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| A publication of Ecunet.org |
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Connecting People of Faith Campaign The last issue of EcuNews reported the introduction of FaithGroups.com, a product development, administration, billing, and marketing entity created by Ecunet to aid in the promotion of Ecunet, and to extend its mission to faith groups not currently represented by Ecunet board members. This Fall Ecunet will introduce a far reaching marketing campaign to promote the FaithGroups' communication products. Initially this campaign will introduce the new congregational egroups product (highlighted in the last issue of EcuNews). It will also promote Ecunet's new online collaboration tools currently in public beta testing. The campaign will include telecommunications products offered by EcuServe.com, as well as discount domain registration and related Internet hosting services. "Ecunet began before the Internet age and connected people of faith before it was fashionable," says Brian Lang, Ecunet's business administrator. "The past few years we have listened to the faith groups served by Ecunet and applied this knowledge to new communication products and services. This year we will begin to act on what we have learned with the introduction of new products, and with continued exploration of innovative ways to 'connect people of faith.' " Related links: Changes at PresbyNet The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) recently announced staff and program changes at 100 Witherspoon, the home of their national offices. Some of these changes hit close to home for PresbyNet, as among those affected by the changes includes Elinor Mosser. Elinor, who joined the staff in 1996 as assistant for computer communication, had seen her responsibilities shift from a technical, customer-support role to one which has included marketing PresbyNet to PC(USA) program areas and entities. "Historically, our role with PresbyNet has always been to facilitate online community, and that role remains unchanged. During the Fall of this year and during 2005, we intend to extend the work of building online community for Presbyterians by active participation in the 'Connecting People of Faith' campaign. This will include marketing new ways to build online community using current and new technology under development from Ecunet.org and FaithGroups.com. Most notable among these new initiatives will be promoting how to bring regional governing bodies and local church communities online for communication, collaboration, and news distribution," says Dianna Ott, Coordinator, Internet Services, PC(USA). Related links: Public Beta Testing of New Ecunet Interface The new Ecunet interface is now in public beta, and you are invited to participate in its testing. The new interface provides collaboration tools long sought after by the denominational member networks served by Ecunet, including personal calendaring, hyperlink libraries and file sharing areas associated with meetings, the ability to select individual meetings to forward to an e-mail address or to be only read in the web interface, as well as many new "ease of use" features. To participate in testing, please first join the meeting Public Beta Chat. This group is where testers can talk about the new public beta web interface, provide feedback, and talk with developers and other users about your experience with the new interface. Related links: Correct Billing Address As of January 1, 2004, FaithGroups.com assumed billing responsibilities for Ecunet. However, many members continue to send payment for their Ecunet memberships to the old billing address in Louisville, KY. Please note that invoices not paid electronically online should instead be mailed to: Ecunet Subscriptions Discussions about the contents of this newsletter can be found by visiting http://www.ecunet.org/topic/ecunews_chat |