Keeping members informed of upcoming events as well as opportunities around the region is a top priority for the Board of Directors. Because the talents of the Board change with the coming and going of Directors each year, we recently polled members to learn what messages they rely on. We knew we needed to make some adjustments as incoming Board members didn't all have the same available time to devote as was possible this year.

Here's our new plan for 2023 which we believe we can both accomplish with the talents and time availability of our new Board at the same time as ensuring members are informed of what is coming up.

• We will continue sending our monthly newsletter which usually arrives the second week of the month.
• We will cut back the Friday roundup messages to twice a month: the first and third Fridays will be our targets. When there are five Fridays in a month, we will consider whether we need to send out a message if the timing of events requires.
• Notifications of upcoming events will be sent only twice instead of three times—21 days and 7 days ahead of each event.
• One confirmation message, with Zoom details if necessary, will be sent immediately after someone registers.
• Reminders of upcoming events will be sent to those who register to attend only twice instead of three times—10 days and 1 day ahead of the event. Both of the reminders will also include Zoom details if the meeting will be held online.

We also will cut down on the amount of information that is repeated in our email messages. Since every member and subscriber will receive at least two messages about upcoming events, the only other place events will be highlighted is in the newsletter.

Events will continued to be listed on the website where both members and nonmembers will be able to see details of all upcoming meetings and workshops at any time.