Sunday, November 30, 2008
The Muncie Minute 11/30/08
Congratulations...
Congratulations to Arielemc for being our new Employee of the Month!! Ariel was chosen for all of her extra hard work on the Welcoming Committee and her quick accession in Rise Through the Ranks. Keep up the awesome work Ariel!! You really are an asset to DMI-Muncie!
Congratulations to PollyProject for being our Employee of the Week! Polly puts in a lot of hard work around here. She organized our Unsecret Santa and makes sure our new employees feel welcome. Great job Polly! Keep it up!
Don't forget to check the forum on Tuesday when Stanley will post two more names for EOTW consideration!!
Congrats to SchruteFarm1 for being promoted to Sergeant 1st Class in our Rise Through the Ranks incentive program! Also congrats to rhondagod for a promotion to Corporal and to PollyProject for rising to Specialist! Congrats to fugnub for becoming a Private 1st Class and to Kloozie for entering the ranks at Private! Great work everyone!!
Congrats to Kloozie and lemonlime79 for completing the Branch Scavenger Hunt!
Tasks
We do not have a new task this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Relax this week! The answers are now posted for the Michael Scott's International Business Culture Quiz. Take a minute to check out the answers. You may be surprised. Also, don't forget to vote on the Jim's Living Room Design task! You have until 3pm ET on Thursday, Dec. 4th to get in your vote.
What's Going On
Please stop by the Black Tie Gala thread and volunteer your services. We still need people to host games and come up with questions/pictures. The gala will not just be in our branch forum, but in the DMI Breakroom and will be open to guests. Please help out and make this a successful event! Maybe we will gain a few employees!
Stanley is also trying to get together a Christmas carol that we all record ourselves and Stanley will piece it together. Please stop by the Caroling with Allentown thread to offer your suggestions for the Christmas carol.
If you are involved in the Unsecret Santa, please check your comment section on your profile for who you got. Polly put your person in there along with lots of suggestions for what you can do. Thank you Polly!!
We have some new games posted to get involved with now. It will make it easier to earn your Affinity SB's and also to earn your RTTR points. Check them out!
Congrats to the Ball State Cardinals for completing a perfect regular season! They are ranked #12 in the BCS and AP poll. There are two more games to go, the MAC Championship game and whatever bowl game they are put in. Good luck Cards! Please stop by the Branch Recruitment thread and help keep Muncie at the top of the thread. We may get some transfers and new employees if we keep our name up there. I hope everyone has a great week and keep earning your SB's!! See ya on the forum!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
From the desk of the RM:
We had a really great week here in Muncie, Indiana. Some new people in the forum, which is always exciting. Not-so-Secret Santa will be going here in a week and I can finally host my black tie gala I've been talking about for 6 months (the original date for the gala was June 27).
I'm going to keep stressing this as much as possible, to get any real use out of this newsletter (blog) we need people posting comments, offering suggestions, maybe (if it's okay with lemon) get a few more writers to the newsletter!
RttR is going great! Amazing job everyone. A special congrats from the Commander in Chief to our highest ranking officer, Staff Sergeant SchruteFarm1.
I'll be choosing the November EOTM on Friday (not on Thursday cause of Turkey Day). I've got it narrowed down to two people and I'm still not sure who it will be. So keep working hard everyone. I'll also have the EOTW candidates up on Tuesday as usual.
Keep up the good work!
Stan_the_Man55. Commander in Chief & Regional Manager
The Muncie Minute-The Thanksgiving Edition
Congratulations...
Congratulations to rhondagod for being named Employee of the Week! rhonda has been very active on the Welcoming Committee. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to SchruteFarm1 for being promoted to Staff Sergeant in Rise Through the Ranks! Arielemc and lemonlime79 were promoted to Sergeant! rhondagod is now a Specialist! anikitty is now a Private 1st Class and fugnub has been promoted to Private! Great work everyone!!
Congratulations to GoTeam25 for winning the Sales Script task! Good luck in the corporate wide vote!
Tasks
This week's task is to redecorate Jim and Pam's new house. You are to download a copy of their living room and use whatever image editing program you want to decorate their living room. You can add whatever you want, but you must not change the placement of doors, walls, floors, or windows. You also cannot remove the painting from the wall. This take can be a lot of fun and very creative. You receive 50 SB's for submitting a design. The deadline for this task is Wednesday, Nov. 26th at Noon ET.
If you haven't already completed the Cultural Quiz, please take a minute to do that task also.
Company wide voting has begun for the Business Ethics Video and the Sales Script has begun! You have until Wednesday, Nov. 26th at 3pm ET to vote for your favorite video and script.
What's Going on in Muncie
PollyProject has organized our Unsecret Santa! Polly will match us up by drawing our names from a Longaberger basket. We will then leave each other notes, gifts for our desks, send cards, or whatever you decide to do. It will be a great way to get to know each other and celebrate Christmas here at DMI-Muncie! You have until this Friday to sign up at the Unsecret Santa thread. Thank you Polly!
Stanley has posted a new thread for our Black Tie Gala in January. Since there are quite a few of us who are new to the forum this year, Stanley has posted some examples of what is done at a virtual party. Stop by the Muncie Black Tie Gala to see the examples and offer your suggestions!
Stanley has also started a Branch Scavenger Hunt. The first list is on the Branch Forum Scavenger Hunt thread. Your answers are due to Stanley by Friday in a PM. This counts as a mini-task in the RTTR and you will receive 2 points.
Once again, you can catch Ball State football on ESPN2 this week, Tuesday at 7pm. This is the final game of the season until the bowl games. They are ranked #15 this week in the AP Poll. Go Cards!
I said this was the Thanksgiving Edition of The Munice Minute. I want everyone to take a minute and reflect on what you are thankful for. I know it has been tough financially for many of us and I am sure some of us have had other struggles to that we have not shared on the forum. As bad as it gets, I have always believed that there is at least one thing to be thankful for, whether it be family, love, health, or even our real life employment. So please take a minute and think about this and think about others this week.
I hope everyone has a great week! Stop by the Branch Recruitment thread and earn your SB's! Enjoy the time with your families and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
From the Desk of the Regional Manager:
First, I had the idea to have a "podcast" of my weekly messages. I would just record myself talking about whatever I want to say. I could put it on the YouTube channel, but then anyone could listen to it. I can however post it right here in the newsletter. I will probably still send out my weekly BBMs, just not so many with as much info on the branch.
I also wanted to say that everyone should be making a blogger account! That way, you can subscribe to this blog, and you'll know every time there is something new and I won't have to post about it in the forum. This way, any clones that are in this branch to spy will have a harder time doing so. You'll also be able to post comments, so you can ignore what I'm saying, and praise lemon :^D.
That's pretty much what I wanted to communicate. I hope to see an influx of subscribers soon.
-Stan_the_Man55. Regional Manager.
Monday, November 17, 2008
11-17-08
Congratulations
Arielemc is our Employee of the Week! Great job! As Stanley mentioned, this was due to all her hard work on the Welcoming Committee. Please remember to vote on our new EOTW beginning on Tuesday when two more employees will be up for nomination.
Congratulations to Stanley_the_Manley55 and SchruteFarm1 for being promoted to Sergeant! Arielemc has been promoted to Specialist! PollyProject and rhondagod are now at the rank of Private 1st Class! lemonlime79 is now a Corporal. Keep up the great work everyone in our Rise Through the Ranks program!!
Congratulations to Arielemc for winning the Mixed Tape task! Congratulations also to PollyProject for winning the Business Ethics Video task!
Tasks
This week’s task is to take the Michael Scott’s International Business Cultural Quiz. There are 20 questions and the most important thing to remember while taking this quiz is to answer all the questions as you are Michael Scott. You get 10 SB for every correct answer. This is actually a pretty tough quiz. Good luck everyone!
Please remember to vote for our branch’s best Sales Script! Take the time to read all the submissions before voting! You have until 3pm ET on Thursday to vote.
Also, vote for the company wide Mixed Tape final! You have until 6pm ET on Thursday to vote.
Stanley has been working on expanding on our Rise Through the Ranks incentive program to more of a branch wide program. If you have any suggestions for him please stop by the Branch Promotion Ideas thread.
Don’t forget to support our #17 Ball State University Cardinal football team on Wednesday by tuning into ESPN2 at 7:00pm as they face Central Michigan! Please stop by the Branch Recruitment thread and promote Muncie! Have a great week everyone and keep earning your Schrute Bucks!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Nov. 11, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Muncie Minute 10/27/08
I would like to welcome all new employees to Muncie! We have had a few this week and a couple have become quite active on the forum! Keep it up! Just a reminder that we do have a MySpace page, YouTube account, and a website for you to use to promote DMI-Muncie. If you have a MySpace page or YouTube account I encourage you to link your own page or account to the DMI-Muncie one. Speaking of the DMI-Muncie website, The Muncie Minute will be published on our very own website starting next week. So, look for it there next Sunday.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Hoskins for being named Employee of the Week! Hoskins now has a new certificate to display at his desk. This week craigdvc, Arielemc, and alexb18 are up for EOTW. Please remember to stop by and vote.
Congratulations are in order to SchruteFarm1 and Stanley the Manley55 for making Private 1st Class in Rising Through the Ranks! You can earn points in our incentive program by posting 50 times in a one week, winning branch tasks, getting all available SB, and many other ways. Stop by the New Award Incentive Program to check it out!
Tasks
This week we were given the task of finding all the stolen objects in the office. A list is available at the Task 2.5 thread. I would like to thank anikitty for compiling the list into one easy to read post! There are 250 SB available for this task and we have made it easy for you to earn them! You have until Thursday, Oct. 30th at 3pm ET.
We are still waiting to hear the winner of the Mission Statement company wide vote. Good luck to SchruteFarm1.
We are also waiting on the results of our logo winner. Hopefully we will hear about these soon!What's Happening?
Stanley has created the Welcoming Committee for our branch. The members are appointed and the first two are SchruteFarm1 and myself, lemonlime79. If you are interested in this committee please contact Stanley and just start welcoming newbies as you see them posting and let them know what is going on here in Muncie.
We have some discussion in the FTC: Television thread. Arielemc and Stanley have offered their television viewing selections. Craigdvc has offered his knowledge on Disney, Star Wars, and comic books in the Finer Things Club Call-out thread. Hoskins and SchruteFarm1 have also continued their conversation on beer. Please if you have anything to add to these topics or others to start, feel free to share your thoughts or expertise.
DMI-Muncie celebrated its one year birthday on Saturday, Oct. 25th! Happy Birthday Muncie!!
To Everyone!
Once again I am going to urge everyone to stop by the branch recruitment thread: http://boards.dundermifflininfinity.com/index.php?showtopic=12982. It's very important to grow our branch and get more people active here.
A shout out to the the Ball State football team! They are #19 in the Coaches' Poll, #18 in the AP poll and #16 in the BCS standings! I don't know if many of you know how exciting this is for BSU, but this the best this football team has ever been! Keep it up Cards!
Don't forget to earn all the SB's you can. Complete this week's task and watch this week's episode of The Office. If you haven't seen the clips for this week, there are costumes for the Halloween episode and they look hilarious, but what do you expect?!
Have a great week everyone and I'll see you next week on the website!!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
From the Desk of the Regional Manager
Sorry for the delay on this weeks message. My weekend was busy and hectic, and I didn't get around to sending out the message. Okay, let's get started!
First off make sure you're doing the tasks and getting your ShruteBucks! You can go back and do past task from DMI 2.0 only. That is always a great way to earn Sb when you're new. If you don't want anyone to see your task submission for whatever reason, just wait until after the deadline and submit your task and you'll get the Sb.
Come by the branch forum! We have a bunch of people that have stopped coming into the forum for some reason. We all want you to come by the forum and play in some of the games! If you're new introduce yourself in the "Meet&Greet" topic.
Muncie celebrates its 1st birthday on Oct. 25, 2008! Come by the forum sometime that day and celebrate Muncie's birthday!
Remember that the Muncie branch has a a MySpace, YouTube, Website, and Facebook! If you come into the forum you can get links to those places. Our newsletter is on Blogger, so give that a read. Written by our own lemonlime79!
Congrats to Davey who was our Employee of the Week this past week. Come into the branch forum and at the top of the forum there is a poll that you can vote in that decides who will be EOTW for that week. I will pick the candidates off what I see them doing, but if your not coming around the branch forum then you probably won't get noticed. So if you want to be picked for EOTW then come by the forum!
All of our committees and clubs need your help! Come join either the Party Planning Committee, Branch Promotion Committee, Welcoming Committee, Finer Things Club, or our Newsletter Committee. DaveyMalone69 and mike1104 have been missing for sometime now. If they do not return by Friday Oct. 24, 2008 then I will need to start looking for new Chairpersons for their committees.
Come and join our "Rise through the Ranks" points incentive program.
On Sunday Oct. 26 at 7pm we'll meet in the branch forum and play a live action Office Jeopardy game! If you consider yourself and Office master, come prove it on Sunday night.
We will meet on Muncie's website in the chat room to have a branch meeting on Monday Oct. 27 and 6:30pm. The branch executives will meet sometime soon as well.
Have your Mini-Task submission ready by Monday Oct. 27 to begin voting! Your task is to create some sort of advertisement for the Muncie branch, to get people to join! It can be anything to promote Muncie. Any questions consult the thread in the branch forum.
Of coarse I remind you that if you want to leave DMI you can now delete your account.
Think that's all for the week! See you around the forums!
-Stan_the_Man55. Regional Manager.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Muncie Minute 10/19/08
Congratulations to DaveyMalone69 for being this week's Employee of the Week! He has received a brand new certificate to display on the wall at his desk. Three people will be nominated beginning tomorrow for our next EOTW.
Just a reminder! DMI-Muncie has a MySpace page, YouTube account, and a website, with a Facebook page coming soon. Here are the links:
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/dmi_muncie
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/DMIMuncie
Website - http://dmi-muncie.synthasite.com/
Thanks Stanley for all of your work putting these together!! You really are the Manley!
Please mark your calendars for Oct. 27 at 6:30pm and Nov. 24 at 6:30pm. Stanley is holding branch meetings on these dates. The meetings will happen in the Muncie website in the chat room. Be there!!
What's Happening?
The Finer Things Club has had quite a discussion this week about beer and wine. There has been a lot of great information given out by Hoskins, SchruteFarm1 and PollyProject. Did you know they are nearly 40 wineries in the state of Indiana? Who knew?! The Finer Things Club is always looking for new topics to discuss or stop by and add your two cents to any topics currently being discussed.
I encourage everyone to get involved with the committees on the forum. DaveyMalone69 is your contact for the Finer Things Club, contact Mike1104 for Branch Recruitment, and look up PollyProject for the Party Planning Committee. We can't be the best branch at DMI without U.
Tasks
Our new task this week is Guess the Baby. You must match each picture with an employee at the Scranton branch. You earn 20 SB for every correct guess, with a total of 260 SB available. Please look carefully and you can go back and change your answer before your final submission. It's an easy way to earn some SB!
We still need to work on out videos for the Ethics Video task. You have until Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 at Noon ET to submit your video. If you need help or have a question on submitting please go here on the forum: http://boards.dundermifflininfinity.com/index.php?showtopic=16570.
The deadline for the Branch Mini-Task: Branch Recruitment Advertisements has been extended to Oct. 27 at 4 pm ET. Show us how creative you are and design something for each of the categories: Banners for signatures, Posters to post in the recruitment thread, Videos, or something else you can think of to promote Muncie! We will be voting on the winner and he or she will receive a desk prize and points in Rising Through the Ranks.
The branch winner of the ASCII art task was suppose to be named in Friday, Oct. 17th. The winner has not yet been posted, so be on the look out Monday for someone to be named. Good luck bmblebee!
The branch winner of the Mission Statement task was SchruteFarm1. Congrats to you!! You have until Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6 pm ET to vote for the company wide winner. Good luck Schrute!
You have until 3pm ET Monday, Oct. 20 to vote on the new branch logo. The winner of the new logo will go up against the old branch logo to determine what the logo will be for our branch for DMI 2.0. Please take a minute to vote for your favorite and look out for the next round of voting!
To Everyone
Please take a minute and stop by the Muncie Branch Recruitment thread: http://boards.dundermifflininfinity.com/index.php?showtopic=12982. Tell everyone why Muncie is so awesome and why you like it here so much. Who knows, we might convince some people to transfer.
I hope everyone has a great week and earns as many SB as possible! Keep posting in the forum, stopping by and saying "hi" to co-workers, and doing tasks! I hope to see everyone this week at one point or another on the forum!! Once again, any comments or suggestions please contact me, lemonlime79.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Muncie Minute 10/12/08
On Monday at 7pm ET in the Viewing Party app at nbc.com, we have Muncie Monday. The link for this is http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/viewin...ff885ae54116fe8. We have currently ran through all of the videos that are available to us. Let's hope nbc.com puts up some new ones this week for us to enjoy! We have a lot of fun and great discussions at our viewing party. I hope to see lots of you there!!
First up, we have the Party Planning Committee chaired by PollyProject. This committee is very busy planning our first event, the Muncie Branch Anniversary, on October 25. If you are interested in helping out on this committee please contact PollyProject today!!
Next, we have the Finer Things Club led by DaveyMalone69. They are off to a fantastic start. There have been some wonderful discussions about shaving (who knew? Thanks mike1104 :)) and television. Lucky10liz has volunteered to lead book discussions. If you have anything to add to the discussions of the Finer Things Club please contact DaveyMalone69.
Last but certainly not least, we have the Branch Promotion Committee ran by mike1104. They are starting to get somethings organized in this committee starting with the Branch Mini Task. There is now a MySpace profile (http://www.myspace.com/dmi_muncie) , YouTube account and website to spread the word of DMI-Muncie to the world. If you are talented at graphic design or just vocal :) this committee is for you! Please contact mike1104 if you are willing to help out in this committee.
Tasks
DMI is currently voting on the corporate ASCII art task. Please remember to vote!
Our branch is currently voting on a new Mission Statement. Please remember to vote for this task also!
You have until Monday, Oct. 13 at 3pm ET to submit your branch logo! Keep working! Let's see what everyone can come up with!
Our new task this week is to create a business ethics video. You have until Thursday, Oct. 23 at Noon ET to submit your video. You can find instructions on this task here: http://www.dundermifflininfinity.com/tasks2/archive?week=42. Stanley would like everyone to spend time on this task and do their best! Corporate has given us two weeks to complete it, so let's show them what we can do! Be creative!
Our Branch Mini Task is to promote Muncie! We can create posters, banners, videos, whatever you want to get Muncie's name out there. As mentioned before, we now have a MySpace page, YouTube account, and website all to spread the word of DMI-Muncie. We will use the winning designs and videos on the branch recruitment thread, signatures, and before mentioned websites. Submissions are due Oct. 24 at 4pm ET. Please see the following link for details: http://boards.dundermifflininfinity.com/index.php?showtopic=16567.
Thank you all for your time! I am still open to suggestions on making this a better newsletter. I would like to have some fun with it yet, and am still learning what I can do with Blogger. If you do have any suggestions please feel free to contact me, lemonlime79. I hope to see you all on the forum and have a great week!! :)
***Addition*** Congrats to ShruteFarm1 on being Employee of the Week!! Please remember to vote on our next EOTW starting Monday!

