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From: "NColeman" <>
Subject: Re: Contacting researchers
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 00:37:09 -0400


Brava. I thoroughly agree.
Best regards. Nancy.
NColeman

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-----Original Message-----
From: Myra V Gormley <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Contacting researchers


>There can be other factors involved also. During the months
of my mother's
>final illness when I was flying back and forth between
Oklahoma and Seattle
>to look after her, my mail piled up, including one from an
irate
>professional who took it upon herself to send me a $15
check along with a
>request to look up some records in my home county.
>
>She did not bother to inquire first whether I could/would
accept the
>commission or what my rates were. The $15 would not have
begun to cover the
>work.
>
>I finally got back to her, but not timely enough evidently,
as she called me
>and accused me of "unprofessional conduct" even though I
explained I had
>just lost my mother and why I had not replied sooner.
>
>Needless to say I returned her $15 check, her letter, and
put a little black
>mark by her name in the directory.
>
>I don't know how other professionals handle this, but I
prefer to be
>conducted first to see if I can or will accept a particular
commission.
>
>Allbest,
>
>
>Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG
>
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