Yo! (which means young'un) - I DO read everything you write. I just still don't get how you would KNOW ahead of time that you would need to write an email. And therefore, I AM saying that yes, it is not a good use of a T's time to have them read a list of your friends' names who are out of town.

uzzled:
The - rather, "a" - woman who fired me, wrote a document copied out of a manual of HOW to write a computer spec, instead of actually writing the user requirements. She kept her job because she was shtupping the VP. So until I get a Pulitzer for my writing, I think notes to T's should be short.
Don't give me this 'why does she put up with me" - now you sound like MY mother! That's not good!
Lots of good advice from the masses here. And hey, what are we, chopped liver? You can't write to us?