17-12-2013, 01:45 PM
Seems appropriate here to share some of my experience of being possibly the busiest Chess Scotland director in the 3 years period between the 2008 and 2011 agms.
I found that the best way to tackle heavy e mail traffic was to intentionally sit down at least 3 or 4 times per week and reply to the lot. Numerically and pragmatically and that meant being able to reply to mails at a rate of around 15 per hour.
Delegation? Oh yes that helps. Frequently I asked the selectors for final selections without having any opinion myself - only forming my own opinion after reading their replies. In my experience this is standard procedure for chairing meetings throughout industry.
Other key delegation was that Jacqui handled the hosting of the Glorney in 2009. I was of course in touch and well informed throughout.
I found that the best way to tackle heavy e mail traffic was to intentionally sit down at least 3 or 4 times per week and reply to the lot. Numerically and pragmatically and that meant being able to reply to mails at a rate of around 15 per hour.
Delegation? Oh yes that helps. Frequently I asked the selectors for final selections without having any opinion myself - only forming my own opinion after reading their replies. In my experience this is standard procedure for chairing meetings throughout industry.
Other key delegation was that Jacqui handled the hosting of the Glorney in 2009. I was of course in touch and well informed throughout.