[Businessmtg] Emails

[heidi wilke]

Thanks Apryl this is very good I totally agree

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, Apryl Schneider <aprylkae at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Someone mentioned that the Steering Committee is working to revise the
> welcome letters issued by the greeters. As former greeter chair, I have to
> say I'm grateful for that action. They are rather cumbersome. I've often
> thought they could be whittled down and still include the same information.
> We all know that most newcomers do not take the time to read and digest
> complex instructions and wordy introductions. Instead they skim it, or skip
> it altogether.
>
> If we are consistently getting complaints from newbies that the emails are
> overwhelming, then we ought to be SUPER clear in the beginning that there
> is no expectation of reading every single thing that comes to one's inbox
> as well as giving realistic numbers of emails one could expect. I like the
> idea of offering them a choice to attend a newcomers meeting initially, as
> well.
>
> Look, I'm a big proponent of personal responsibility and struggle a bit
> with the idea that we must continue to make things easier for other people.
> Part of me feels like they have to walk the path of others before them and
> if we make it too easy and take away all growing pains then we are stunting
> their growth in program. The other part of me sees the wisdom in
> simplifying the process a bit so as to minimize confusion and allow a new
> person to fairly quickly jump on in.
>
> Apryl :)
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