[Chapter-delegates] Welcome procedure

[Anne Lord]

hi Michiel, Mike and all,

Thank you for your suggestions. When I send the announcements the new  
chapter delegates are on the mailing list so they see the initial  
announcement and can receive all the replies.

However, from now on, how about I email the new chapter delegate  
directly on behalf of the chapter delegates with a welcome note and  
cc the chapter delegates. I will amend the text of the email to  
suggest that individual welcomes are sent directly to the new chapter  
delegate and not to the entire list.

I hope this is acceptable to everyone?

Best wishes,
Anne
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On 03/05/2007, at 7:43 AM, Michiel Leenaars wrote:

> Hi Anne, Mike,
>
> I certainly agree that it is not very useful to have dozens of one  
> line
> emails to a list. It's not a vote. These should be sent directly to  
> the
> person(s) in question.
>
> Perhaps the initial mail (sent by Anne in most cases) should be
> directed to both the chapter-delegates-list and the direct mail
> adresses of the new chapter delegates. And the mail should somehow
> reference the fact that these people could be welcomed with a short
> introductory mail by the delegates, but notto the list.
>
> Best,
> Michiel
>
>> Veni, Anne and all of our venerable Chapter Delegates,
>>
>> In the interest of brevity and the best use of our communication
>> bandwidth, how about we designate an official "Welcomer" (and how
>> about that being either Anne or Veni or Frank, meaning the ISOC staff
>> person who is responsible for it all anyway or one of our venerable
>> elected Board members) to be the official Welcomer.
>>
>> I certainly add my Welcome to Anne's announcements and Veni's Welcome
>> to the most recent additions to "us", Nepal, Sierra Leon and the
>> United Arab Emirates, but I am sure those who have made it through
>> the process will know that we are all proud of them and their efforts
>> to get involved and help the Internet Society grow the Internet for
>> Everyone!

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