It sounds like an in-petwon meeting to set some expectations for your on-call time. Tell them you'd like to meet to talk about their plans and needs so they don't have to check in at the last minute. Also take lots of contemporaneous notes in case it's ever needed. CYA Good luck!

Whatever it takes to make the magic happen.

I still want to shake every last person who "couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary."

Thee. Fixed it.

Seriously, is there an algorithm? It doesn't seem like it. Even Twitter knows to intersperse their propaganda with baby bunny pictures.