Date: 12:00pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Harry Potter (Chief Warlock of The Wizengamot)
To: Wizengamot Staff List, Ministry Staff List, Hogwarts Staff List, Ambassador List, Family List
Subject: Introduction
Good morning everybody,
Our beloved Minister has asked me to explain this new system to the group at large. She thinks that - given her general knowledge of muggle technology and the fact she is currently revising the budget - I would be the best person to tell you how the memos will work, who is on the list, and the various options you can use.
Firstly - the way they work is pretty simple. You write on the memo pad, and it will copy it to whomever you have addressed it to. It will also keep an archive copy by default (since we are sometimes going to use this for Ministry business) but you can turn that off if you include the No-Archive option.
The addressing options are also relatively simple. The "To" field directs a memo to a person or group of people, while the "Copy To" field lets you include people on the memo, mostly for information purposes. There is also a "Blind Copy" field - this will copy people, but without anyone else knowing.
You should generally include a "Subject", and if responding to someone the subject should be prefixed "Re:", and as I mentioned before, there are various "Options" -No-Archive, High Importance and so on. You'll figure it out as you go along. Most of you are pretty smart, and those of you who aren't (and yes, I am mostly talking to Severus and Sirius) can probably ask your girlfriends for help.
Finally, to make things easier, there are five groups currently set up - the ones at the top. If you send a memo to one of the groups, it will include everyone in that group, unless you specifically state otherwise.
Ministry Staff - this is made up of the people in our group who work for The Ministry, and includes Luna Potter (our beloved Minister and my gorgeous and adorable wife), Susan Bones (her assistant), Miss Smith (her bodyguard), Lucy Doyle (D-DMLE), Ron Weasley (Head Auror), Sirius Black (Ambassador to The ICW) and Bella Black (Director of The Auror Academy).
Wizengamot Staff - this is made up of the people in our group who work for The Wizengamot, and includes me (obviously), Hannah Abbot-Bones (my assistant and wife of Susan Bones), Miss Owens (my bodyguard), Percy Weasley (Chief Justice) and Padma Patil (Liaison to The Council).
Ambassador Staff - these are the Ambassadors we are "friends" with, and yes - I know how patronizing or strange that sounds, but generally for something of this length I have a speech writer helping me and so far I think I am doing pretty well although now I realise I am starting to ramble a bit, so I will get back on topic and tell you that it includes Fleur Delacour-Krum (Ambassador to The Veela Kingdom), Dudley Dursley (my cousin and Ambassador to The Court of St James), Emily Brown (Ambassador to The Volturi) and Remus Lupin (Ambassador to The Werewolf Nation)
Hogwarts Staff - these are the staff at Hogwarts (which, I am guessing, you could have figured out yourself), and includes Tom Riddle (the illustrious Headmaster), Hermione Weasley (Deputy Headmistress, wife of young Ronald and a woman who loves going by the name Minnie, no matter what she might say), Draco Malfoy (Chair of The Board of Governors), Ginny Malfoy-Weasley (flying instructor and wife of Master Draco), Claire Dursley (Head of the PTA and my cousin-in-law, and yes, Minnie, that is a proper term whatever you might say) and Amalie Deveaux (Potions Mistress and, if my sources are correct, current paramour of Mistress Bella?)
and finally
Family staff - which is everyone else, and includes James Potter (Owner of Flourish and Blotts and my father), Lily Potter (part owner of Milly's Potions and my mother), Merope Gaunt (mother of Headmaster Riddle and part owner of Milly's Potions), Viktor Krum (Seeker for Puddlemere United and husband of our Veela Ambassador), Severus Snape (owner of The Apothecary) and Lucile Ollivander (owner of Ollivanders and current paramour of Severus).
Hopefully this will give you all the information you need to start using the memo system, and to make sure that - if you are planning a surprise party for Minnie in around two weeks, you can remember not to include her on the list (So you would put To: Hogwarts Staff List excluding Hermione Weasley).
And for those of us who are married, or involved, if you have the urge to write secret loves notes to your better half, try not to copy them to everyone, because I can promise you there will be a suitable amount of mocking that follows such a mistake. Unless I do it, then you are all forbidden from mocking me!
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to memo me, unless the question is "why isn't the memo system working", then floo me.
Kindest Regards,
Harry.
(You can also feel free to define a "signature", where by you can list all your credentials, titles and other such things, but again - mocking).
xoxox
Date: 12:12pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Hermione Weasley (who does not want to be called Minnie ever again)
To: Harry Potter
Subject: Re:Introduction
So I'm having a secret party?
xoxox
Date: 12:52pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Harry Potter
To: Hermione Weasley (who doesn't realise she doesn't have a choice)
Subject: Re:Introduction And Secret Parties
He who would keep a secret must keep it secret that he hath a secret to keep.
xoxox
Date: 1:30pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Hermione Weasley (Fine, call me Minnie)
To: Harry Potter (I think I shall call you Potsy)
Subject: Re:Introduction and Secret Parties
Who said that?
xoxox
Date: 1:42pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Harry Potter (Potsy? I couldn't be Richie or The Fonz?)
To: Hermione Weasley (aka HDH Weasley)
Subject:Re:Introduction And Secret Parties
That would be me. Didn't you see my name at the top?
xoxox
Date: 2:21pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Hermione Weasley (HDH Weasley? I could get use to that)
To: Harry Potter (You don't have enough cool to be The Fonz)
Subject: Hardie-hah-hah
I would've thought the most powerful man in the country would tell better jokes. Guess I was wrong!
xoxox
Date: 5:00pm, 1st September, 2010
From: Luna Potter
To: Ministry Staff List, Wizengamot Staff List, Ambassador Staff List, Family List
Copy To: Hogwarts Staff List
Subject: Hermione's Secret Birthday Party
Just kidding.
I wanted to say thank you to my beloved husband, and to remind everyone that our first annual "The kids have all gone to Hogwarts so we can have a proper party tonight round our place say 8ish, bring a bottle" party starts tonight at around 7:30pm, with a half-hour delay for rain.
And to the Hogwarts Staff, since you are now looking after all our children, I guess you will have to nominate who comes, or just trust that the castle won't burn down while you're away. But with Callista and Thomas in your first year class, not to mention Natalie and Jamie, I wouldn't put money on it :)
Love ya,
LL.