RE: UKNM: Website design

[Dave Smith]

yes, but then I wonder how many faxes your average MP gets per day? And at

least the email goes directly into his/her email box and doesn't get

filtered by some office assistant. I can't believe I'm arguing about this. I

think all MP's are a waste of space anyway. Send a letter I say, then at

least you can slip some toe nail cuttings in the envelope.


dave

davenewmediamaze [dot] com

www.newmediamaze.com


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In a message dated 07/12/00 19:51:55 GMT Standard Time,

davenewmediamaze [dot] com

writes:


<< isn't this just a sad indictment of the UK Govt, that our emails need

 converting to fax to be read (no really, they read every fax they get)? As

 usual, our friends in the States are a step ahead, with the beautifully

 named http://www.mrsmith.com/. I do have a connection with this site, in

 that I share a surname with it, and a few others.

  >>


PREFACE:  I am NOT argoing that it should be harder to contact an MP, just

commenting on the speed and ease of technology having work creating

consequences.

The problem with email is that it's too easy to send and anyone's mailbox

just fills up with SPAM / irrelevance that it hard to manage by us mere

'nobodies'. Image what a target an MP is.  Even genuine use of email

generates irrelevant but well meaning traffic - As an example: I have a

friend, MD of a recruitment consultancy, who has banned his staff from

replying with a 'Thank you' email when he replies to a request. It might

seem

like a good idea to thank the boss but he's just sick of having to troll

through one line emails when he has better things to do.

Personally, though the idea of instant contact with my MP sounds attractive,

I'd rather she was working on her constituents' business than sitting at her

computer sifting through the thousands of emails she must receive every day.

A fax is good enough for me. If it's really urgent, a phone call can be

made.


Sometimes things need slowing down in order to work faster!


Michael



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