{"id":2593,"date":"2017-01-12T02:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2022-10-02T15:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T19:57:58","slug":"dg-pud-cover-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/dg-pud-cover-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"PUD Cover Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do NOT<\/em> edit any of it<\/strong>, with the following exceptions:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Replace the placeholder \u201cXxxxx\u201d in the salutation with the name of your main\/technical contact in whatever way you are referring to him\/her\u00a0\u2014 for example:\n
      \n
    • Dear Mr. Smith (the formal default)
      \n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Richard (if now on a first-name basis)
      \n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Rich (if he also goes by a \u201cnickname\u201d he has shared)
      \n\u2013\u00a0NOT<\/em><\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Mr. Richard Smith (awkward, form-letterish)<\/li>\n
    • Dear Ms. Jones (the formal default)
      \n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Susan (if now on a first-name basis)
      \n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Sue (if she also goes by a \u201cnickname\u201d she has shared)
      \n\u2013\u00a0NOT<\/em><\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Ms. Susan Jones (awkward, form-letterish)<\/li>\n
    • In other words, if you are not on a first-name basis and, thus, refer to him\/her with Mr. or Ms. or Dr., etc. being a title of respect, then just use their last name, not first and last.\u00a0 Note that professionally, Ms. is often used over Mrs. or Miss and eliminates the risk of inaccurately identifying her as married or unmarried, respectively.\u00a0 Of course, Dr. is the appropriate professional title for someone, male or female, with a doctorate degree (Ph.D., D.Ed., M.D., D.O, D.D.S, etc.) and there are other more specific ones like Prof., Dean, Judge, Senator, \u2026 that may be appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Replace the placeholder \u201cDddd\u201d with the weekday<\/strong> name (e.g., Monday, Tuesday, \u2026) corresponding to the day of the week that you send it; i.e., if you send it on a Tuesday, then Dddd would be replaced with the word Tuesday.<\/li>\n
    • If the name at the upper left (as part of the contact information) is incorrect, please change it and let the SCD program director know your technical contact has changed (and to whom).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Again, do not edit the body other than the day, as noted.\u00a0 It has specific messaging intended for your customer to help him\/her understand the progression of your work.\u00a0 It also is intended for your eyes for the same purpose<\/strong>; as such, you should each read this letter to reinforce in your mind where you are headed in the coming weeks. \u00a0Finally, it also serves as an example<\/strong>; as your project progresses you will need to write more and more of the release cover letters on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \u00a9 2017, William J. Endres<\/td>\nUpdated August 18, 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Do NOT edit any of it, with the following exceptions: Replace the placeholder \u201cXxxxx\u201d in the salutation with the name of your main\/technical contact in whatever way you are referring to him\/her\u00a0\u2014 for example: Dear Mr. Smith (the formal default) \u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Richard (if now on a first-name basis) \u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Rich (if he also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2730,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}