Re: [Mid] Awards

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Judith Kirk wrote:

> Nice enough to say "hold an award until the recipient can be there"
> but what about the finished scroll with the date on it already?
>
> Hold onto the award and say "well, we woulda given this to you at X
> event, but you were not there."?

Exactly.

> Yes...can be done, but the phrase "but you were not there" puts
> blame/negativity on the recipient...on the one hand, they are being
> rewarded for doing something good, and then having a hand slapped
> for not being there.

How is that a slap? I don't see any fault to blame someone for?

> I think the best way to try and combat this is for communication to
> somehow come down to the local level, like to the person who made
> the recommendation, to "be sure that XX gets and STAYS at the
> event." Make something up, tell them that a good friend is getting
> an award, and get the good friend in on it, to act innocent, etc...

Or how 'bout this. When *you* make an award recomendation, *you* make
sure so-and-so is there. There's no communication to break down then.
Recommendations are generally considered for, among other things, the
events the potential recipient will be attending. This is why it's so
very important to list these events on the recommendation.

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Received on Wed Nov 3 08:38:55 1999