[Psml] SailAngle and USPS Mailing Lists

[John R. Bradley]

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