Friday, September 30, 2005

In my inbox

In the last 24 hours, number of reminders that the deadline for proposals for the MPSA meetings in Chicago is October 10: 4

Update: #5#s 5 & 6 arrived in my inbox today. (10/4/2005)
Update: #7 arrived today, via POLMETH. (10/5/2005)

posted by Michelle @ 6:40 PM,

5 Comments:

At 9/30/2005 10:24 PM,  WTOTW said...

I only got three. I feel snubbed.

 

At 9/30/2005 10:25 PM,  Michelle said...

You must have missed the special "Area Studies" one.

 

At 10/01/2005 9:56 AM,  Chris Lawrence said...

I got zero. Mwoo hah hah!

(If I could figure out how to update my email online with MPSA, that might be rectified...)

 

At 10/12/2005 7:05 PM,  Paul Gronke said...

Michele,
You are behind the times. I complained publicly about this to the PolMeth listserv last year, and the response from the Midwest Association was that people liked it.

I have tracked it much more closely this year. I have received 10 emails in the last two weeks on my primary account and 4 on my secondary (hotmail) account.

As far as I can tell, the MPSA sends out emails to everyone on their list without checking for duplicates, and then sends out secondary emails to people in sections.

I'll communicate the same to Bill again. Not that I think it will make a difference.

No professional organization of which I am a member sends out even 1/10th as many reminders.

 

At 10/13/2005 12:10 PM,  Michelle said...

I know. I am a member/subscribe to PolMeth and remember your email last year.

The irony is that I almost forgot to submit a proposal on the 10th b/c I had been filing/deleting all the reminders with such regularity.

The deadline has been extended to 10/17, which they reminded me of....by EMAIL. :)

 

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