I agree with Jeff and Robert below. Give thanks in person, from the kids, not blanket emails from coaches to nameless volunteers thru email. Yes, it's shows gratitude; yes that's nice, but it's not really personal. If you're super gun-hoe about your thank-you, actually write a card. Send it to the organizer and include little thank-you cards for all the volunteers. Brandy ________________________________ From: Eric Palmer <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 11:18:07 AM Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Giving Thanks 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. -- 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.