Send thank you notes?
Melissa Rice
Should I send the two thank you notes as they are or do you recommend any changes?
Best regards,
Melissa
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Dr. Melissa Rice, PhD
Full Moon Technical Solutions, LLC
14202 60th Ave, NW
Stanwood, WA 98292-4808
email: mailto:mel...@fmtek.net
phone: 360-654-0709
cell: 425-923-7713
Mike Orr
> Mike & Jonathan,
>
> Should I send the two thank you notes as they are or do you recommend any
> changes?
I agree with Brian, they're fantastic. The artistic design is great
(re both the painting and the calligraphy), and the messages are
almost like a personalized Christmas card. I agree that we should just
send PDFs unless we know their address. It's the way the world works
nowadays.
We could maybe include an offer to print it on photo paper if they
give us their address. That way we don't have to ask for the address
beforehand, while still offering something more than an ordinary PDF.
I have some photo paper. I don't want to do a lot of pages on my
inkjet printer but a monthly-or-so thank you card is no problem. If
anybody has ideas on more stationary-like paper and envelopes that's
compatible with inkjets, we could consider that too.
BTW Melissa, you're really setting an example on how a meeting can be
more thoroughly organized. You're going significantly beyond anything
I ever did. I just made sure we had a location and a speaker. That's
great, but it may also be why you're feeling crushed for time. So we
should maybe consider how much level of effort we expect for each
meeting. This will come into play when we choose another organizer,
because we'll have to give them a realistic idea of what level of
commitment it is. I'm also wondering how big a pool we have to choose
from: how many people are willing/able to be organizers. I didn't
mention it at the last meeting because the people seemed like
occasional/new attendees rather than regulars. Oscar is enthusiastic,
but I'm not sure how much he intends to participate in SeaPIG or if he
came mainly because of Blender. So which other regulars would be good
to ask? Or maybe, if we cut down the per-meeting workload, we could
convince Melissa to stay on active duty, perhaps doing a meeting every
four or five or six months instead of every three?
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Mike Orr <slugg...@gmail.com>
Melissa Rice
You are very wise and you've made some good points. It doesn't make sense to create an unsustainable work load. It seems natural that the people who are signing up to organize have to be able to decide how much time they are willing/able to commit and that will decide what sorts of things do or don't get done and I imagine that will evolve naturally over time.
My work schedule is very heavy right now, and I've had some adventures in dentistry also eating up some time, so it works better for me, for now, to be able to step back to a less time-critical role than meeting organizing. I can write thank-you notes, help with the website, perhaps, or do meeting notes for the meetings I am able to attend. These sorts of things are less critical if they get done a week late.
When my schedule eases up I can organize another meeting, but when that will be is hard to predict, so I can't promise a particular date right now.
As for other potential organizers, I was favorably impressed with James Cooper, who did the flask talk. Don't know if he's a regular attender as I have not been attending very regularly myself lately.
Regarding the thank you notes - as you say, e-everthing is how the world works these days. I don't know that we need to add to your workload by offering to print and mail. Though, in those cases where we do have a snail mail address I am happy to send a handwritten card. For the meetings I don't attend you'll have to help me with what to say. In the meantime, I will send out the e-notes to Wesley and Oscar in the morning.
Perhaps we can talk about this in person when I'm next in Seattle.
Best regards,
Melissa
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Dr. Melissa Rice, PhD
Full Moon Technical Solutions, LLC
14202 60th Ave, NW
Stanwood, WA 98292-4808
email:
phone: 360-654-0709
cell: 425-923-7713
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:09:00 PM, Mike Orr <slugg...@gmail.com> wrote:
MO> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Melissa Rice <
>> Should I send the two thank you notes as they are or do you recommend any
>> changes?
MO> (re both the painting and the calligraphy), and the messages are
MO> almost like a personalized Christmas card. I agree that we should just
MO> send PDFs unless we know their address. It's the way the world works
MO> nowadays.
MO> We could maybe include an offer to print it on photo paper if they
MO> give us their address. That way we don't have to ask for the address
MO> beforehand, while still offering something more than an ordinary PDF.
MO> I have some photo paper. I don't want to do a lot of pages on my
MO> inkjet printer but a monthly-or-so thank you card is no problem. If
MO> anybody has ideas on more stationary-like paper and envelopes that's
MO> compatible with inkjets, we could consider that too.
MO> BTW Melissa, you're really setting an example on how a meeting can be
MO> more thoroughly organized. You're going significantly beyond anything
MO> I ever did. I just made sure we had a location and a speaker. That's
MO> great, but it may also be why you're feeling crushed for time. So we
MO> should maybe consider how much level of effort we expect for each
MO> meeting. This will come into play when we choose another organizer,
MO> because we'll have to give them a realistic idea of what level of
MO> commitment it is. I'm also wondering how big a pool we have to choose
MO> from: how many people are willing/able to be organizers. I didn't
MO> mention it at the last meeting because the people seemed like
MO> occasional/new attendees rather than regulars. Oscar is enthusiastic,
MO> but I'm not sure how much he intends to participate in SeaPIG or if he
MO> came mainly because of Blender. So which other regulars would be good
MO> to ask? Or maybe, if we cut down the per-meeting workload, we could
MO> convince Melissa to stay on active duty, perhaps doing a meeting every
MO> four or five or six months instead of every three?