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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
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