Welcome to the 11/30 edition of The Muncie Minute! December is almost here! As always, a BIG WELCOME to all the new employees this week! It is wonderful to have you here in Muncie! I encourage all of you to get involved in the forum as much as possible and earn your Affinity Schrutebucks. Just 20 posts and you will have earned your max of 100 SB's for the week. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I have ate way too much, but I have also been to the gym 3 times this weekend. It makes up for it, right? :)
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 30, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
From the desk of the RM:
Hello, hello my minions, hope today finds you well. Time for my weekly message to the branch.
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
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
Welcome to the Thanksgiving Edition of The Muncie Minute! I would like to welcome all new employees! It's good to see kassi, Kloozie, Krissykinz, and tr8cey participating on the forum. We are thankful to have you here! I hope everyone had a great week and is keeping healthy! Remember to wash your hands as often as possible or use hand sanitizer! Germs can spread quickly in an office! :)
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!!
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:
I'm going to post a mid-week edition of my weekly address to get some information out there, and to get some more use out of this blog.
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.
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
Welcome to The Muncie Minute! I would like to welcome all new employees to Muncie. We are very glad to have you here! If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask! ducky has been posting on the forum already. Keep it up! The Welcoming Committee has been doing a fabulous job. SchruteFarm1, Arielemc, rhondagod, PollyProject, and lemonlime79 have been leaving welcoming messages on all new employees and transfers to the branch. Keep up the great work!
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!
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
Welcome to The Muncie Minute! I hope everyone had a great week! I would like to welcome all new employees to Muncie. We are all very glad to have you here! I want to take a minute and congratulate and say THANK YOU to SchruteFarm1 for taking on the position of Chairman of the Finer Things Club! Schrute has been a very active member in the FTC and I know he will do a fantastic job leading this club! Congratulations Our Employee of the Week, this week, is SchruteFarm1! Way to go! This is the second time he has been named EOTW. Please remember to stop by the ETOW thread and cast your vote beginning on Tuesday for this week’s nominees! Congratulations to Stanley_the_Manley55 and SchruteFarm1 for being promoted to Corporal in our incentive program “Rise Through the Ranks”. Congrats also to Arielemc for achieving the rank of Private 1st class and to rhondagod and anikitty for being named promoted to Privates this week! I, lemonlime79, was promoted to Specialist. Great work everyone! Keep up the fabulous work!
Tasks This week’s task is called Sales Script. You are to fill in the blanks just like a mad lib. Corporate is actually requesting that you use “creativity and a sense of humor” in completing this week’s task. It looks like a lot of fun and is sure to be a fantastic read next week in the voting! We have until Thursday, November 13 at noon ET to get in our submissions. Voting for the Ethics Video task began on Friday, November 07. The videos look great. Thank you for your hard work on this task! Voting for the Mixed Tape task is now underway also. Please be sure to check out everyone’s entries and cast your vote. People got very creative with this task and it shows how much we really pay attention to the employees in Scranton. Voting on this task lasts until Thursday, November 13 at noon ET.
What’s Going On? It looks like we have decided that everyone would love to meet in real life. We have begun planning a real life get together in Muncie at the Chili’s, of course, on McGalliard. Why Chili’s? Well, as you all know, it is the new golf course. We have are looking at having this shindig in April or May of 2009. We are thinking about ordering shirts with the branch logo to wear. We may also hand out the Dundies here too. If you have any ideas, stop by the Real Life Muncie Meet N Greet thread. We will post further information there and of course, you can find our all about it here in The Muncie Minute! We have a new mini-task this week and it is off to a great start. We have come up with a tag line and mascot, now all we need is graphics to go with it. Head on over to the Branch Promotion Ideas thread to offer your services! Sorry this was late this week. I have been pretty sick since Sunday night, so I guess you stay away from my desk until the end of the week. It should be safe by then. I promise wash my hands lots and use sanitizer. Head on over to the Branch Recruitment thread and post lots! It helps to keep DMI- Muncie at the top of that thread. Have a great week and earn those SB’s!
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