An e-mail meant to inform a small number of Canadians that they had been chosen to become volunteers for the 2010 games - and inviting them to a training session on how to handle their duties - instead went out to the committee's entire mailing list.

Spokeswoman Donna Wilson said it was an honest mistake on the part of VANOC employees.

"The team, when they sent out the invitations, instead of sending it out to 80, unfortunately they sent it out to over 36,000 of our applicants," Wilson said.

On Friday the employees began apologizing to the more than 4,000 disappointed people who answered the e-mail.

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