RE: communications

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

Hey Cheryl,

Thanks for the clarification so Photo Contest won't be a "pain in the
neck".

Have a great day!

Janet

---- Original Message ----
From: region15kids@hotmail.com
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] communications
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:00:27 -0700

>Hello Dorothy (and Ron as well),
>While some of the items on AIS Discuss would seem to pertain only to
>the AIS
>Board, EVERY decision we make affects our membership, and as such,
>should be
>of importance to RVPs, Affiliate officers and Section leaders because
>they are
>our conduit to the entire membership.  If you are not made aware of
>things we
>might change, and relay this information to the membership, then how
>will we
>know if our decisions benefit members or if members do not want these
>changes.
>Ron, even though you do not have an affiliate at this time, you do
>have clubs,
>who have members, and they would be impacted by the AIS Board
>decisions.
>
>This is why I feel open communication is the most important aspect in
>operating this huge organization.  Yes, sometimes it is a pain in the
>neck to
>have 48 new messages in your inbox talking about the Photo Contest
>prizes or
>milestones on the WIKI and Facebook, but this is information that
>begs for
>acknowledgement and occasional comments.  Information and knowledge
>is power,
>and the more information you have at your fingertips, the better
>informed our
>members become.
>
>Cheryl Deaton
>
>
>> From: DWiris@aol.com
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:13:26 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] communications
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>>
>> Hi, Ron
>>
>> I have been wondering for some time why material of interest only
>to the
>> AIS Board is appearing on this discussion group. My email is
>deluged with
>> messages that do not pertain to non-Board members.
>>
>> Dorothy Willott
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/20/2012 4:37:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> retmiagt@dishmail.net writes:
>>
>> As a RVP of the smallest region in AIS, with no affiliates (working
>on
>> establishing some), I can only offer one thing you might consider.
>> There are a lot of e-mails generated on this discussion group and
>not
>> all of it is of interest to RVP's and affiliates. So, since this
>seems
>> to be a discussion group for any and everything, perhaps a
>discussion
>> group of only AIS board members, officers, RVP's, etc, would be
>more
>> conductive to doing business and getting the word out. I wade
>through a
>> lot of e-mails every day and must admit a large portion of those
>come
>> from this discussion group and, as a RVP, not too many of them are
>> things concerning my duties as RVP.
>> Just a thought - something to cut down on the traffic and yet
>insure
>> that important things reach the right people.
>> Ron,
>> RVP Region 10
>>
>> On 7/20/2012 14:58, Robert Pries wrote:
>> > I agree strongly with the points that Ron, Andi, and Kelly have
>made. In
>> talking about the communications problems I have made some concrete
>> suggestions for new tools, and changes in existing structure. I
>would hope
>that
>> those possibilities could be evaluated. Assigning blame is not
>productive. I
>> feel it is possible to do a bit of brainstorming that could lead to
>better
>> communications. Generally the only person we have control over is
>> ourselves. In a volunteer organization if something we do does not
>get
>results,
>> then what is possible is to try it in a different way.
>Unfortunately each of
>> us has the monkey on our own backs to figure out how to make these
>things
>> work. If they are not received well it is our problem not the
>recievers.
>>
>>
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