Monday, July 07, 2003
Sign Here Damnit
Today’s the deadline for programs to submit their grant agreements for the upcoming year. And by “Deadline” I mean “suggested submission date.” Nothing dies if somebody gets their paperwork to me a little late. Not in direct response, anyway. So we’ve got 99 programs all submitting 2 copies of 4-page agreements with an attached exhibit page, all of which have to get a control form, a programs name form with a circle to show which program in particular we’re dealing with, and “sign here” tabs for our Director and Executive Director. It’s a lot of paper to shuffle, so I’m not inclined to cut people too much slack when they get the instructions wrong. To the CEO who uses blue ink and a scanned signature - here’s your non-signed documents back, and try using a PEN this time. Sneaky twirp. And a special prize goes to “K”, who failed to remove the post-it note on the signature page reading, “K - forge this! Robyn”. K, I hate to spoil the surprise, but you’re gonna see those contracts again shortly, with a terse note asking you to confirm that the signatures are original. We’re leaving the post-it where we found it.
People. Sheesh.
