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Neewbies at Great Lake
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl56(Ship11 DIV352) on
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My daughter arrived there on the evening of the 24th too.
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Permalink Reply by ChyanAlyse on
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My boyfriend arrived at 1:30 am on the 23rd.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Welcome to Navy For Moms. You are about to embark on a most amazing journey - seeing your loved ones become United States Sailors. Go ahead and cry. Don't try and stop. If the tear come, they come. While your LO are working hard, you should work hard too - get informed, become a part of this Navy community. Just as your LOs are going to bond with their peers at bootcamp, you too will bond with the other families. You will lean on each other for support and you can lean on the experienced moms, dads, wives, etc. on this site.
Keep the following in mind whenever you log on:
1. ALWAYS Check your personal page - click the "MY PAGE" tab on menu bar above on a regular basis. Your personal page contains all your activities. On the left just underneath you profile photo, you'll the words "Blog Posts" (the number of blogs you have started), "Discussions" (the number discussions you have commented on), "Event" (the number of Events you have RSVPed for), "Groups" (the number of groups you belong to) etc. In the middle section, you'll find comments on groups you started and comments other members have left for you.
2. Check your SIGN IN/SIGN OUT box on the upper right. This a always visible on your screen to provide quick access to check your messages, friend requests and access settings (the place to go to change your USERNAME, password, profile and email settings). You have probably noticed this stays on the same location on your computer screen. Before you mess with settings, you go a few rounds on this site first. Remember not to use the same color for the font and the background (for obvious reasons).
3. To go to your groups, click "GROUPS" tab, then "My Groups" (in small letters on left) or access from your own page.
4. If you are getting way too many email notifications, just click "Stop Following" wherever you see it. That will start to eliminate most of your email notifications. Be careful if you use Setting/Email to control the notifications - you end up with no email notifications at all and miss finding out if someone has sent you a friends request or if there is an important message from one of your group(s). The email notifications are just that, if you get an email notification and part of a message is visible, you can't reply to that message by replying to the email notification. You have to log on the Navy For Moms, then click on INBOX. A link is normally provided with your notification email.
5. Don't be shy. Jump in and post. Don't just lurk (although if that is all your can muster up, that is OK too).
6. For the individual who will step up and start the PIR group, follow these suggestions (it will make things a lot easier)
a) include the PIR date on the Name of the group and on the Internet Address (this is that string of characters that start with "http:www") for the group.
b) Most likely this group will have PIR on 10/21/2011; therefore, the Name of the group should be
PIR 10/21/2011c) and the Internet Address should be "http:www.navyformoms.com/group/pir10-21-2011" (without the quotations). REALLY IMPORTANT. Often people will input something cute like "jimmyspirgroup" - the problem with this is that the link address will be "http://www.navyformoms/group/jimmyspirgroup" (thumbs down) - instead of something meaningful and descriptive of the purpose of the group.
d) Once the number of divisions are known, that information can be added to the NAME, leaving the internet address intact. The Name of the group can be changed but the internet address can not be changed.
e) PLEASE do not start individual N4M groups for each division. We have found that creating separate discussions for each divisions within the one PIR group works extremely well. Having just one PIR group for all the divisions provides a common platform for getting information to everyone, eliminating duplication of efforts.diannep and lemonelephant are marvelous at walking our newbies through it all. Don't worry. You are in good hands.
P.S. Buy tissue in bulk.
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My daughter arrived on the 24th also......
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