Greetings Elves of Sector 5. I’m at the North Pole awaiting the start of the Elf Supervisor meetings.
When I arrived here there was a packet of information sitting on my desk in the little cubicle they give us here at North Pole Flight Command. In the packet is a report called “Sector Status”.
It is a report that give updated numbers related to our sector from last Christmas and it compares that information to what they know about the sector as of today.
It has statistics such as how many believers are in our sector, the average delivery time for Santa’s sleigh, etc. Some of it is very boring information.
But some of it is interesting as it relates to elves.
For example, after a winter of reviewing records and activity from last Christmas, they tell us that as of today, we have 31,485,231 tracker elves working in sector 5. At the time Santa delivered last year we had more than 50 million tracker elves tracking Santa for Santa.
Where did they all go?
Well, some were never active in the first place. Some people sign up to be elves then never show up to work.
Some just quit during the season.
Others leave because we ask them to because….of behavior issues.
Some we just lose track of. They move and we can reach them and we don’t hear from them again.
This is all interesting information.
It tells me what we need to work on in the months ahead.
Now, I have no idea what direction Elf Crash Murphy is going to give us this weekend. I don’t know yet what Santa wants of us as tracker elves and I don’t even know if we will hear from Santa himself.
But this report gives me some clues.
I can tell you right now I have a number in my head of how many elves I want reporting come November 1st.
Why do I want a new number of elves?
Because strength comes from numbers. As the biggest Sector on the map in terms of elves every year we know our information for Santa is going to be better. More elves reporting simply means better flying information for Santa.
And that’s important.
Because Sector 5 is not just the biggest sector for elves but it is also the sector that has the most believers.
Do you realize what that means?
It means Santa has to work harder and faster in our Sector than anywhere else in the world. It means he has to do more in our Sector than in any other sector.
And he gets to our Sector LAST.
So, having the number of elves be very high in Sector 5 is very important. It is the start of getting Santa all the information he needs to be successful.
So here’s my prediction: one focus will be on recruiting new elves in Sector 5 this year.
I’m excited by the new recruiting process put into place by Santa and Elf Moe here at SantaTrackers.net. An elf can come here, sign up as a Junior Tracker, and prove himself.
If he or she is good, I get to promote them to the Elf Community and make them a North Pole elf.
I don’t know yet how that works. I’m sure they’re going to tell us.
It’s a screening process for sure. But I like being a part of it. I can’t wait to hear more about it.
As usual, the quality of our reporting needs to be top notch. I think that’s one of the biggest parts of being an Elf Supervisor.
Right now, as we head into July, the process of building great reports – and thus great information for Santa – begins by assembling a team of elves that will work with me in the Regional Tracking Center. Then comes the announcement of the location of the Regional Tracking Center.
By the time the 1st of August rolls around we will be in that new tracking center, somewhere in Sector 5.
And we will start reporting things for Santa.
I hope you’re ready!
