Groups Management and Communication

Describe a group you are a member of (online community, church, job, etc.) and how it is organized. Is there management? How is information distributed within the group?

At JMU, I am part of a social sorority. The greek life on campus is a great way to get involved with philanthropies, community service, and meet new people. Our sorority consists of an Exec board, a cabinet and the general body. The exec board is made up of 9 members who do much of the planning and decision making for the chapter. Each week, before our chapter meeting, Exec meets to discuss any issues and/or upcoming events for the chapter. When all other sisters come in, exec shares all announcements and asks for any other announcements from the chapter. Every week, the cabinet also meets. The cabinet is ran by the VP and the VP will share any of the cabinets announcements at Exec.

This system has been working great for years, but with new technologies we have included additional ways to communicate information. One of my favorite tools we use is TxtBlaster. This online tool allows any exec member to go on to the website and send a short message to all of our sisters' phones. We can also send a text to textblaster to send out as well. This website has allowed us to be in constant communication with all of our sisters, just by the use of a cell phone.