I'm with Darlene on this one. I appreciate the thank yous and love seeing
those from other tournaments as well.


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Darlene Pantaleo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 'Tis unfortunate, however, that most volunteers do not stick around long
> enough to receive the thanks, and most teams bolt immediately. A blanket
> email is appreciated and reaches more than the few volunteers a team can
> catch.
>
> For those of you who do not like receiving all of the emails, change your
> setting to "digest". For everyone who wants to give thanks, make sure your
> subject line says so for those who want to filter or delete without opening.
> These are easy fixes that should satisfy everyone.
>
> The day that the positive notes are no longer written is the day that I
> will stop volunteering and/or coaching FLL.
>
> Darlene Pantaleo
> FLL Judge Advisor
> Maggie Walker
> P/F: 804.745.2493
>
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Robert Haskins wrote:
>
> > Speaking as a volunteer referee at states for the past two years, a
> > personal thanks from the kids at a tournament directly to me means
> > *much* more than a blanket email to this list from a coach. :-)
> >
> > And on the topic of interruptions, it's more than the 10 seconds, it
> > is also the "context switch" time that these emails take. So, for some
> > people (like me), a thank-you email can cost me more like 5 minutes of
> > time, once you figure in the "context switch" (interruption) time.
> >
> > Also everyone, please trim your email/posts!!!
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Mandy Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I understand that right before a tournament you have 20 hours worth of
> work
> >> still to do and 3 hours to do it all so you are trying to be efficient
> with
> >> your time and prioritize those things that are important to you… and you
> are
> >> stressed about the lack of time.  Been there.  But I’m sure all of the
> >> volunteers who put countless hours into this had something else pressing
> in
> >> their lives too and yet they were still there for us.  So if it takes
> some
> >> people 10 seconds to sort out that unwanted email in order to help pay
> back
> >> volunteers for hours of their time, that’s ok with me.  Or just set your
> >> filter to take all email with thanks in the body to put in junk if that
> 10
> >> sec per email is really that important to you.  But let’s not stop
> giving
> >> thanks.  At the end of the tournament, regardless of your results, I do
> hope
> >> your team takes the time out of their busy schedules to stop and give
> thanks
> >> to you.
> >
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