Re: communications

[DWiris@aol.com]

Hi,
 
Thanks for the reply. I do find many of the posts informative, its just  
that my computer is complaining about the number of e-mails.
 
Dorothy Willott
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/23/2012 11:51:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ypauls@sti.net writes:

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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