[ST] Recieved your Complaint

[David D'Antonio]

Hi all,

My goodness, what a cranky person he is! To blow off the entire  
convention forever because we didn't get back to him in the way he  
wants seems like, well, overkill. Perhaps it will help us keep the  
membership cap down! :-)

DDA

On Jan 24, 2007, at 2:21 PM, SciFiFanBoston at aol.com wrote:

> On a note regarding this complaint... I did forward Carl's  
> information to tech...  but I do understand that not every single e- 
> mail can be answered.
>
> -Mary
>
> In a message dated 1/24/2007 2:14:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> SciFiFanBoston at aol.com writes:
> Hey, Carl...  I checked back into all the e-mail I sent, as well as  
> the ones received from you.  I'm sorry that I didn't pursue a  
> continuing correspondence with you, however I assumed you knew that  
> you were invited to come to the Volunteer Lounge at the Convention,  
> as stated in my first e-mail to you.   While it was nice of you to  
> offer to set-up... but, especially since you were stated in your  
> registration that you only available until Friday evening and  
> Saturday...  well, all our set-up is pretty much completed on  
> Thursday... with very little on Friday morning.  If you'd come to  
> the Volunteer Lounge you'd have been put to work!  We loved our new  
> volunteers this year!  They had a great time, with our new live  
> Arisia TV set-up and Internet access, and all the great swag we had  
> to keep them happily coming back for more slavery...er, I mean  
> love.  I'm sorry that you have a negative feeling now, I wish there  
> was a way to remedy that.  Good luck in your future as well, and we  
> do really love our volunteers, whether they be Day Volunteers or  
> year long Staff Volunteers.  We know the only way Arisia happens is  
> with Volunteers.
>
> Sincere best wishes,
> -Mary Dumas, Arisia Staff
> Volunteers Lounge Lizard
>
> In a message dated 1/24/2007 1:13:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> ctwiss at MIT.EDU writes:
> I volunteered with you folks, and yet you’ve failed to respond to  
> my messages in regards to where and when you’d be needing me.
>
>
>
> I find this totally unacceptable and rude. I will never attend any  
> of your conventions ever again. The last one was so poorly run I’m  
> surprised you even had any guests.
>
>
>
> Good luck in the future, and remind that volunteers make your  
> convention go, so keep a grip on them, you never know how many you  
> just might lose.
>
>
>
>
>
> Carl
>
>
>
> Carl A. Twiss
>
> Technical Assistant
>
> Ctwiss at mit.edu
>
> Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT
>
> (617)452-2601
>
> [snip]
>


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DDA
Events DivHead, Arisia '07 (retired)