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Post by pumpkin on Jun 13, 2016 21:10:19 GMT -5
Congratulations, rusty ! Is it my imagination or is your avatar now smiling? Congrats to your fellow classmates marathon , luna , and mentor67 ! My avatar's hair has grayed over the past few weeks. His sly grin widened considerably today. Thanks for noticing. My classmate hapi2balj swears his avatar had brown hair at the start of the process but was grey by the time he got The Call! I like the smile very much!
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Post by numbersix on Jun 13, 2016 21:12:03 GMT -5
Rusty, Marathon, Luna and Mentor, congratulations! This was an epic Monday for our Board friends!
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Post by hapi2balj on Jun 13, 2016 21:33:41 GMT -5
My avatar's hair has grayed over the past few weeks. His sly grin widened considerably today. Thanks for noticing. My classmate hapi2balj swears his avatar had brown hair at the start of the process but was grey by the time he got The Call! I like the smile very much! It's true, although I certainly can't attribute it all to the ALJ applying/testing/interviewing/waiting/more waiting process. I was raising 5 kids (with Mrs. hapi) and my hair didn't have time to turn grey until our youngest graduated from HS last Spring. :-) At any rate, rusty, I'm with you, brother!
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Post by jagvet on Jun 14, 2016 0:54:16 GMT -5
Hey, everyone. Glad to see the new calls. I was out for religious holiday and my letter today came by UPS. It is hinted at in this thread, and I don't know if it's covered elsewhere, but my letter says there are three overlapping starts: June 27, July 11 and July 25. Keep the calls coming, SSA! I want to see whole board picked up!
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Post by Serious, J. on Jun 14, 2016 6:57:06 GMT -5
I wonder if the July 11 start date is limited to insiders. Going to FC one week after starting in the HO seems awfully short.
Insiders might not need three weeks in the HO to start, but I would think outsiders need that extra time.
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Post by february on Jun 14, 2016 7:11:08 GMT -5
There have been outsiders reporting a July 11 start date.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jun 14, 2016 7:37:33 GMT -5
There have been outsiders reporting a July 11 start date. Perhaps they are trying the 1 week before and then 2 weeks after class in FC in order to "double up" the class and reduce the burden on the instructors.
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Post by gary on Jun 14, 2016 8:05:49 GMT -5
There have been outsiders reporting a July 11 start date. Perhaps they are trying the 1 week before and then 2 weeks after class in FC in order to "double up" the class and reduce the burden on the instructors. It looks like the 7/11s are training with the 6/27s. See: aljdiscussion.proboards.com/post/103262
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Post by gary on Jun 14, 2016 8:12:25 GMT -5
Maybe they ran out of time for doing the paperwork for 6/27 and rather than shorting the 7/18 FC training class are filling it out with 7/11 HO starters.
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Post by anotherfed on Jun 14, 2016 8:22:29 GMT -5
I am glad to see ODAR exercising some flexibility -- it's about time. Although I know it is shocking -- just shocking -- that people have lives and plans outside of this process, if TPTB want to go forward with a full class, they will have to be flexible to accommodate pre-scheduled vacations, closing practices, etc.
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Post by gary on Jun 14, 2016 8:27:54 GMT -5
I am glad to see ODAR exercising some flexibility -- it's about time. Although I know it is shocking -- just shocking -- that people have lives and plans outside of this process, if TPTB want to go forward with a full class, they will have to be flexible to accommodate pre-scheduled vacations, closing practices, etc. For some hires maybe. But there are others who would be much more low maintenance. For example: I could start tomorrow!™
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Post by Gaidin on Jun 14, 2016 8:28:37 GMT -5
I hope we see a lot of calls today. I want to welcome a number of folks to this side of the looking glass.
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Post by willsdad on Jun 14, 2016 9:28:27 GMT -5
@anotherfed is right. As long as I've followed this process, I've never seen such obvious signs of ODAR's commitment to a big hire. It's following through on its commitment to Congress. As a hopeful, I'm encouraged.
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Post by sophie22 on Jun 14, 2016 10:36:23 GMT -5
Yesterday was fun!!! Hope today goes just as well for the members of this board!!
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Post by seaside on Jun 14, 2016 10:47:13 GMT -5
I'm pulling for you all!! Keep those calls coming!
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Post by hondo35 on Jun 14, 2016 10:57:11 GMT -5
I am glad to see ODAR exercising some flexibility -- it's about time. Although I know it is shocking -- just shocking -- that people have lives and plans outside of this process, if TPTB want to go forward with a full class, they will have to be flexible to accommodate pre-scheduled vacations, closing practices, etc. For some hires maybe. But there are others who would be much more low maintenance. For example: I could start tomorrow!™ I could start tomorrow!™ also. (Royalty check is in the mail!)
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Post by greendog on Jun 14, 2016 12:12:09 GMT -5
Ok, one more time. Calls are not going to happen today. They just won't.
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Post by willsdad on Jun 14, 2016 12:14:01 GMT -5
Ok, one more time. Calls are not going to happen today. They just won't. Hey, it's worked before.
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Post by gary on Jun 14, 2016 12:16:34 GMT -5
Ok, one more time. Calls are not going to happen today. They just won't. On behalf of myself and the others hoping for a call, thank you for the voodoo you do.
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Post by fingerscrossed on Jun 14, 2016 12:18:16 GMT -5
Congrats to all those who received calls yesterday and today. The day is not over, let's hope the calls keep coming. Good luck!
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