Back in September, I attended the Freshman Reception for one of my workshops. I got there about 10 minutes early and had to wait on a crazy long line for about 40 minutes before it even started to move. As we got closer to the door, one of the people at the door explained that they were only expecting about 150 people to actually show up. It was really unproductive and unorganized. When the invitations were sent out, they were worded in a way that made this workshop sound mandatory; however, at the actual workshop some of the facilitators said there would be others like it and it was not mandatory at all. This whole mess taught me the value of organization and planning.