Necessary Changes to the Blog
 

I want to thank you for your wonderful feedback about the blog.  It is accomplishing its initial goal which is to teach our members about our own history.  When giving the Outstanding Teacher of American History Award when I served the state society as state historian, you heard me say the famous words of Thomas Jefferson “what is past is prologue.”  This rings true in almost all, if not all, areas of our life. 

I had imagined the blog as a digital newsletter being read by all members in our state and the content being used as an emergency program in the event that a speaker could not come to a chapter meeting at the last minute.  What I did not fully imagine is the creative ways chapters are using the blog.  I have been told that you are sharing the blog with new members as well as prospects to help them to understand what DAR is all about, to learn about our impressive beginnings, to help explain what Tamassee is and its importance to the DAR, etc.  This innovative use of the blog and other issues has made me realize that some changes need to take place.

I did not realize upon the blog’s creation that when I changed the content found on the different pages, i.e. Chapter Clips, Society Snippets, National Nuggets, Tamassee Tidbits, and Conservation Corner that the content posted prior to that would be erased and not archived.  This was brought to my attention by my mother.  This is hilarious for those of you that know her because she is “computer free,” i.e. she cannot even use the mouse to play solitaire on the computer.  However, in editing my last posts, she simply asked what happened if you missed a post.  Could you go back and read it especially the Tamassee Tidbits since at this moment it is a continuation of the story?  When I posted the second time, I realized that the answer was no.

From now on, my plan is to send a post a week.  I will begin the rotation of content by sending the schedule of upcoming posts in order for you to know what to expect in the upcoming weeks.  The title of the posts will be the name of the page and the number of the post, i.e. Tamassee Tidbit #1.  In that way, you can view the archives at any time and find the post to reread something, to share something specific with others, or to use a particular post for an emergency program.   When that rotation is complete, a new rotation will begin.  I am going to start by reposting the content from the pages of the first post and the second post.

I apologize for this being a repeat of something many of you have already read; however, this is necessary to have the complete histories that are being provided available at all times.  This will also allow those members who have just received the information about the blog posts to catch up.  Here is the schedule of upcoming posts.

July 14 – schedule of posts

July 15 – Conservation Corner #1

July 22 – Chapter Clips #1

July 29 – Society Snippets #1

August 5 – National Nuggets #1

August 12 – Tamassee Tidbits #1

Thank you for your patience as I make this change to accomplish my initial goal as well as to accomplish the enhanced vision of how you are using this blog as a tool for your chapter.  Please don’t forget to sign up for e-mail notifications.  In that way, you will know when the new post is up in the event there is a delay.  This will also give me time to complete research from the information I discovered while at Continental Congress. I cannot wait to see where this information leads, what questions it will bring, and where those answers will take us on our journey as we honor our own DAR heritage! 

ENJOY!!!