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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

48.0. "Real Human Relations Introductions " by JETSAM::HANAUER (Mike Hanauer, 223-5991, PKO1/F3) Tue Aug 26 1986 17:45

Have been reading Human_Relations for a while now, but just signed in.

Noticed something interesting: When people introduce themselves, they 
rarely say much; and what is said is often little more than name and
position at Digital.  This seems especially strange since this 
conference is oriented toward people issues among individuals.

WHY NOT TELL US WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND TO YOURSELF so that the 
introductions are a bit more meaningful.

There are possible reasons I guess:
	People sometimes define themselves by their jobs.
	It's "easier" to just state the facts, and not think about yourself.
	Maybe even Notes introductions make people anxious.
	...


Discussion...

		Mike
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48.1QUARK::LIONELReality is frequently inaccurateTue Aug 26 1986 18:046
    I agree, and it's also why I suggested in the intro that people
    make references to their EUREKA::WHOAREYOU entry, if they have one
    - with the implication that if they don't, they could write one.
    I too like to know a bit about who is participating - it helps me
    understand their contributions better.
    					Steve (WHOAREYOU #572)
48.2Who are we?JUNIPR::DMCLUREVaxnote your way to ubiquityThu Aug 28 1986 13:2311
	Anyone who doesn't know everything there is to know about me by
    now just doesn't read this notesfile.  But, just in case you're new to
    this file and don't care to read the historical stuff (as well as wanting
    to see my recent update information), I'm note # 655.0 & .1 in the 
    EUREKA::WHOAREYOU notesfile.

	Press KP7 to select this conference (or simply type the following:)

	ADD ENTRY EUREKA::WHOAREYOU

								-davo
48.3AKOV68::BOYAJIANForever On PatrolThu Sep 04 1986 05:148
    To my mind, an "introduction" is exactly that --- you tell folks
    who you are, and a few other (what you think are) salient facts.
    
    I find it difficult to itemize what I'm like inside my head. I'd
    rather that people find out what I'm like from what I write as
    responses to the topics in here.
    
    --- jerry
48.4normal protectionHANNAH::OSMANsee HANNAH::IGLOO$:[OSMAN]ERIC.VT240Thu Sep 10 1992 11:467
I find it natural to *not* want to reveal too much of myself at first.  If
I gradually feel more safe, I say more.  I assume others also don't want
to spill their guts in first introduction.

/Eric