Change is Coming: I would like to bring you up to date on some changes that we are making in how we tell you about VICA activities. For more than 20 years we have published the quarterly newsletter, Il Messaggio. For the past five years Adrienne Donohue has served as the Il Messaggio editor. During that time, the newsletter has developed into a colorful collection of interesting stories from our members about their experiences in Italy and with Italian culture. Over the past year, Adrienne had forewarned the board that she was ready to pass the baton to another individual or team. The time has now come for her to retire from this commitment to pursue other interests, including more extensive travels with her husband Tom. Over the years Adrienne has promoted and advanced VICA’s mission to promote knowledge and appreciation of Italian culture. She was instrumental in establishing the Scholarship and Grants program which has developed into a signature program for VICA. We will miss her day-to-day involvement and patiently await her return. Mille grazie Adrienne!
While we were looking to replace Adrienne as editor, we learned that there have been a number of improvements in the technology used to communicate with members of organizations like ours. There are ways to communicate with members without having to wait for the next quarterly newsletter, there are ways to integrate alerts and other information to the membership and, very importantly, there are ways to share in the development of articles and updates without the burden falling to any one person. We are looking into various options and the board, the publicity committee, and the membership committee will determine which technology tools are the best fit for our organization. If you have an interest and/or expertise in this area and would like to help, please drop me a note (mcna8841@msn.com). The more eyes we have on this work the better.
While we were looking to replace Adrienne as editor, we learned that there have been a number of improvements in the technology used to communicate with members of organizations like ours. There are ways to communicate with members without having to wait for the next quarterly newsletter, there are ways to integrate alerts and other information to the membership and, very importantly, there are ways to share in the development of articles and updates without the burden falling to any one person. We are looking into various options and the board, the publicity committee, and the membership committee will determine which technology tools are the best fit for our organization. If you have an interest and/or expertise in this area and would like to help, please drop me a note (mcna8841@msn.com). The more eyes we have on this work the better.
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