I’m a bit nervous and excited about launching this. It’s been a while in coming. The hope is that with frequent, regular, posts all of our membership will have a better idea of what’s happening in the Society. It may not be obvious but there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make this a better experience for everyone.
Check out “The Annealer” It’s going to become communication central. All announcements from the home office will show up there. The President’s Blog is there. There are plans to add a number of other news and information features in the future.
This week we’ve also launched the start of the ASGS texting campaign. It’s taken quite a while to pull together. Thanks to Don Gossard our contact at IMI it’s now functional and working. This new feature will allow members to select whether they prefer to be contacted via email or via text. The first step is to send an email to all members asking if they’d like to do texts or emails. (The irony of this does not escape me.) If you didn’t get that email you can hop on the website (on your phone or laptop) click on the “Contact Us” menu item on the home page and fill in the pop up form. OR send a text to the new ASGS texting number: (716) 558-9695 with a “Join” request and your email address in the text body. Here’s what I texted: Join erich.moraine.asgs@gmail.com I don’t understand why I need to give an email address in order to get texts but that’s what Constant Contact, our communication service provider, wants.
It’s going to take a few months to get the news out to those who absolutely positively do not use email. Feel free to help reconnect these folks with the ASGS and spread the word about texting.
Erich Moraine (President-elect)
