[nabs-l] Checking E-mail

[Joshua Lester]

Can we please move the discussion about E-mails, off list?
Thanks, Joshua

On 9/10/11, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello Josh, and everyone,
>
> If I were hiring a concert promoter you're the kind of person I'd give
> strong consideration to. It's all a part of integrity; a subject discussed
> during this year's Employment Seminar at the national convention. The
> Kingsmen Quartet is great. We've heard them sing at a church we once
> attended in Cedar Park Texas. Have you also heard the Cathedral Quartet?
> Blessings.
>
> Peter Donahue
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
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> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Checking E-mail
>
>
> Peter, I'll put my entire life out there, on this list.
> I'm a Gospel Music promoter, that tries to promote groups, in this area.
> I also try to get other nationally known, and local groups, in my
> state, to come to my hometown.
> In promotion, if I send the manager of the Kingsmen Quartet, (for
> example,) an E-mail, about booking them for a concert, they have 2
> days to respond.
> If the manager doesn't respond to the promoter, I'd consider them
> unprofessional, and I won't consider promoting them.
> I've turned down, many good groups, because of this lack of communication.
> They may have a professional sound, but the way they handle business
> is not professional.
> This is also true, in other aspects.
> For instance, the people in charge say, that a concert starts at 7 PM.
> I get there, and help set up, but the concert doesn't start, until 8.
> That's not professional, either.
> I have a policy, that if I promote your concert/event, it better start
> on time, and end on time!
> I'm tired of late beginnings, and late endings.
> Also, poor sound quality.
> This should go to the performance Talk list, but I'm just telling you
> what I go through, so you'll know why I react the way I do, sometimes.
> I worry about people, if they don't respond, in a given amount of time.
> I'm not trying to seem impatient, I'm just concerned about them.
> This is a day, in my life, as a student, a promoter, and a normal person.
> BTW, I have 58 pages to read, in World Literature, and I have to
> listen to another chapter for Western Civ, but I always check my
> E-mails.
> I check them 6, to 7 times a day, to make sure I don't miss anything.
> I expect that, from others, if possible.
> This also goes to another pet peeve.
> I have this Western Civ instructor, that says, that the most
> accessible way to contact him, is through E-mail.
> Well, I E-mailed him, 2 weeks ago, but I still haven't heard from him.
> I hate it, when that happens.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 9/9/11, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>        Like many students and professional people we live active and busy
>> lives yet we always set aside time every day to check e-mail to prevent
>> this
>> very situation from happening. We've been doing this for many years and
>> have
>> never had anyone complain about our nonresponsiveness when it comes to
>> getting back with them. Brigit's message from earlier also give some very
>> good reasons to keep communication black holes in check. Hence I'm not
>> alone
>> in raising this concern. Here's hoping that Arkansas and other states
>> wanting to build student divisions will be successful in doing so and will
>> adopt policies to insure timely communication between members and their
>> respective state affiliates, etc. All the best.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
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