Contact List - Information, Please!

Hi, all. As some of you have noticed, the list of members for Team Cincinnati is currently listed at 331 members. This number is incredibly inaccurate, since NaNoWriMo doesn't purge the member information from year to year. I know there are a lot of folks on that list who aren't participating this year, as well as people who have moved from the region and haven't updated their regional affiliations. (There's also a few people who changed their sign-in names and are listed twice.)

At this point, the only way I have to communicate with our team all at once is to post a message in the regional lounge (like I'm doing right now) or send a mass email to the entire list of Cincinnati members. I'm trying to avoid that second option so I'm not buried under a mound of bounced emails and "Who are you and why are you contacting me?" replies. I'd like to come up with a contact list of Wrimos that will be participating this year, just in case I need to pass along any vital information.

If you could send me a NaNoMail and provide me with the following information, I'd really appreciate it:

• NaNoWriMo name
• First name (or nickname)
• Email address

I'd also like to get an idea of the age range of the group, as well as in what areas everyone lives. I know a lot of you have given that information in the Hello thread or on your profiles, but it would make things easier for me if you could include that as well. (If you don't feel comfortable sharing this information, that's fine. This is purely optional!)

Optional information:

• age
• neighborhood

Your information will not be shared with anyone, and I promise I won't flood your inbox with spammy emails. I was planning on sending a weekly email to everyone, reminding them of upcoming write-ins and other events, as well as pep talks and announcements regarding Team Cincinnati's progress.

I was also looking into setting up a chat room for those who might like to have virtual write-ins throughout the month. (It would be a private password-protected room.) Let me know if you would be interested in this, and I'll forward the link and the password to you.

Thanks for your help! Happy novelling!

- Sherry (myopic)
Municipal Liaison, Team Cincinnati
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myopic
Cincinnati, OH Municipal Liaison
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