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.