Often times, even the most seasoned exhibitors have questions concerning an upcoming show. Having questions is perfectly okay, and welcomed! Please contact your secretary and ask if you need more information or you are unsure of something! That is what we are hear for!
However, over the past few years folks have now turned to searching out the show secretary on Facebook as a way to ask their questions pertaining to a show, and furthermore expecting an immediate answer. And why not? Facebook is now everywhere, your never home without it! For me, in my years of being show secretary, I have received many Facebook Messages to my personal account, as well as Facetime and Facebook Calls. Now this may be convenient for the exhibitor with the question, let me tell you, it is not, for the show secretary. Here is one scenerio: Exhibitor sends me a message on my personal Facebook Messanger account. Exhibitor had a few questions about their entry. I am at the grocery store. I open the message, read it, and then close it, planning on getting back to it later. I cannot answer the questions, because I am at the store, I do not have access to the entries on my phone. Ten minutes later, my daughter sends a message to see if she can hang out with friends after school. Followed by my son, asking what is for dinner. Then I need to send a message to my husband to check to see if we had a few things I noticed at the store. My oldest son calls to let me know that he will be off work shortly. I message the rest of the Show Committee to see if there was anything that needed to be picked up for the show, while I was here. My other daughter messages me that she can't find her sister. I message my daughter to find her location Then message back the second daughter to tell her the location of the first daughter. Oldest son sends message to ask if I was done Husband messages to see when I will be home. After an hour of shopping, an hour of picking up kids, and 25 minutes driving home, making dinner, feeding animals and a slew of other personal messages and phone calls, the exhibitors message is lost and long forgotten. The day of the show comes, and the exhibitor approaches the secretary table ranting and raving because there was errors on their entry form, that they attempted to correct before day of show had I answered their message on Facebook. However, if the exhibitor would have sent an email (the email address is provided on the show catalog, and check routinely before the show)I would have remembered, and able to address the issue that day, when I made the time to take care of show business. Most people now a days has that blue little F app on their phone, along with Messenger. Yes, Facebook messenger is a quick and easy way to get a hold of someone. But it is not efficient when it comes to business situations. I don't know about you, but I do take my phone everywhere. What I do not take everywhere is the club laptop that has all the show information, entries, etc on it. I do not check the club email on my phone. Please keep in mind that the show secretary has a job, a family, a home, their own animals and things they need to take care of that are priorities for them. Your show secretary is working on a volunteer basis. The show secretary is not available at your beckon call. Be patient, understanding and most of all, be kind. |
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