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NEWSLETTER
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It's Here: LAFF's New Website
The Society’s website, redesigned and reimagined, is officially unveiled.
“Together,” said Shep Forman, LAFF’s president, “the new website and newsletter constitute our efforts to provide LAFF members news about and ideas generated by their colleagues.”
In comments in his message to the membership, he added, “I hope you will enjoy it, contribute to it and help it fulfill its mission of facilitating professional and social contacts between you and other former Ford staff.”
The new site was developed by a volunteer team headed by Aaron Levine, who described the objective as making the site more “robust and participatory”, easy to navigate and more intriguing through the variety of features that are available and increased access to other sites.
Others who helped develop the site are Peter Ford, the society’s web developer who Forman acknowledged for his “extraordinary talent and good will”; Susan Huyser, LAFF’s graphics designer who he said “used her excellent graphic skills to help design a terrific site”; Thea Lurie, who “continues to provide wise counsel on all matters of communication”; Nellie Toma, LAFF’s treasurer; and John LaHoud, managing editor.
The site features an expanded list of articles published elsewhere by and about LAFF members and links to those and other sites, articles from the newsletter more prominently placed and an archive for all past issues, articles written for but not published in the newsletter because of limited space, and member blogs and forums. New features include an open source page for members who are offering and seeking consulting services, a closed-circuit classified section for members offering such personal services as house swaps or rentals, and space for members to sign up to volunteer to help with the administrative, editorial and programming work of the society.
“Developing the website,” said Forman, “is an on-going task, and we welcome your inputs to make it ever-more-user-friendly and of value to our membership.”
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