USSVI News | August 11, 2022 

Good Morning USSVI – here is the latest regarding the website.

Everything is going smoothly with the new website and database – we believe barring some out-of-the-box, unforeseen issues, we will complete the project and have the website ready to go just before the National Convention on August 23rd.

You will receive an invitation (we will send an email out at that time), and you will need to sign up. You will need to create a new password (will likely require a password with letters, numbers, symbols, etc.).

The one area where there will be a delay is the database or “Tools Menu,” as we referred to it on the old site.  We will need to get our training materials finalized and train our Base Commanders, Treasurers, Membership Chairs, District Commanders, and above. I anticipate that will take some time, with that portion fully utilized by October 31, 2022.

We are developing “tools” training for all Base Commanders, Membership Chairs, Treasurers, District Commanders, and above. We will start with “live demo” training on Zoom, which will be recorded and posted on Youtube, and we will also develop videos on the “how-to” aspects. I am familiar with this, having developed about $250,000 of videos for another organization – for free.

The new old reconstructed site http://ussubvets.org/home.asp, is working very well, both for reference purposes and the 2022 National Elections – we have repaired some minor issues, as is expected when rebuilding a site of this magnitude. Please bear in mind this site http://ussubvets.org/home.asp has been posted to serve as an interim Tools system until we have completed our Blackbaud Database training for all of our members.

If you find a bug, fill out this bug report – we will get to it. Gerry Smith, our webmaster for this site, may reach out to you to test the fix.  His email for bug fixes is ussvi@e911systems.com.

If you have questions, contact me at ussviwebsitequestions@gmail.com. I monitor the email and am happy to answer your questions. Talk to you next month!

Pride Runs Deep,

Tim Carlisle