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How drafts are written

About you

NephAI uses these to recognise mail meant for you and to sign your messages correctly.

Your name

How NephAI refers to you.

Your email address

The address you sign in with. It cannot be changed here.

Your timezone

Every time NephAI shows you, and every meeting it proposes, uses this.

Your calling

Used when NephAI signs a message as you, and to judge what falls to you rather than someone else.

Language you prefer

NephAI writes to you, and drafts for you, in this language.

Other names people use for you

So NephAI recognises a message meant for you even when it is not addressed to your full name. Separate them with commas.

Your stake or unit

Appears where NephAI signs on your behalf.

Anything else NephAI should always know about you

One or two lines. It uses this to judge what matters to you and how to pitch what it writes.

How you write

The starting point for every message NephAI drafts as you. The more you give it here, the more your drafts sound like you rather than like a machine.

Your voice

How every draft should sound before anything narrows it — for example “warm but brief, plain language, no jargon.”

Sample writing

Good morning sister Chipman,

So good to hear from you! Thank you for being so proactive in preparing for stake conference. I appreciate you ordering the translation equipment and following up on the A/C.

I wanted to clarify the dates: our stake conference is actually June 13-14, not June 23-24. Please make sure the inspection and preparations are aligned with these correct dates.

As for other items, I'll defer to brother Hernandez (CC'd) to let you know if there's anything else the technician should look at while on site.

Thank you for your support.

Regards,
President Ortolano
President, Surrey B.C. Stake
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Hi bishop Layton,

Thank you for checking on this. You're correct that church policy requires at least one of the couple to be a member for a bishop or stake president to officiate. If Aidan confirms he's not a member and Kate isn't either, we won't be able to perform the ceremony. I appreciate you following up with him and clarifying the requirement. Let me know what he says.

Regarding sister Smith's membership council, thank you for the heads up. I'll watch for any documents that come through from Church headquarters. If nothing arrives in the next few days, we can assume there wasn't a prior council on record.
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Hi President Riquelme,

How are you, my friend!? Just a kind reminder that you will be conducting our High Council meeting this Wednesday.

If possible, it would be greatly appreciated if the brethren could receive an agenda ahead of time with the items they should come prepared to discuss, share, and report on. Last week, I mistakenly thought it was high council night and shared a few ideas for discussion, so those could be included or adapted as you feel appropriate.

Thank you in advance for your help.

President Ortolano
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Hi President Smith,

The email is good - let's proceed. Let me know if you need anything else from me or to help endorse or push anything beyond yours and bro Umbach's efforts.

Please, go ahead.

Thank you,
President Ortolano
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Hi brother Williams,

Please take on the coordination and execution of this assignment. Please ask and invite the following bishops and their respective units to participate as per the instructions:

- Brookswood
- Surrey 1st
- Surrey 5th

Our panel contact is Jared Poff (saintspanel@churchofjesuschrist.org). Please coordinate directly with him.

Thank you,
President Ortolano
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Hi President Smith and brother Umbach,

This looks like a solid plan. There is not much to add. I like the structure, the proposals, and the coordination happening between you and brother Umbach.

A few thoughts:

Let's move ahead with calling the two stake youth advisers. Do you already have names in mind, or should I ask the Young Men and Young Women presidents for recommendations?

Let's also proceed with calling brother Pilling as proposed. Approved. Please inform bishop Layton and give him a heads-up.

Institute on Thursday evenings sounds worth exploring. Should you develop that proposal a little further before we bring it to the bishops?

I will plan to attend and preside at the September training. Please let me know once you have settled on the date so I can block it on my calendar.

Please proceed. I trust you both. Let's do it.

I love you,
President Ortolano
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Hi Bishop,

As I was reviewing the wards' monthly financial statements, I wondered whether you have had an opportunity to discuss the Figueroas' rent situation. So far, we have provided approximately $12,000 in assistance in 2026, and I want to ensure we have a plan to help the family move forward.

Please place this matter near the top of your agenda and counsel with your Relief Society and elders quorum presidencies. My concern is never the amount spent, but the recurring nature and frequency of the assistance. You are the one with the keys to discern the best course of action. However, monitoring and following up are important parts of our responsibility.

Thank you for all you do. I love and appreciate you.

President Ortolano

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How your sent mail ends

The line you usually close with. NephAI removes it when learning from your sent mail so your sign-off is not mistaken for your writing.

Sounding different in different settings

You write differently to a bishop than to a colleague or your family. NephAI picks the right one from who the message is to. Leave any of them blank and it uses your general voice above.

Stake President

Stake and ward correspondence

How this voice differs

Warm, brotherly, direct, and brief. A presiding stake president writing to trusted colleagues: friendly and encouraging, always dignified, never gushing, never preachy, never stiff. Greetings like "Hi bishop Layton," "Hi brother Umbach," "Good morning sister Chipman," (lowercase brother/sister/bishop before a name), "Brethren," for groups. When someone has done real work, open with genuine, specific appreciation for it, then the point, then any ask phrased as a direct question ("Can we plan for that? What do you think?"). Approvals are crisp: "Approved.", "Let's proceed.", "Please, go ahead.". Delegation names the person, the task, and the date. Always concrete: dates, times, names, assignments. An occasional exclamation mark is fine; no all-caps, no over-the-top enthusiasm. Spiritual language only when the moment calls for it, one warm line, never a sermon. Expressions of trust and love ("I trust you both.", "I love and appreciate you.") are natural with leaders he serves closely, never in formal or first-contact emails. Never use em-dashes. Never open with "Thank you for your email."

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CIO

Work, vendors, staff, and peers

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Personal

Family, friends, and everything else

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