Month 2 since I took on the reins of WINGS 2014 and we are starting to make some early progress.

You will have seen that the roles of Deputy Director, FInance Director and Publicity Manager have all been advertised recently. These are key roles that will help me to start getting the word out that we are here and to start getting our plans together for the event.

Along side getting the right people in place, we are already in discussions with Windsor Great Park around the use of the Review Ground. I am please to say that we have provisional agreement for the use of the site. I will be meeting with the Park Superintendent Tom Jarvis in January to outline our plans. Watch this space for more updates over the next few months.

In preparation for the interviews for Deputy Director and Finance Director, I have been reviewing the objectives and the sort of questions we will ask. Obviously I cannot say too much about the specifics, but it did start me thinking again about the vision for WINGS. What kind of event do we want to create and what is the experience we hope to deliver to participants?
I certainly want enjoyment to be part of it, and hopefully people will make new friends. But I also want WINGS to make a difference to people who attend. How we go about achieving this is a key job of the project team as it comes together in 2012.

As Christmas is fast approaching, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will be taking some time off between Christmas and New Year, and both I and the project team will be back in January refreshed and ready to continue our preparations for WINGS 2014.