POL Promotion- All set to go. Teams and Tasks

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 30 Oct 2004, 23:16

Hey

Firstly, may I say that those of you that have volunteered are very much appreciated. And for those who are still pondering, then if you so wish, you can approach one of the team captains and offer to help on the QT.

We are ready to push the button on the the FR campaign as soon as we get the all clear from Bob on the site.

We are hoping to have the office get together on Thursday November 12th and ideally we shall be meeting to have a few glasses of wine and finish the job off. This date will rather neatly coincide with Bob's 2nd anniversary as a POL member. I dearly hope that we do not have to delay.

We decided to split people into teams:

Porty Babes

Porty Maryauders

Porty Posse

This ought to be better for managing the task and also a bit of competition!! You will note that Partners (or at least ones that I am aware of) have been seperated. The teams are listed below and if your captain has not been in touch then they will be soon. The captains have an interesting job, they have not met many of their team mates. Best of luck to all.

Porty Babes-Captain Bellybabe

Bob-bellybabe B
Bellybabe-bellybabe B
Lizzie-bellybabe B
Cornerboy-bellybabe B
Beachbabe-belly babe B
Hells Cat-bellybabe B

Porty Maryauders - Captain Marya

Poppy-marya M
Marya-marya M
Sandra-marya M
Flearoy-marya M
DG-marya M
ECM-marya M
Epykat-marya M

Porty Posse -Captain Porty

Bearcub-Porty P
Porty-porty P
Pal of Porty-porty P
Jay-porty P
Dada-porty P
Catzvp-porty P

P Babes will have 1934-1950 and 1953-1976 = 1710 emails

P Marauders will have 1951-52 plus 1988-99 = 1710 emails

P Posse will have 1977-1987= 1736 emails

All years are inclusive, you will note that we are stopping at 2000 for now anyway.

Hell's Cat · Post by **Hell's Cat** » 02 Nov 2004, 13:55

ER Porty 12th Nov is friday.

Which year are You meaning?

Calendar for November 2004

<pre>Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30</pre>

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 02 Nov 2004, 14:03

Oops

Thursday the 11th, even better, exactly 2 years to the day that POL was launched. My apologies.

Porty

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 02 Nov 2004, 17:14

Just a quick word to my team that I'll be in touch over the next day or so with full details of the task - just in case you're all raring to go

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 04 Nov 2004, 07:57

and I will sit poised by the PC, 4000 miles away, awaiting orders!!

Great, free wine....and I move to Canada...!

just dandy!

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 04 Nov 2004, 21:31

Thats the day before mrs m's due date.

We'll be thinking of you (not)

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 05 Nov 2004, 09:35

Just completed 1977 using the "quick" method. Took me exactly half an hour. Much, much quicker than I had envisaged. Here is the message we are transmitting;

Hello

As someone who had and perhaps still has a connection to Portobello, we would like to extend to you an invitation to visit www.porty.org.uk

A couple of years ago this community website was set up by a small group of local volunteers. The site is provided as a free service to everyone with an interest in Portobello. It includes news, events, information and photo galleries. There is even a discussion forum where you can make contact with other site users and perhaps rekindle old friendships.

Please drop by and visit us at www.porty.org.uk . If you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have time right now then please put us in your favourites and tell a friend or two!

Portobello Online - one click and you're home.

www.porty.org.uk

portyweb@blueyonder.co.uk

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 05 Nov 2004, 10:19

Apologies to my team for a slight delay in issuing instructions,but because I use a Mac I'm having to get Porty and Bob to format my Word tables for me (I'm told that this will make things much quicker for you all - I'll be using a slightly more cumbersome method). From Porty's post it looks like each person's allocation will take about an hour.
They're just about done now.......emails will be sent very soon. I know you're all just raring to go

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 05 Nov 2004, 10:26

Oh hey, I didn't know we'd started!
Team, I'm just waiting for someone else to do all the work for me, and then we're off

!

Hell's Cat · Post by **Hell's Cat** » 05 Nov 2004, 13:42

Sorry, I'm confused ( a lot of people say that to me!) I thought that
"We are hoping to have the office get together on Thursday November 12th " from Porty meant that that was the start.
Bellybabe can you clear up for me?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 05 Nov 2004, 14:31

Hell's Cat wrote:Sorry, I'm confused ( a lot of people say that to me!) I thought that
"We are hoping to have the office get together on Thursday November 12th " from Porty meant that that was the start.
Bellybabe can you clear up for me?

The plan is to get the bulk of the emailing done prior to Thurs get together and Thurs will be a finale. I thought I had communicated this but I may have forgotten.

(Your wine is ready for collecting now by the way)

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 05 Nov 2004, 22:23

Porty I never recieved that zip file....but im just gonna push on and start either tonight or tomorrow on the 86-85 years....thanx for giving me years with my Ex's in them!!

Cooking on Gas

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 05 Nov 2004, 22:33

Taking a break. I've completed about a third of my allocation but it's taking me longer than it should because I keep reading the profiles. I have the early years, starting from 1937. Some of these people must now be in their eighties. I hope we can get some of them onto the forum because it would be great to read their stories of living and growing up in Portobello.

How's everyone else doing?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 06 Nov 2004, 02:14

CatzVP wrote:Porty I never recieved that zip file....but im just gonna push on and start either tonight or tomorrow on the 86-85 years....thanx for giving me years with my Ex's in them!!

Cooking on Gas

You dont need my word files. Just copy and paste all the records on a page drop them into word and away you go. Its much quicker than jumping about between FR pages. Good luck

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 06 Nov 2004, 19:14

Some of my team have had problems opening the Word documents that I sent them. Bob and Porty made them up for me and I just forwarded them with my emails today. Looks like I've corrupted them somehow so I've asked Bob to resend them directly to my team members

Or you could just do as Porty suggests in the post above!!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 06 Nov 2004, 19:44

Marya,

Ali has managed to open some of the docs so I'm now doing the biz.
3 down 280 odd to go.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Nov 2004, 03:04

ecm wrote:Marya,

Ali has managed to open some of the docs so I'm now doing the biz.
3 down 280 odd to go.

BTW we have a sniper trained on the entrance to your flat. Should you attempt to leave without completing the task in hand, the consequences will not be for the faint hearted.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Nov 2004, 12:12

Porty wrote:BTW we have a sniper trained on the entrance to your flat. Should you attempt to leave without completing the task in hand, the consequences will not be for the faint hearted.

You've got very similar ideas of team working, motivation and general management techniques to RoS, you know.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 07 Nov 2004, 13:13

Just finished my first year, will do my second tonight (when Bearcub is watching the telly)

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Nov 2004, 13:25

One year down, one to go too.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2004, 13:44

And I've finished mine.

Think we're kicking those butts ladies (despite the incompetence of your team leader):lol:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Nov 2004, 13:52

For those of you participating in this project, if you click on the Sent Items button you can see just how many emails we have already collectively sent. You will also see from the Inbox that we have had a few replies. I have passed on the message to James Bonthron btw.

So, who forgot to put something in the subject line on 3 consecutive messages?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:21

Superb.

Sandra get of that PC and let Bearcub have a shot!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:35

Pretty quiet on the Babes front. Hope that means you are all busy. I've finished mine - how are the rest of you doing?

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:49

Extremely busy Bob, on the last lap, should be finished this afternoon. It's taking a bit longer than it might cause I can't help reading all the profiles

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:51

Sandra don't listen to Porty. Just you keep that mouse in your possession.Don't let the Porty Posse nutmeg us

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:54

I've just finished my lot.
Phew.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2004, 14:57

Big pat on the back ecm ...and I owe you a large one of whatever your poison is after all the hassle I caused

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 07 Nov 2004, 15:00

Porty wrote:Superb.

Sandra get of that PC and let Bearcub have a shot!!

Knew there'd come a day when I was glad to see the 'X Factor/X-tra Factor' was on - no danger or Sandra going anywhere near the PC then

Done my first year now, mind you it is pretty monotonous - although now found a cousin and an ex that went to Porty HS!!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2004, 15:07

Like Lizzie I read a few of the profiles. I'm sure Bob and Porty would have been interested in the young lady that is now a model over in Canada complete with her own website.........now,what was that address again?

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 07 Nov 2004, 15:12

All done and dusted

phew

Feeling quite proud of myself now

There was a lot of names familar to me on my list, very interesting to find out what had happened to some of them over the years. Hope I wasn't the guilty party who forget to put something in the subject line on the three consecutive messages Bob, if so sorry

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Nov 2004, 15:18

Well done Lizzie! You can have the rest of the afternoon off now.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Nov 2004, 16:56

Unable to do any of this yesterday due to other commitments away from home. Have done my first year in last hour or so ... am now going to take a break before my eyes fall out!!!

Hell's Cat · Post by **Hell's Cat** » 07 Nov 2004, 17:47

Sorry, been a bit busy this weekend. Will do some tomorrow night.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2004, 18:50

Thanks Poppy. Reckon our team has done about 850 posts so far in only a day and a half. Pretty impressive going

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