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Basic Information

• Member/directory information
• Teams, team leaders, team members, organizational chart
  
• Social media locations
• General email address
• Board members, board minutes, annual meetings
• Past newsletters

Team Needs​

• Schedule team meetings with Zoom
• Schedule a LWVCC Webinar for the public
• Find new team members
• Find volunteers for a specific project or event
• Let the League know about a volunteer opportunity
  
• Store team documents on League's Google area

Communication Needs

• Send a note to the whole League
• Put an announcement on the LWVCC website
• Put a post on the League's social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Get help publicizing an activity / help with a press release
• ​Put something on Board agenda or update the board
• Contact community leaders

Creative Needs

• Create a new handout for the League
• Create a new graphic for a team purpose/use
• Write an article for The Voter newsletter
• Develop a video for a League Project
• ​Propose new information for the LWVCC website
• Find out what other League chapters have done on an issue
  

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Software/Technology Used by LWVCC 

• Emails to large groups - MailChimp is regularly used to send formatted emails to all LWVCC members or other large groups within the chapter. Contact is James Manrique.
  
• Graphic design -  A number of League members use Canva.  Linda Bair manages a shared League account and other teams have their own accounts and practices.
• Meeting Online and Webinars -LWVCC primarily uses Zoom.  Ann Panthen manages the League account. Zoom Video Tutorials 
• Mailings to LWVCC groups - Mailchimp for mailings  - See James Manrique or Carol Bosley.
• PDF files - The pdf format can be read by most computers, so it's used for sharing documents, particularly when the author does not wish for viewers to made changes to the document.​ For example, most documents shared on the website are in pdf format.
•  Social Media - Kanittha Fay for information on LWVCC use of Facebook and Instagram.  See James Manrique for LWVCC use of  YouTube for storing/sharing videos.
• Scheduling software - Some teams have started using SignUpGenius to schedule participation in activities. Other teams use the Doodle application.
• Surveys - A variety of commercial software is used by LWVCC.
• Website design LWVCC uses Weebly ​​​for website development and forms; see Linda Bair (usage, training) and Mary Ellen Wuellner. For payment processing, LWVCC uses Slim/CD; see Linda Bair, James Manrique or Deb Busey.
  

Office productivity tools

• Google Suite / Workspace - Used for some official LWVCC functions -  James Manrique, Linda Bair
• Microsoft Software - Widely used by many League members including Excel for spreadsheets and Word for documents
  
• Word Processing -  Microsoft Word is used there's a need for formatting features or ease-of-use. Some members use Google Docs, particularly when multiple people contributing to (commenting on) a document is needed.   Both Google Docs and Microsoft Word documents are found in the League's Google Drive storage area.
  

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