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IASIL Goes Hi-Tech 

As many of you are now aware, IASIL now has an extensive, easy-to-consult website, thanks to Patrick Lonergan. Thanks to the hard work of Patrick, the IASIL website is both user-friendly and great looking! Members may locate up-to-date information on virtually any IASIL topic and many related matters of interest to our scholars. Simply log-on to www.iasil.org and follow the many links. Newsletters past, present and future, will be accessible at the site, along with news of conferences, publications, and other relevant matters.

Our new secretary, Dawn Duncan, has also established a listserv for the general membership to which only members may post. Working from the membership information provided to the former and present treasurers and secretary, along with updates that come her way, Dawn has amassed an email listserv that represents 432 of our current members. Members who have not provided current email addresses or who elect not to receive electronic mail via the listserv will still receive a hardcopy of the newsletter for now. In the future, our newsletter will be distributed electronically unless you make a special request to Dawn Duncan to receive a hard copy via regular mail. If you make such a request, please make sure you include the address to which the newsletter should be sent. However, the immediacy of electronic communication and its cost effectiveness has certainly proved an overall boon to staying in touch with regard to news relevant to the membership. If you are not currently receiving email via the listserv and would like to do so, please send your request with the correct email address to duncan@cord.edu and you will be added to the listserv. Once a member of the listserv, you may send mail relevant to the membership to iasil@cord.edu for distribution.

With regard to our on-going electronic conversation and information delivery system, make sure that the subject line of emails clearly identifies IASIL or a specific IASIL subject in order to avoid unnecessary deletions. In this age of e-viruses, many of us are probably used to deleting any messages that come from an unrecognized source. Given that we now have 435 members connected by email, some of us might not recognize all of the possible names. Indicating in the subject line a clear connection to IASIL should help.

As we work to improve and sustain our communication worldwide, we welcome new members and encourage all members to make sure that they are in good standing with current dues paid. We want you to remain in close contact, but we need you to help sustain that possibility with the financial support provided through your dues.