Background
- Google Groups is being phased out by Google. Out of dozens of alternatives MailerLite seems to be a good alternative for disseminating information via email.
- We only pay about $150/year but MailerLite is paranoid about maintaining a proper subscriber list. I am aware of organizations that have been coldly cut-off by MailerLite.
- MailerLite insists that organizations have their own authenticated website in order to avoid spam filters. We have that already. Our website is the basis of using MailerLite.
- Please add the organization Saskatoon60Plushockey to your list of contacts using the email address pmacintyre10@saskatoon60plushockey.net in order to receive executive newsletter. As administrator we can see a bounced email returned back as undeliverable. Often it is a sasktel.net problem and you don’t have the newsletter as a secure contact.
- Anyone who unsubscribes will be removed from the executive newsletter, the player directory, and the league. We always double-check anyone who unsubscribes.
- Executive newsletters primary purpose us to disseminate important information to the rest of the league. In the last 30 days we have sent out 9,593 newsletters. With that number, we need guidelines.
Guidelines for Use
- We currently have 387 active players and 74 alumni totalling 460 subscribers.
- Only on rare circumstances are newsletters authored by anyone other than an executive member. Exceptions are sometimes with volunteers such as summer hockey organizers.
- Your views on a topic or your reply to a newsletter is not shared with the league.
- We do not put any sub requests on newsletters. Use the sub page or the player directory.
- We do not put your desire to play more games on newsletters.
- The email address for Saskatoon60plushockey is pmacintyre10@saskatoon60plushockey.net so whenever you only hit reply this is where your email ends up going into my personal email account as the registered owner on behalf of our league website. Murray Taylor sends out most of these newsletters except when new information involves our website like schedules and team rosters.
- Here is the link: Facebook which is also on every newsletter and every website page.
- If you want to share ideas with the league (stretching, eating habits, pregame or post game workouts, visualizing, etc,) use our social media site on Facebook.
- You can comment on any post as much as you want.
- It accepts photos, video, and website links.
- Facebook takes care of the necessary login procedures. Anonymous posts are not allowed.
- It is free. (paid by advertisers)
- The difficult background workload of logging in is done by Facebook. We will likely never move toward having everyone login to our website. Individual passwords would be a nightmare to administer, and most organizations are moving into dual authentication – once you login they send you a secret code.
- Neil MacIntyre on the player directory and MailerLite subscriber list, and Grant Miller on the always changing sub page both put in many hours of behind-the-scenes workload which is much appreciated. Currently as the administrator for Facebook, I would be willing to hand that responsibility off to anyone who is a long time user of Facebook and is familiar with their procedures. If you are willing, send me an email.
Your executive are just volunteers trying to improve our league.