Michelle:
It is stressful to get tons of email that you're not interested it. To cope
with this, I have a second email account that handles much of the list serv
traffic keeping my regular inbox free for requests from faculty and others.
Also, when I see a thread that I'm not interested in following, I can easily
select and delete the whole batch. And I do have some messages immediately
bumped to a storage box to read at my leisure but Outlook occasionally
ignores the rule.
The emails I find annoying are the "me, too" ones which offer no additional
information on topics I do want to follow.
I find the chit chat on this list serv to be reassuring and supportive.
Cathy
Catherine T. Anson, MA, CRA, CIM
Director of Sponsored Research
John Carroll University, AD 250
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118-4581
TEL: 216-397-4520
FAX: 216-397-1835
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http://www.jcu.edu/research
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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of
Michelle Lewis
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:33 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Is it just me?
I find this listserv to be awesome because if an essential question is posed
we all demonstrate our camaraderie as Research Administrators by helping
someone out with a meaningful response despite our limited time in our daily
professions. The wealth of information that all of you provide/share is
exceedingly helpful and the knowledge base of the participants of this
listserv shines through. For that, I am grateful and will continue to be an
active member of this listserv.
With that said however, I find it to be unnecessarily disruptive to keep
"replying-all" to non-essential topics that just clutter our inboxes with
topics, which quite frankly can be discussed directly (offline) with the
person(s) who initiated the joke/pastime story/etc. I think we can all
agree that we are all the victims of being stressed, overworked, (some
underpaid), and in need of some much needed TLC but I don't see why days
later we are still addressing and replying to these topics. Is it just me?
I am not directing this to anyone in particular, but I'd rather be disrupted
to read something that will teach me something and add to my knowledge base
as an Administrator rather than being "a part" of a session of which I have
no interest.
My apologies if I have offended anyone and if you have issues with this
correspondence feel free to respond to me directly if it suits you.
However, it is my opinion that we can utilize this awesome resource more
responsibly and with more consideration.
Michelle A. Lewis
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