From jrb at accurecord.com Wed Sep 2 10:17:51 2009 From: jrb at accurecord.com (John R. Bradley) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:17:51 -0400 Subject: [DB2000] SailAngle and USPS Mailing Lists Message-ID: Hello All, Every squadron and district commander has been made aware of USPS' intention to use SailAngle.com as our primary means of communication with members and by now that information should have been promulgated to each member. To that end, all USPS mailing lists have been replicated on SailAngle, as have groups representing each squadron, district, national committee, and national department. The early adopters have been shaking down the facility and our interface to it. It is now extremely important that all members enroll in SailAngle. The process has been made extremely easy. Just go to www.usps.org and on the left of the page near the top you will see a button labeled "Access SailAngle.Com". Just click on it, and follow the instructions below: 1. If you are already signed on to USPS you will be automatically transferred to SailAngle.com. If not: 2. Enter your USPS Certificate number and password or preferably PIN when requested 3. You will be automatically transferred to SailAngle.com 4. Follow the steps to complete your profile (you can skip these steps up to three times) 5. Click on "Go to my group home page" 6. View the SailAngle.com Instructional Slide Show contained in the Group Forum 7. Note: the most recent members to sign-up are listed on the left-hand side of the Group Home Page. You may want to add one or more as a friend. To add a friend, simply click on "+ add as a friend" and a request will be sent to their private message inbox. When they accept, you are linked as friends. 8. When finished, click on "My Home" on the silver navigation bar One tip, once you get signed on to SailAngle, don't sign off; just exit the site. This will allow email notifications, etc to take you directly to the proper page without additional steps. Once you are there, and have filled out your profile, you will notice that you will have been automatically enrolled in all of the groups to which you belong. You may also want to change your email notification preference from the default to limit the number and types of notifications you want to receive. This is found under a link on the Edit Profile page. The reason it is important for you to enroll, is because shortly after the Kansas City Governing Board meeting, we will be terminating support for USPS mailing lists. We believe that the group and forum facilities found on SailAngle are far superior to the mailing lists we have been providing. I hope to see many of you in Kansas City. I will be running the ITCom Open Meeting on Friday and have a lot to talk about regarding upcoming items. A representative from SailAngle will also be giving a brief demo. That will be followed by a two hour seminar on DB2000 starting from the very beginning demonstrating how to install and configure it, up through more detailed uses. At the seminar I will also be selling for $5.00 a CD containing the very latest install files, MQSeries Clients, examples, etc. John R/C John R. Bradley, SN Chair USPS Information Technology Committee 60 Old Brook Road Dix Hills, NY 11746-6432 (800) 777-3770 ext.203 Office (631) 546-5768 Home (631) 274-2103 FAX jrb at accurecord.com