We are looking for people who are technologically savvy to help out. We need advice on the right venue for the members of CGWLA to communicate with each other about topics of interest. Chat rooms, bulletin boards, this blog, the website, a "forum", a Facebook page, or something else....what is the right venue for this?
In addition to the website, which will post information that the general public can view, we are thinking it would be best to have a place that is restricted to those that sign in (CG women only, probably), although everything is up for discussion at this point. We would like to have several topics up on the site, with people able to post comments on the various topics. Any thoughts on the best place for this would be appreciated. We would like a site that requires minimal maintenance/intervention on our part, as we are all busy, but rather is a place for a fairly free-flowing discussion among interested group members.
Second, we are looking for a few volunteers who have experience with this sort of thing to help us with the site management.
Please contact LCDR Roxanne Tamez if you are interested in volunteering or if you have ideas. Or, post a comment to this blog!
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ReplyDeleteLooking forward to all of the new developments. Thank you for your time in ramping up the CGWLA!
ReplyDeleteI am excited to finally see an organization to help women in the CG. I cannot tell you how many times I have needed something like this. I am not an IT tech person, but I am willing to be a mentor for women who are pregnant. I have one child and one on the way. I know what its like to be expecting in the CG. I have been two rates and worked with mostly all men both times.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest - if you would like your name to be added on the website to a list of women who have pregnancy advice, please e-mail your name to CDR Heather Hanson or LCDR Roxanne Tamez. Thanks again!
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Has anyone seen the Coast Guard discussions forum on Military.com? It is a list of topics on everything from rates and ranks to SAR, L/E, politics, travel and general discussions. That could be good for the CGWLA website, but instead we could have the topics that are important to us. Plus a chat room and bulletin board would viable for anyone who prefers those to the forum. To login should be as easy as it is on here or Facebook. Does anyone know of an IT who could help us?
ReplyDeleteI'm single w/o dependents so I cannot relate to pregnancy or collocation in the CG, but I was the only female in CIC on a 378' for two years. So I've got some sea stories on that topic.
Well, I'm off to attend an All Hands, so everyone have a good day!
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