Guys, three things I need your responses on:
1. Can we make a bit of a list of memberships and awards that have been used in petitions that are getting approved? For instance, Kanchan's petition can be referenced now. We'll use it to improve our Memberships, Judging, Awards guide.
2. What's the status of the GRE and Fee Waiver blogs? They are very time-sensitive.
3. Finally, I'm hoping that you guys can reduce your dependence on @Femke for the reviews now. The goal while initially involving her was to coach you guys into deciphering what's right vs what's wrong. I feel you guys should need LESS of that support now, not zero. Hence, while she'd like to continue checking the final versions of the petitions, doing 3-4 petition reviews per day isn't her role and you guys will need to take up this one as a team. For each review (that I expect to happen just as frequently still), please have team meetings and share feedback in writing. Why is it needed here in writing? Three reasons. 1. Helps me/Fem know you guys did it. 2. Helps us see who's performing best. 3. Helps the changes come into writing so the person who is working on the petition can fix them later. If they aren't in writing, they'll possibly miss some changes.
For example, the recent petition from @Aarchi Rajdev. Basic things such as adding the wrong duration of Experience (Jan 2025 - Jan 2025 as an example) coiuld have been pointed out easily in team reviews. Other things such as not referencing Google scholar, citations, impact factor etc. have been made excuses on later. I expect these things to be taken care of now in team reviews as these are becoming fairly repetitive and some of you guys are performing better than others. During team meetings, these things can be easily resolved.
Please start going through the documents in team meetings today. Keep the 2-3 PM time intact for the meetings. It would be worrisome to me if you guys don't need to fight for the slot as there are many reviews to be done daily, and not doing these would generally be remiss to duties in your petitions. Let's give @Femke back her old role of sales and not have her do two jobs. We've taught everything we know and are not refusing future reviews, but are only willing to do the final file reviews from here on out.
Also, another protocol not being followed: Changes to previously reviewed petitions are not being mentioned while sharing the files. Do not expect either Fem or your team members to read your entire petition. Specifically mention which parts changed/need review.
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