[Ldsoss] Ward Website Email Broadcasting

[Mary Shaw]

One thing to keep in mind is that once an account is created, it stays with
that member through all the wards.  Since I created my stake & ward web site
account, I've moved twice and been in one ward reorganization.  I love
knowing my online registration is linked to my membership record.

My point is- account creation is a temporary problem.  Once every ward
member has created their account, they will not need to re-create it.  I
expect online registration will eventually become a routine part of
baptizing/fellowshipping new members.

That said, I'll tell you that e-mails are not sent by secure.lds.org in my
ward (Falcon Ward, Colorado Springs East Stake).  I overheard someone say
that is because it is "hit and miss" - because not everyone has an account,
they cannot be sure the e-mail is sent to everyone.  They prefer to manage
their list of e-mails independently of the web site.

Mary


On 12/15/06, Greg Hart <greg at queezy.com> wrote:
>
> As previously mentioned, the two biggest factors in my ward that cause
> ward leaders to dismiss the usefulness of the ward website are 1) Lack of
> support in MLS and the Ward Websites for *personal* phone numbers (cell,
> work, etc..) and 2) Lack of user-friendly email lists.
>
> Regarding Email Broadcasting:  First, share email addresses between MLS
> and the Ward Website.  It's a real problem that they're not synced
> crrently.  Second, allow web admins the ability to subscribe/unsubscribe
> users from ward email lists. Third, allow ward leaders listed on the
> Leadership Directory (non-web admins) unmoderated posting rights to the
> email list.  These would break down some major barriers.
>
> After that I would list the difficulty members have of registering.
>
> > 3) Could a member ask the clerk to send an 'invitation' to subscribe to
> a
> > member's personal e-mail account?  This could then be authenticated by
> the
> > user via their personal e-mail -- kind of like subscribing to the LDSOSS
> > and other news lists.
>
> This is the solution I support the most.  It is essentially what my ward
> does right now, albeit a custom perl script that parses Membership.csv
> (exported from MLS), and email's the members their digits accompanied by
> some simple instructions.  Just imagine if the clerk could enter a new
> member's email address in MLS, subscribe him immediately to the ward email
> list, see if the member is registered on the Ward Website, and if not,
> click "Invite to Ward Website" which sends a helpful email with very
> simple instructions.  How easy.
>
> more of my 2 bits.
>
> -Greg
>
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