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 A
new website has been established to improve communications with our member
churches and to assist our divisions and commissions with their work. The
address is www.nachurch.org. While the site's main pages are open
to the public, certain areas and "worksites" within nachurch.org are
password protected. This provides our division and commission members with
a safe work space for posting, editing, and approving documents online.
Everyone visiting the main site will be able to view
announcements, a list of events (viewable in calendar format too), read and
print Annual Meeting and Executive Committee minutes, and participate in online
discussions. Forms and applications from commissions and divisions will
soon be available in online and downloadable formats. Most importantly,
visitors can "subscribe" to individual areas of the site so that when
a change is made or information is added, subscribers will be informed via email
- automatically.
Members of a divisions and commissions will be receiving a
user name and password to access their worksite. The worksites will enable
members to post, edit, discuss, and insert comments in documents using only an
internet browser. Tasks may be assigned, given a completion date, and
tracked _ online. Members may be polled and the results automatically
calculated so important issues can be acted upon in a timely manner.
Sub-sites may be established for specific uses. Other features are also
available to assist members in their work. Finally, one of the greatest
benefits of the worksite will be a cost savings due to reduced mailings.
Worksites and applicable areas of the main site will be
maintained by office staff and the appropriate Administrative Assistant.
Most of the maintenance work can be done with skills the staff already
possesses. Most of our visitors and members can use these sites with their
current skills. But, like anything new, there will be a learning curve and
we many have to change a habit or two.
Our new site is based on Microsoft's SharePoint Team Services
Software. An interactive demo is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/sharepoint/howto.htm
. Or you may go to www.nachurch.org and click on the demo
link under the first announcement.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO…
Todd Richard, whose Christian rock band, Sacred
Raisin Cakes, as of the second week in January has found their
single "Waterpots", a favorite on the MP3.com site, at
NUMBER 1 on the adult alternative charts! Also there are 4 other songs of theirs in the Top Ten
Adult Alternative charts on MP3.com! For more contemporary Christian
music go on-line _ mp3.com/sacred raisin cakes…and lots of other
Christian music.
To FCC, Wauwatosa. An anonymous donor gave each
of the fourteen confirmands of the
Church $100 at the Confirmation Service last Spring, with the
challenge of multiplying this in Christian service. The results were
shared in an article in the Milwaukee Journal newspaper and then on
local television stations this last month.
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