Name and any other identifying information was changed or removed.
This particular hobbyiest's first email communication with me, ended with...
"Any chance you would be interested in meeting with me?"
To which my response to him was...
Dear SoAndSo Hobbyiest,
Any chance I would be interested in meeting with you? Are you kidding me?!?! First of all, a big hats of to you, and thank you, thank you, thank you!
Congratulations, you just made my absolute day, probably my week!
What did you do? It was your email, it was actually informative. It had everything I needed to try and start screening, And Oh My God, you actually took the time to write an intro about about you. And it appears, you put good amount of thought into as well. It even has a review board handle too! I'm so giddy I could dance.
You even complimented me, and said I was pretty. Thank you, that means so much!
You did absolutely everything right, and you hadnt even seen my website yet to know what I would want for screening, but you offered up enough info to get the ball rolling! Not only that, you did it all in one failed swoop, without me having to ask, beg, plead, or pull teeth to get anything.
I quit doing all of that BTW. My remedy to all that? The delete button, works like a charm.
Okay, being as I just heard from you 15 minuets ago, I havent officially got to screen you yet, but, I have a week to still do that, but in my book, YOU'RE SCREENED!
The big question is not, IF, I will see, but how many hours, until I GET, to see you. Come on, next Tuesday! Good golly sakes alive, I cant wait till next Tuesday!
Jaycee