FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: emailing the manager

["Kurt Henschen" <kurthenschen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, you have some points, I guess.  However, I don't see how a "thank you"
note, or a slew of thank you notes, can do any harm. 

I didn't know the details of the Cate familial relations to the bird, nor
didI know the Cates are on vacation.  

The Marriott Ranch is a business, and went out of the way to accomodate an
event that is at best be a disruption.  When I was there Friday, a little
before noon, there were at least six birders' vehicles in the lot (off to
oneside), plus a dozen birders and several scopes.  I still think a note is
appropriate.  

I followed the normal procedure in addressing senior officials, presuming
they will pass the word down the line, and also know that some people who
work for them did a good job.  This e-mail went to the business mailbox,
which I obtained from the Marriott website.  Can't be that much of a secret. 


Regards, 

Kurt Henschen, Alexandria 


  



>From: BlkVulture@xxxxxxx 
>To: kurthenschen@xxxxxxxxxxx 
>Subject: emailing the manager 
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:39:28 EDT 
>
>Kurt, 
>
>I'm not so sure that putting Lanier's email address on the listserv was a 
>great idea. He is in Florida for ten days with his family, and I don't know

>how excited he will be to have a slew of email notes when he gets back. His

>wife, Shannon Cate, is the person we really should thank. She is the one 
>that has invited all of us out there, and she also discovered the bird.
More
>than that, she had told a few people about it from Blandy and someone in 
>Winchester, and they came out to see it. Where Shannon went the extra mile 
>is when she realized that the people that saw the bird didn't share the 
>sighting with anyone (the bird was first seen on 29 July), she kept looking

>until she found someone who would spread the word, which was Val Kitchens. 
>If she hadn't followed up, none of us would have had a chance to see the 
>bird, or the ranch for that matter. 
>
>Cheers... 
>
>Todd 
>
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>Todd M. Day 
>Jeffersonton, VA 
>Culpeper County 
>BlkVulture@xxxxxxx 
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