Rasomar VI goes digital… más o menos

Members of the Rasomar VI community have already received an email from its president, George Corrigan, regarding the introduction of a centralised emailing system, the community's very own blog, and an online photo album. (If you haven't yet received the email, it's on its way, assuming George has your correct email address.)

The email system provides a single email address that should remain valid throughout future changes of presidency. It also provides an online history of emails, both sent and received, a history which will be accessible to future presidents. (On the election of a new president, that person will merely have to change the password to the email and blog system to have access to the community's email history and blog services.)

The blog is an attempt to generate more active interest in the community. It can contain announcements, news, information… anything that might be of interest to community members. Should you wish to have something published in the blog (you are reading just such a blog entry right now), simply send it to the new community email address, which you have received in a separate email message. Please remember that what you write will be read by people for whom English is not the first language, so colloquialisms should be avoided. If you wish to write in a language other than English, then please feel free to do so: I can provide translations to English from Dutch, French, German and Spanish (Italian at a pinch). You can provide photos to accompany your blog entry, as specified in the email you have already received.

As a final digital service, an online community photo album is offered. You have received details of how to provide photos for inclusion in this album. Use it for any collection of photos relating to an event, a day out, something of personal interest, or any other topic you might wish to share with the other members of the community.

The community blog and photo album will be accessible to anyone surfing the Web. As well as offering two hopefully useful services to the community, they will also help display the community to the rest of the world. This might be useful should you wish to sell your house, for example: point potential buyers to the two areas and they will be able to see what sort of community they will perhaps be joiniing.

Should you be wondering, these services are free; they cost the community nothing at all.

David Neale