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PLEASE PASS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TO YOUR STATE PARTIES.We are very excited to announce that our new GPUS website, powered by Nationbuilder, is set to go live sometime over this coming weekend, and the transition will be complete by Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. The website will retain the same address: http://www.gp.org.This new website will:- Make it much easier for users, especially new users, to find key information- Be optimized for mobile- Incorporate the new GPUS branding- Integrate our website with our database, giving us vastly greater opportunities to interact with people, recruit volunteers and capture contact informationThere Will Now Be TWO Websites: One Public and One InternalGP.org is designed to be public-facing. That is, the information there is designed for the general public, media, potential members, etc., not for internal administration matters.GP.ORG: PUBLIC WEBSITEThis address will retain the platform, donation pages, general information about the party, newsroom, candidate and elections information, and store, as well as the ability for people to sign up for our newsletter and to volunteer. GPUS.ORG: NEW WEBSITE FOR INTERNAL MATTERSThere will be a button at the top right of GP.org called “Members,” which you can click on to access the new internal GPUS website at http://www.gpus.org. Of course, you don’t have to click on this link, you can go to http://www.gpus.org directly. It is not password-protected, except for the functions like the voting page that were already so.This is a WordPress site that will bring together all the internal functions of the party, and hopefully make it easier for people to find what they are looking for internally, from bylaws to brochures. Some of our internal functions, such as our voting page and email listserves, were hosted by Pair, and will continue to be hosted there and not on Nationbuilder. They are linked to on gpus.org.You should take some time to familiarize yourself with where items appear on gpus.org. You can go there now. There is a search function.We realize that this will be disruptive to some degree. However, we are committed to helping everyone through the transition, and we are sure that the new websites will work better for everyone in the long run.MIGRATED CONTENTALL the material that was on the old website will be archived separately, and nothing will be lost. The most important and current material has been brought over (migrated) pre-launch. Some older material will come over later. It would have taken much longer to get to launch, if we had waited to get all the old material over first. Please let us know if there is something in particular that you really need access to in the short term, that you don't see.See below for a partial list of what will be included on the new gpus.org site.We would like to thank the Web Content Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Steering Committee, for their work, particularly Karen Young and our webmaster David Doonan, both of the Green Party of New York State, and Glenn Kennedy, of the Green Party of Alabama. They put in many, many hours to make this new website a reality.We would also like to thank our web developer, Zac Maybury; our branding designer, Niall O'Kelly; and Wendy Schrier Photography. Wendy came to St. Paul and took many wonderful pictures of Greens that are used on the website and our new brochure, and she did it for free. She is now in Milwaukee, WI, so if you need a GREAT photographer, please look her up there.If anyone is interested in joining the Web Content committee going forward, please contact Karen Young at Karen.young@gp.org or David Doonan at dadoonan@mac.com, We would love to have enough skilled volunteers to keep developing the website and keep fresh content coming.Got comments or thoughts on the new website? When the new site is up, please post them to http://gpus.com/websitefeedback. You will also find this page linked to on the "Contact" page.-30-The sections of the new gpus.org website will include: Annual National Meetings - including links to past meeting website Elections - historical elections information Forums / Media - links to our discussion forums and listserves - Green Pages and Green Papers - archived press releases National Committee - links to voting page and delegate directory - GPUS bylaws, rules and procedures Organizing Tools - Organizing manual - Print materials such as brochures and signs - Campaign manuals and other campaign-related material Other Committees - Committee bylaws and other committee documents - Contact info - Links to committee websites, etc. Karen Young karenyoung521@yahoo.com
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