Our “plans” so far…

1.  Posts (one person is asked to post once a month, beginning in the fall.)

Lydia will post for September (we’re aiming for the 10th of each month).  Brandie will post in October.  Bridget Ellis will post in November.  We are still looking for someone who will volunteer for December.  I realize that’s a difficult month — holidays and all — but it might be nice for someone who is e-savy to tell us (in earlyDecember) how to send cute e-Christmas cards with “noise” as in music or a recorded greeting.  Just a thought.

Swear posted that she was sure that we would post more than once a month, and I encourage us all to do so.  If you run across some tip in your work that you can post, please do.

2.  Invite the W colleagues who  have common interests.  Jane Dennis has invited some other graduates to join us and I encourage each of you to do so, also.  At Jane’s suggestion I am going to contact Allegra Brigham and ask her to join.  I have asked Lydia Coffey and Anne Franklin if they know any recent graduates who are interested in communications that we could invite.

3. I am going to try to deal with the journal connection and I’ll keep you posted about my progress.

Post for the week beginning 5-11-09

Hey WComm e-chapter members!

Taking the comments represented last week, I think that we should follow Brandie’s suggestion — at least until the end of the year.  That is:  beginning in the fall (September), 4 of us volunteer to write something to post that would be of interest to folks in this group.  That gives us a lot of latitude.

I am going to suggest that we attempt to post by the 10th of the month.  I’ll take September.  Do I have volunteers for October, November and December?

I am thinking that something in the order of “useful tips” or “useful information” woudl be good.  But that is just my thought.  What I would like to do is have a group of essays that we can present at Homecoming 2010 to demonstrate not only our brilliance but also our validity as an e-chapter.

I also think that there is a way to add a journaling element to this blog-site and I will be working on that over the summer.  It is probably simple; I’m just not a techie.  On the other hand, I am sure that if I can’t work it out soon, one of our techie members (of the whole association if not this e-chapter — although Donna used to be quite a techie, and I suspect she still is) will do so.

I will try to post something by the 10th of each month during the summer, just to keep us on track, but we’re looking at serious contributions by September, ok?

Volunteers?

Welcome to Wcomm

Welcome to Wcomm E-Chapter, devoted to alumnae and alumni interested in all sorts of communication:  speech, journalism, public relations, online communication gurus — whether you majored in it, have taught it, do it, think you want to do it.

The Wcomm E-Chapter’s list is wcomm@msfirstalumnae.com.

While e-chapters are fluid, we may want to take on a project or undertaking so that we will be able to make a report at the annual meeting demonstrating that we are a viable chapter.  I am open to suggestions.  I have some initial thoughts for consideration:

(1) each member takes a month and posts a helpful hint for some genre of communication;

(2) we mentor student(s) in communication at the W;

(3) we meet on line at a certain time every other month (chat room style).

These suggestions may be too rigid but my concern is that we need to look viable or be discounted.

Please share your thoughts!

Your temporary e-chapter representative pending Jimmie’s surgery,

Lydia Quarles