email revisement

To: sarah@work.net
From: bill@work.net
Cc: jim@work.net
Subject: Money for training trip

Dear Sarah,

I want to go on a training trip and I need to figure out who to ask to pay for it. Do you know who I can ask? Let me know if you have any information on the matter.

Thanks!

Bill



MEMORANDUM
From: Katie Kendrick
To: Maersk employees
Date: February 11, 2010
Subject: Netiquette rules to be implemented tomorrow

After researching netiquette rules, I have found many ideas that will improve our company's exchange of information. We seem to have a lot of personal information that floats around in our company emails and I think it is important that you all realize the implications of this information.

Legal implications:
On the ITworld website, they cited some problems they had with emails getting into the wrong hands and threats of legal procedures. This is an issue with dirty jokes that are forwarded through company email. ITworld started putting a general disclaimer on the bottom of emails so that if this did happen, no one would get sued. The disclaimer said that the information is confidential and only intended for the reciever, and unauthorized use of it is strictly prohibited. Although this is just a notice and not legally binding, it makes it harder for lawyers to get legal procedures through. Since I've seen a few dirty jokes go through my inbox, it would be wise for us to implement this disclaimer on our emails too.

Tone and Flaming: Hopefully our employees don't hold grudges with one another, but if there is a personal problem between you and a colleague, be careful what you say over email. The company Boy Genious has a few tips that I would like you all to consider. First of all, don't send heated messages, or "flames," and don't respond to those flames if they show up in your inbox. Fighting will decrease productivity, so keep personal problems out of the office. Misenterpretation of tone may also cause a rift between employees. Use all caps sparingly, as they indicate screaming.

Attachments:
On the CNN website, they gave some tips about attachments and bandwidth. After reading that information, I realized that it is important to get permission from the reciever whether or not they want to see your favorite YouTube video or funny picture. Not everyone has the same bandwidth speed on their laptop and some attachments take too long to load and waste time. Sometimes computers may have different software and create trouble in loading. I know that these personal pictures and messages won't go away any time soon, so the best way to deal with it is to use etiquette when sending them.

Thank you for your time, and I hope you all will now be able display better netiquette with not only personal information, but company information as well.


References:
http://www.itworld.com/UIR010427securitynl2?page=0%2C1

http://www.boygenius.com/support_netiquette.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/07/21/netiquette.tools/