One step beyond - empowering the volunteers
2/15/07: submitted in new system.
Severity: minor
Audience: smal
Fiscal effect: yes
Policy question: no
Reported: yes (to Tom at ShopAAUW)
Link: http://aauw.tranguard.com/images.asp?id=722
The PDF order form at ShopAAUW says that at-large dues for 2003-2004 are $42. MAL dues for 2006-2007 are $47. Tom said he’d check on getting that updated (and would verify the state sales tax figures).
9/19/06: Note from Christy saying this has been fixed. (more…)
There’s some concern that when documents are distributed in Word, users must hit “ctrl-click” to follow links. [This is a relatively new “feature” in Word. It corrects the behavior in Word 98 that had inadvertent clicks exiting Word to bring up the browser.]
What’s the feeling on whether “training” is needed for this? After all, Word itself is pretty explicit letting folks know what to do:
This actually opens up a much larger question. How much of “standard desktop training” should the Association provide to its members. Since 2001, I’ve been saying that people need to get basic training in their communities - community colleges, other continuing education centers, bookstores, local training businesses, friends and neighbors, etc. - though I’ll admit, not everyone understood that this was my message. [See 9/25/01 AAUW Online live and search for “shoemaker”. Raleigh branch URL is now http://rwc.aauwnc.org.]