NEXT MEETING – GUESS WHO? GOSH I KNOW WHO YOU ARE
My inbox has dozens of emails headed:
Our meeting
Our next meeting
Important meeting
Committee Meeting
Date of MeetingI do not have time to file them all. If I do, I have six messages for every meeting. I could sort them by date order. Then I have a dozen this month about meetings months ahead. The meeting held this week was first announced two months ago. The date has been changed three times. By the time I find the time and venue and whether it has been cancelled and changed, if it is on today I'll have missed it.
When I come to the next toastmasters meeting in Harrow I can’t find it because I have similarly headed emails regarding the last three months meetings, plus notifications from 20 London clubs where I have been a member or General Evaluator, my readers' groups, all sports activities, and friends visiting from abroad.
Plus all the newsletters which have conferences in Florida this month. And the people from Linked In and Facebook.
If I missed your meeting I’m sorry.
Next time please include in the Subject the group name, city, date and time of the meeting.
Even Next toastmasters or Next book club isn’t enough. The one in Singapore, or Shanghai or London?
What if the server is down? At least with titles telling all I get the date reinforced every time I scan down. I can copy the date and time into my diary whilst I’m waiting for the server to appear or the phone to answer or while I’m on the phone.
URGENT MESSAGES
Incidentally, most of the emails headed Urgent message are from fictitous people in Nigeria with fictional dying daughters demanding that I send money.
Others are trying to sell me courses in learning languages and learning the guitar, last discount offer for today, property finance and how to win lovers, influence customers, and become a millionaire before next weekend and the next Urgent Meeting.
