August 2020 Blast

Announcement of 2020 Awards Finalists

We'll be announcing our 2020 Awards Finalists this coming Saturday, August 15th at 8 PM Eastern. To join us--during this or any future live video broadcast--you can go to our website's new live video page:

https://www.mwsadispatches.com/live-video

In the case of our announcement of finalists, you'll have to click on the blue button on that page to get to our Facebook page to watch the live video presentation. Even better, you can go directly to our main Facebook page's live video section:

https://www.facebook.com/MWSA.MembersPublic/live_videos/

If you visit the above link now, you'll notice that the video is set to premiere and start playing at the date and time mentioned above.

If you can't watch the presentation live, we'll be updating our 2020 Season page shortly after the live presentation airs so that everyone can see the list of finalists.

General Membership Conference

We are rapidly approaching the date for MWSA's annual general membership meeting and awards ceremony. As you know, we had to cancel this year's conference, but we still need to have a virtual membership meeting and an awards ceremony. In fact, what we have planned for you on Saturday, September 19, includes one additional offering, an online presentation by Dane Zeller that should enhance your writing skills.

So, please mark your calendars for September 19 for these online activities (all times are Eastern Daylight Time):

(1) 1 PM: the General Membership Meeting;
(2) 3 PM: Dane Zeller presentation on writing;
(3) 8 PM: MWSA's Awards Ceremony.

All of these will be on Zoom, and we will hopefully be able to broadcast the awards ceremony simultaneously on Facebook--using the same links in the section above covering our announcement of finalists this Saturday. While these times may fluctuate slightly, we will get them locked in and send all of you a link to attend/observe these presentations on Zoom as we get closer to the date.

MWSA Leadership Election

Additionally, we have one very important activity in which we need your participation as soon as possible. It is time to vote for MWSA's Officers and Board Members. Once again we have a strong slate of men and women candidates to serve in 2021 and 2022. Please go to the following link: https://www.mwsadispatches.com/2020-board-member-election review the list of candidates and cast your votes NLT August 25. It's simple.

Change of Status for Lapsed Members

This is a special announcement that applies only to members whose dues expired more than one year ago and who are still receiving regular email communications from MWSA.

In the coming weeks, our membership staff will be converting long-term lapsed members' status from "1-Year Member, Lapsed Status" to "Associate Member, Lapsed Status." Since dues are not required to maintain associate membership status, those members who have their status changed will owe no dues and will continue to receive email communications from us.

One year after the start of your new associate member status, you'll have three options:

Renew as a regular, dues-paying member (1-, 2-, or 3-year membership term)
Renew your associate status (which will allow you to continue to receive our email updates for another year), or
Opt to let your associate membership expire (which will remove you from our email list and cancel your MWSA log-in).

We are making these changes to keep our membership database up-to-date, and to ensure that everyone receiving email updates from us really want to hear from us. If you do NOT wish to receive emails from MWSA, you can click on any of our emails' unsubscribe link or contact our membership staff (see link and email below).

For more details about MWSA's various membership levels and benefits, please visit the membership pages of our website (https://www.mwsadispatches.com/membership-main).

Thanks again!

Bob Doerr,
MWSA President

Where to go for information. Who to contact with questions.

Announcement of 2020 Awards Finalists

General Membership Conference

MWSA Leadership Election

Change of Status for Lapsed Members

Where to go for information. Who to contact with questions.

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