Legal Writing

Writing Clinic #2: Dear Co-Owners

By Daniel Scocco

It is time for another edition of the Writing Clinic. This week we have an article that one of our readers wrote for his company’s annual report. If you want to submit a piece for the writing clinic, please email it to daniel@dailywritingtips.com.

Before

Dear Co-owners

Once again, it is that time of the year when the entire FEI Family meets over a session of important facts and figures that unveil support, faith, and prayer, besides growth charts.

I look forward to the AGM every year. It gives me a feeling of close interaction with the five sets of my family – my blood family (my mother, daughter and son), my employees, my shareholders, my vendors and my customers.

To transform this meeting into a small celebration, I have chosen the only festival I commemorate, that is The Founder?s Day, birthday of our co-founder and my life partner Shailaja. I strongly believe, her presence in spirit will continue to steer our organization to greater heights. On my part, I am now more determined than ever to realize the FEI of her dreams.

At FEI, we have always been trying to do things differently – taking calculated risks to reach or experience a whiff of freshness at the pinnacle. It is true that disturbances in the global economy have slowed down our expansion plans, but let me reassure you that we will go ahead with our growth strategies at the most opportune moment.

The paucity of key personnel continues to worry us. Nevertheless, your company is in an advanced stage of creating a dedicated Logistics institute to receive a steady supply of the right people – trained our way, to our requirements and based on our corporate philosophy of ?Aiming Higher.?

Thanks to FEI Duniya, Teri Yaad Mein, ICE Awards and the activities of Shailaja Nair Foundation, FEI has established a very special place in the industry. We will continue to work hard and smart to steer your company along the gradient of growth.

Before I conclude, allow me to place on record, my gratitude to all our Directors, Management, Group Employees, Customers, Vendors, Worldwide Partners, Bankers, Government Bodies, Auditors, Company Secretary, Well-wishers, and as much importantly, the shareholders of FEI Cargo Limited.

Thank you for placing your strong faith in me and my team.

With warm regards,

Nishith

After

Dear Co-owners:

It?s that time of the year again when the entire FEI family meets over a session of important facts, figures and the occasional growth charts. It?s that time to share support, faith and prayer.

I eagerly look forward to the AGM every year. It gives me a feeling of close interaction with my five families: blood family, employees, shareholders, vendors and customers.

To transform this meeting into a small celebration, I have chosen to coincide the meeting with the only festival I commemorate ? The Founder?s Day. This day marks the birthday of our co-founder and my life partner, Shailaja.  I strongly believe that her presence, in spirit, will continue to steer our organization to unprecedented heights. For my part, I am now more determined than ever to realize the FEI of her dreams.

At FEI, we have always tried to do things differently. We have taken calculated risks to experience and maintain a fresh culture that is laser-focused on being the best. While fluctuations in the global economy have slowed our expansion plans, let me reassure you that we will march forward at the most opportune moment.

The lack of key personnel continues to worry us. Nevertheless, we are in an advanced stage of creating a dedicated logistics institute to introduce a steady stream of qualified people. These hires will be expertly trained to our requirements and deeply grounded in our corporate philosophy of ?Aiming Higher.?
Thanks to FEI Duniya, Teri Yaad Mein, ICE Awards and the activities of Shailaja Nair Foundation, FEI has established a unique place in the industry.  We will continue to work hard and efficient to steer your company along the trajectory of growth.

Before I conclude, I?d like to my gratitude to our directors, management teams, group employees, customers, vendors, worldwide partners, bankers, government bodies, auditors, the company secretary, well-wishers and, equally important, the shareholders of FEI Cargo Limited.

My team and I thank you for placing your unwavering faith in us.

With warm regards,

Nishith

Comments

First of all many sentences were broken down in two or more, with full periods added to separate the thoughts more clearly. You can see this in the first, fourth and last paragraphs.

Secondly, some sentences and paragraphs were edited for brevity. Here is one example:

“I look forward to the AGM every year. It gives me a feeling of close interaction with the five sets of my family – my blood family (my mother, daughter and son), my employees, my shareholders, my vendors and my customers.”

After the editing this paragraph looked like this:

“I eagerly look forward to the AGM every year. It gives me a feeling of close interaction with my five families: blood family, employees, shareholders, vendors and customers.”

Finally, the spelling of some words was corrected. For example, “to our Directors, Management, Group Employees, Customers, Vendors…” became “to our directors, management teams, group employees, customers…” (i.e., the initial capital letters were removed).

The Writing Clinic column is a collaboration between our blog and Gramlee.com, a company that provides grammar checks, proofreading and copy editing services.

Full post as published by Daily Writing Tips on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).