We recently held our 2014 FOL gathering at Fairview UMC in Maryville, TN. My name is Melissia Mason, and I was elected as the new Secretary of Friends of Latvia. I wanted to let you all know that we are working on getting some new lines of communication available to you. Details about that are below. Also, Rev. Gita Mednis has asked us to let you all know that her e-mail address has recently changed to [email protected]. Please update your contact information for her.
- E-Mail Address: I established this e-mail address that can be passed on to future secretaries. You'll see that it is [email protected] - so when you see that address you'll know it's about Friends of Latvia. During the process of setting up this e-mail, I found that [email protected] was already registered. If you know who has that address, please let me know... no one seems to know.
- Website: In response to feedback at the FOL meeting, I have established a web presence for us independent of Facebook. It can be found at friendsoflatvia.weebly.com. This is a free service that I think will fit our needs well for the time being. If you have ideas about what should be posted or corrections to what is there, please let me know. Be sure to check out the trip dates on the Events page.
- Mailings: I have established a mass e-mailing list via MailChimp, which is how you are receiving this e-mail! Our mailing list is too large to send a single mailing through conventional e-mail, so this is a good solution. I have set up lists for you to designate special interests. You may edit your interests by following the link to "update subscription preferences" at the bottom of this e-mail.
- Database: I am in the process of creating a more comprehensive database in the hopes that we can better communicate with each other. I have established a sign-up form through the FUMC Grapevine website (with their permission) in order to make it easy for everyone to complete the information. That can be found here: https://secure.iministries.org/form.aspx?site_id=10664&form_id=404475. Feel free to pass this link on to others who may wish to be included in the database. I will use this information to update the mailing list, as well as (hopefully) create a directory to be made available to you all.
On the website, you'll see that there is a "News" tab. I'll be updating this regularly with any information that is sent to me and needs to go to the entire group. Watch for more information from our recent meeting to be posted there soon!
Questions? Let me know!
Blessings,
Melissia
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Melissia Mason
FOL Secretary 2014-2015
[email protected]
friendsoflatvia.weebly.com