{"id":2600,"date":"2017-01-12T05:05:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2023-02-12T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T19:21:58","slug":"dg-csr-cover-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/dg-csr-cover-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept Selection Review (CSR) \u2014 Cover Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Salutation<\/h2>\n<p>Repeating from the PUD\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Begin with the salutation.\u00a0 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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dear Mr. Smith (the formal default)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Richard (if now on a first-name basis)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Rich (if he also goes by a shared \u201cnickname\u201d)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<strong><em>NOT<\/em><\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Mr. Richard Smith (awkward, form-letterish)<\/li>\n<li>Dear Ms. Jones (the formal default)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Susan (if now on a first-name basis)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0OR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Sue (if she also goes by a shared \u201cnickname\u201d)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<strong><em>NOT<\/em><\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Ms. Susan Jones (awkward, form-letterish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Content<\/h2>\n<p>Your customer cover letter will begin by briefly describing what documents are accompanying it; this paragraph is already written for you and <strong>you should <em>NOT<\/em> edit it<\/strong>.\u00a0 There is also a pre-written third paragraph indicating where you are headed from here; <strong>do <em>NOT<\/em> edit this one either<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>AFTER<\/em> your review meeting and feedback is provided<\/strong>, you need to insert a second paragraph (replacing \u201cSTART SECOND PARAGRAPH HERE\u201d).\u00a0 Begin by including when the review meeting took place and who participated.\u00a0 Continue with a brief description of the outcome of your review, including any substantive suggestions\/feedback\/direction you received.<\/p>\n<p>Your added paragraphs must be short enough so that the entire letter (including the cc directives on the bottom) <strong>fits on one page<\/strong> without change of formatting (its already single-line spacing).<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a9 2017, William J. 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