by Steve Mallory
The Mentor Certification Program has gotten off to a decent start! We have had six people certify this month, which is just in time for the ending of fiscal year 2004. Certifications for the next 12 months will be identified as 2005. Many of you already meet the minimum prerequisite of 150 posts. I strongly urge you to certify and for everyone else to be more active on the message board. This site is about on-line stroke support and we are relying on everyone to make this site all that it can be.
If you frequent the message board then you have probably noticed the Email link on the board. Hopefully, this week, the board will be integrated with our StrokeNet Web Mail. This means that when you login to the message board you will automatically be logged into Web Mail. I am trying to work it out so that existing email accounts will share in this feature and not just the new accounts. Also, you will be able to open an email account from the message board by going to My Controls. Please join everyone in making this a significant characteristic of our organization. Remember, you can choose either of the following email addresses:
( your-name@strokesurvivor.net
( your-name@caregiver.strokesurvivor.net
( your-name@family.strokesurvivor.net
( your-name@friend.strokesurvivor.net
We had our first Chat 101 class this month. It is a new service by our organization and will hopefully help out many members in the future. Several members were brainstorming this month. It was suggested that we hold a training class for members who would like to chat but aren’t quite sure how to do it. Host Pam will be holding the class again and possibly once per month. Pam is going to try to do whatever she can to make chat a more appealing type of on-line stroke support. She hosts chat, daily in the afternoon, in our private chat room. You can enter the chat room by either going to the message board and clicking the Chat link or by going to the Members Area and clicking the applicable link.
Next month, October 1st, is the annual fundraiser. We will be having another Golf Tournament to raise funds for our non-profit organization. Pictures will be posted on the corporate web site at http://www.strokenetwork.net/
We have put together basic information about the organization and web site in a brochure. It’s really very professional looking. Anybody needing brochures for the organization can request them by emailing me at smallory@strokenetwork.org
I would like to suggest that October be known as Rally Month for the organization. This will be a way that all members can get involved. I don’t expect donations from any members but maybe you could ask a former employer, friends or possibly even family. Contributions are accepted via credit card at http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=26-0040447
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