On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 08:11 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote: > And the only reason the vendors provide sponsorship is so > they can get at us.
I make a point of looking up people I like on the Expo floor, and probably struck up conversations at a dozen booths in Tampa. These were all folks who had taken the time to introduce themselves to me earlier (in cases YEARS earlier), and I wanted to touch base with them and thank them for their support of SHARE, and catch them up on our business plans. "Sponsorship" doesn't give vendors the automatic right to litter my front lawn with flyers. It doesn't imply permission to shotgun my inbox either. It does give them visibility in an important venue, and it spreads goodwill. You do business with *people*. Never forget that. > I know how to use a delete key If I didn't have some (nontrivial) automation to help me filter my inbox, I'd have to "use a delete key" about 500 times a day. > or pitch something into the waste basket. Not the same thing. I open paper mail on MY schedule; a pile appears on the corner of my desk in the morning, and I'll scan it when I've got a couple of minutes. Nothing urgent there, so I can take my time. Email is more demanding, and (the way many of us operate) requires close attention -- if for no other reason than to evaluate an incoming message to see if it's urgent or not. It is intrusive, in the same way that a telephone can be. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
