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. > > > > -- > > Haskins Family Farm > > Middletown, VA > > blog: > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Middletown-VA/Haskins-Family-Farm/114984971161 > > web site: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20435 > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > > > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe.