop of students this coming week or following Labor Day.  I wish you all nothing but the best of terms or semesters and will support your efforts all I can through the blog and other services we are and will soon be providing to culinary arts and hospitality educators!