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Subject:Re: New Age Doc Group Names From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:56:12 -0700 (PDT)
> >Think about it... how long should it take to add
> "e-"
> >to "marketing"? ;)
>
>
> Depends on the corporate culture. At one former
> client company, the
> answer would be "a few nanoseconds to think of it,
> 15 minutes to find
> the proper template for the proposal, 20 minutes to
> send the proposal
> as an attachment to individual email messages (no
> group addresses
> allowed) to the members of the appropriate review
> committee, 2 weeks
> to wait for the committee to meet, another 2 weeks
> until the
> committee minutes arrive with an action item for you
> to revise the
> proposal to include cost estimates for reprinting
> letterhead and
> business cards for 1500 employees, ...."
>
> Well, you get the picture.
> K@
> Kat Nagel
Thus the Dilbert strip. Wow, you must work for one of
the 10,000+ companies Scott pulls from!
COngratulations! LOL!
=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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