Re: communications

[don.rude@comcast.net]

Dorothy, 
I share your concern about the number of messages coming in. Often the key message is way down the line and subsequent post don't make sense until I make my way thru the day;s mail. 
Don Rude 

----- Original Message -----
From: DWiris@aol.com 
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 3:20:37 PM 
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] communications 

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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