Hi, @joyce-drakeford

It would be excellent if you would be the lead coordinator. I think you will still need to recruit several volunteers to help manage the content. So, we have an ad going out in the next Dry Dredgers bulletin – thanks to @bheimbrock – and we have a social media announcement for volunteers that is going out on Monday.…[Read more]

After some emails with @bheimbrock & @jkallmeyer here is a distilled version of what we think would be needed for the newsletter:

1. A coordinator to moderate and keep track of articles, other volunteers, coordinate with social media volunteers etc.
2. Someone who uploads the posts to the website, will require some WordPress familiarity
3. 1-3…

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Sorry we were slow on this @bheimbrock! Tagging can be tricky depending on when the user joined. Us older member have just our first initial and our last name whereas everyone else is hyphenated. My go to is to start by typing in the first name and if the dropdown doesn’t have the user I’m looking for I try the first initial or search under the…[Read more]

Thanks, @bheimbrock. I’ll look out for your email.

Yes – I 100% agree – we need to get the conversation moving if this is something that the community finds valuable!! Any one interested in contributing or helping organize please connect with us in this thread!

@jbauer@bheimbrock  I could put a plea in the next DD bulletin but it won’t come out until mid-September.  My only other option is a mass email to DD members ahead of that.

@bheimbrock Hey Bill! Don’t be trying to replace me as Dry Dredgers bulletin editor.  I like doing that  🙂

Hi, all –

@bheimbrock– yes, we understand everyone is strapped for time. To be frank, the newsletter took up a lot of time – mostly concerning emailing people requesting them to write for us (and then reminding and reminding). But the way we had been running the newsletter can certainly change depending on the motivations and time of people…[Read more]

@jbauer  @bheimbrock Bill is the only Dredger I know who has the talent to do this.  I don’t know about his availability though.  Maybe Bill can suggest others.

Jack

Thanks @bheimbrock awesome to get such an in depth response from a professional.  I’d like to point out I was considering putting some back and appreciate the advice NOT to.  And next time I’ll spend a bit more time examining on site.