Here is some infos on a calander. I haven't tried it yet.
Hi Larry,
Anika is doing well, thanks for asking!
You've got some excellent questions. Google has an awesome calendaring feature. We use it at work and that is where everyone's schedule is located. You can keep the calendar private (only viewable by those you authorize), or you can publish it so that all church members can view.
Go to: http://calendar.google.com
To create an actual "mailing list" where people can make general announcements and share communication you would need access to a mailing list server. It appears as though there are some free sites that allow you to create mailing lists. If you would like assistance setting one up, let me know.
As for setting up a webpage, it really depends on how elaborate you want it to be. You can download free templates off of the internet and publish them with very little HTML programming experience.
If you'd like to sit down and discuss any of these in more detail, give me a holler!
Doug
Larry Hermanson writes:
Doug;
How is the baby?
We are looking for ideas to improve communication throughout the church.
What are some web based options that we could use to help out? Some ideas
that we were thinking would help are:
A master calender with meetings, events, building use, acolyte schedules,
etc. How do you add to it?
A youth suggestion box. Can you post anonymous comments?
A place to post meeting notes. Can people add notes, comments questions?
e-mail lists, chat groups for different groups
e-mail for newsletters and anouncements. Give people the option of mail,
e-mail or both.
How much work and technical know how does it take to keep a web page up to
date?
I'm not very up to date on this sort of stuff. Do you have any ideas?
Thanks
Larry
