This tip is for anyone who communicates by e-mail, not just those labeled "communicators." When you e-mail someone, make sure you identify yourself! I may just need to vent after several e-mails in the last few weeks violated this courtesy, but that does not diminish the importance of this simple act.

Remeber that if you're e-mailing someone you have never e-mailed or for whom that is the slightest change he or she may not immediately identify you, include your name and your connection to him or her in the BODY OF THE MESSAGE. I emphasize that because some people rely on their e-mail address to identify their name for them, but that does not suffice. The only time you can get away with not identifying your name is when replying to a message. You can also use your own judgement for close relationships.

The messages I have received recently that are particularly troublesome are the ones in which people ask their information to be published, but I don't know who they are, what their organization is (and how it would connect to the synod), or why I should publish their information. My inclination in these circumstances is to just hit "delete."

So remember:
Unless it's completed
You might get deleted!