Dear Harry,

We are pleased to inform you of your promotion within our company. Starting the first of next month, you will begin your new position as manager of the Fulfillment Department. During your years as a member of the Fulfillment Department staff, you have made many _____(1) to the productivity and smooth operation of the department.

We have always valued your dedication to your job, and now we are pleased to be able _____(2) your hard work and fine skills with this promotion.

We know you will do a wonderful job. The Personnel Department will contact you soon regarding the changes in your salary and benefits. We _____(3) welcoming you to your new position next month.

Sincerely,

Madeline Kovacs

President

To: John Miller
From: Linda Tillman
Subject: Photos

Dear Mr. Miller,

Your customer record stated that you preferred to be contacted by e-mail, so I am e-mailing you to say that your photographs will not be ready for Saturday at 3 p.m. as discussed. One of our processing machines broke down yesterday. The repairman said the new part has to be specially ordered, and probably won't arrive for another four to five days. This means that the Belltown branch of Ace Photos only has one machine to process nearly 150 different orders. I noticed that you marked your order as "URGENT" on the processing request form; however, due to the circumstances our 24 hour service is no longer available. Your photos will probably be ready by Tuesday morning at the earliest. If you would rather have your photos processed at another Ace Photos location, we would be happy to mail them for you. We will cover all the delivery charges, and have the photos mailed directly to you when they are finished. Also, we would like to offer you $15 off the total order cost to compensate for any inconvenience this problem may have caused. Please call me at 1-800-652-3156 to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

Linda Tillman
Director Customer Relations

From: Helen Martin
To: All advertising associates
Subject: Employee Lunch

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to remind you all that the annual employee luncheon will be held this Friday, March 16th. It will be held at 1 p.m. at the Emerald Country Club. Lunch will be provided, but we would like each associate to bring one dessert. There is a sign-up sheet in the break room next to the water cooler. Also, this year we will be celebrating the achievements of Bob Hopey, the Director of Advertising, who will be retiring at the end of March. Mr. Hopey has worked for Best Advertising for thirty years, and was responsible for the successful merger with McKinley Advertising in 2004. He will be missed greatly, and we are asking each associate to contribute $25 for a goodbye gift. The gift will be handed to him at the luncheon. Please give the money to Barbara Whales in Human Resources by Thursday, March 15th.

Thanks,
Helen Martin

A disturbance in The Unity

Fans of Warren Diaz’s pop phenomenon sci-fi series, The Space Empire, will have to wait five additional months to see the fourth and final film of the movie series, The Unity. Thinkers Production announced today that the release of The Unity has been postponed to December 15 from July 21 in North America. The production company pushed back the release date in the hope that the Christmas season will bring more people to the theaters.

The success of the movie series was actually rather unexpected in the film industry as its first film, The March to Mars, was watched by a relatively low number of people. The second and third films of the series made in total of $3.2 billion, breaking records with impressive figures and shocking the whole industry.

To: Tiffany Allen (tallen@mavisaccounting.com)
From: Robert Brown(rbrown@mavisaccounting.com)
Date: December 18
Subject: The Unity

Hi Tiffany.

I just came back from New York this morning. During my vacation there, I had the chance to see the newest film of The Space Empire, The Unity, on its release day. It was just fantastic! I cannot believe the series is finished though. Well, the thing is that I watched the first two movies of the series, The March to Mars and The Great Mission, but not the third one. I think that is why I got a little confused watching the final episode. Nonetheless, it was a great movie, and I think you should watch it.

Sincerely,
Robert Brown

To: Robert Brown(rbrown@mavisaccounting.com)
From: Tiffany Allen(tallen@mavisaccounting.com)
Date: December 19
Subject: re: The Unity

Hi, Robert.

I am sorry for the late reply. As you may know, I was busy all day long yesterday preparing for the company seminar. I am glad you enjoyed your recent vacation. I actually watched The Unity with my family on December 17. It is indeed a very well-made movie. The final action scene took my breath away.

I can’t believe you haven’t seen The Collapse of the Throne yet! How could you possibly have missed it? I have a DVD of every episode of the series, so maybe we can watch the one you missed together sometime. Let me know when you are available.

Regards,
Tiffany Allen