Capital Planning

I thought Bob Waddle’s presentation was very intriguing and informative. I would have liked to have al ittle more time to ask and hear questions, but with capital planning I am aware there is alot to talk about. One thing I got out of of Mr. Waddle’s presentation is that capital planning may not seem as easy as people think. People may think of his job as just wanting to tear down a certain building, and build over that, or add somethign specific to another building. What people aren’t aware of is how many restrictions must be passed and of course, money being the biggest issue. I am glad we got to see plans for BGSU’s future, and it doese seem veyr positive. Of course money is always an issue, but from what Mr. Waddle was saying, it seems BG has a pretty set time table for when and what they want done. I think one major reward is having many options. Although money is always an issue, capital planning is always open to many options and a vast majority of different aspects to choose from.
After reading a few of my fellow classmates blogs concerning capital planning, I liked what Scott Harmon mentioned in his post. Scott talks about how he sees Bob’s job as challenging, but in a good way because he has a first hand view of the changes over time BGSU experiences. I think this is a well made point, and I agree with this statement. (http://blogs.bgsu.edu/sharmon/) I also like what Gregory Bunn hadto say about BGSU’s capital planning in relation to the University of Akron’s capital planning. I have been to Akron many times, and as Bob was pseaking I was able to see a correlation between our university and Akron’s about capital planning, and Gregory mentions this as well, so I think with the good news heard about Akron’s renovations, BGSU is trying to follow in their footsteps. (http://blogs.bgsu.edu/gbunn/) All in all I enjoyed this speaker very much and was able to learn alot about capital planning.