As with everything in my life (Spirit of Librarianship, whether or not to do co-op, toast or cereal in the morning), I have mixed feelings about this. I want to keep doing my own projects – mainly Lunch Bucket but also a couple others that I think would be awesome for the Fall. Plus if I get doing a job search next semester, that could take up some time as well. (I doubt it would be as bad as applying for co-op but a lot of people described that process as being “like taking another class.”) But there are some exciting initiatives under way already and the potential to maybe implement a few of my better ideas directly rather than nagging people on student council constantly. So we’ll see how it goes.
Then on top of that, I went for breakfast today with Cabot Yu, a FIMS alumnus who now works for the Government of Canada and was back at FIMS presenting some information on getting a government job to students, giving career advice and just generally being an all-around helpful guy. Had a good conversation with a bunch of fellow students at breakfast about CLA, their conference, Feliciter and various other issues in the library world. And I think I ended up suggesting that I might be willing to join a CLA committee if there is a vacancy. I am the Establishment Man (or maybe just a guy who can’t say no! 
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Oh, and Cabot picked up the bill for all of us. So, he gets Classmate Colleague of the Day for that generosity – both at breakfast (he joked “hopefully, this helps make up for that $18 first-timers breakfast at CLA.”) and also just in general. To me, Cabot’s one of those guys who defines what a librarian should be – selfless, smart and eager to help in any way possible (and I don’t say that just because I know he reads this blog!)
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