The north Georgia mountains are at a stand still today and probably tomorrow due to an inch or so of snow, cold (26 degrees) and high winds (20 mph). For those of you in northern regions, it's surely not sounding so bad...probably better than your "normal" winter weather. However, here in the South...it's a show stopper, school closer, luncheon rescheduling kind of event!
Fortunately, the Guild had just put into place a new automated phone message relaying system for whenever members needed to be informed of something without much delay. In the past, when information need to be sent out in a hurry, a phone chain was used. Not everyone has a home computer and not everyone checks their email on a regular basis.
Now,Guild members phone numbers are input into a saved directory (we can have up to 15 directories for committees as such) on our new Guild President's phone. Whenever a message needs to be sent, she can record a message on her phone, select a directory and the system will call everyone in that directory. If members aren't available to answer the phone and don't have voicemail or an answering machine, the system will try and call three times at 30 minute (I believe) intervals.
So, in addition to an email update, members received a phone message today to let us known that the Christmas luncheon will now be on December 21st. A job well done by our new Guild President Maureen!
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