>Re an "Office of Email"... The only concern I'd have is if we have a
>centralized overseeing office, there's the chance that some city personnel
>might not take advantage of it, especially in this age of PDAs &
>personalized/customized. Right now there's nothing preventing any city
>dept. with e-mail from setting up a contact list in Outlook, but before that
>was possible SAFE took the lead (credit to Don Greeley and his working in
>partnership with pandh.com) in setting up city-wide/district-specific e-mail
>lists for MPD notes. If such an office were created but could avoid adding a
>bureaucratic gantlet which often delays releasing vital and time-critical
>info, then I say go for it.
Those email lists in Outlook are nasty though--because way too few people
use the proper settings to avoid passing on viruses like I Love you or
whatever.
>That said, regarding our intrepid list manager's note about 5th Pct. crime
>alert lists... A cordial reminder that all precincts/neighborhoods can
>receive crime alerts from the MPD. For the sake of brevity, the
>instructions are on the city site at
>http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/police/ccp-safe/emaillist.html.
>But since that page site is slightly out-of-date, I'll list the districts
>that are revised:
Thanks for the useful information, Luther. I was wondering if the 3rd
precinct did something similar as the 5th.....
Eva
Eva Young
Central
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