WOW --- I'm so glad that the Parent Club is using this service to get the Board O'Gram out in a timely and excellent manner. I was first introduced to Constant Contact by Becky Tsaros Dickson. When I got her first promotional email, I asked Becky to give me the lowdown on it, as she was using it to promote her now thriving, start-up business to the German Shepherd Dog Fancy. After hearing from her how easy, reasonable and good it was, I decided to sign up my business and utilize it to promote the various products available on our web presence. The best part about it is - there is NO NEW SOFTWARE needed to purchase, it is a web browser based client that the user is able to use their own html to generate attractive email newsletters. Constant Contact also has a survey module that is pretty effective. The best part - there are a LOT of templates available on their site so, designing a new email isn't even hard - upload your database, pick the email template you want to use, plunk in your text, and hit send. done. Even better - any bounced emails, opt-outs, etc, are automatically removed from your database, so that next time you want to send an email out, anyone who doesn't want your communication isn't bothered. As a business person, I fully understand the need for a reasonably priced service to help in the costs of getting your message out. I'm glad there are services like Constant Contact out there. It pleases me that the PC made a good decision and is now utilizing an awesome, reasonably priced service to get the Board O'Gram out. I want to publicly thank Becky Tsaros Dickson for sending out her emails promoting her business, www.gsdbydesign.com <http://www.gsdbydesign.com/> so that both the PC and I could learn of the advantages of using a company like Constant Contact to the message out to the masses efficiently The ironic thing to me is - her business wouldn't even be an independent business if the Review Marketing Committee proposal, sent to every Board member nearly a month prior to the meeting, wouldn't have been shot down in flames in some committee or the other in April this year. Oh well, free enterprise - gotta love it! Onward and upward! Regards, Kathaleen Strong ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================