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 <
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>
>> 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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