It has been noted that food is not always go for a reward, but I know when I need the assistance of the masses to achieve a large project, I tend to use food as an incentive. I have to say I am a good cook and when I mention that I am going to have Chicken Marsala and Gorgonzola Garlic Bread, I get more volunteers. -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dusty Hibbs Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Let them eat cake! (fomerly staff morale) I recently had an intern who finished quite a large project. I took him = to lunch and bought him a $10 gift card to the local video store so that = he and his wife might enjoy a weekend on me. I think it's also important= to include interns as well (if you have them) because I vividly remember = being an underpaid (if paid at all) intern working through college. = While an intern myself, I had the wonderful experience of working with an= Archievs secretary who would get up at 5:00 am and make a special birthda= y cake for that particular birthday person. MMMM, warm chocolate pound cak= e was always waiting on you first thing in the morning on your birthday. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>