Alumnae Online Community

Ever wish you could throw messages back and forth to keep up with your Palmer sisters or plan an off the cuff outing that you know would be more fun with a group of terrific gals? Do you have something that you want to share with our larger sisterhood community? Do you need help with something? Or do you just want to post the message yourself rather than go through the Palmer web page?

The Palmer Society has two ways that alumnae can do this: 1) The Poet Online Community- Palmer Society Group and 2) Palmer Alumnae Yahoo Group. Here is a description of each.

Poet Online Community

The Whittier College “Poet Online Community,” has many great features for W.C. alumni. This secured website allows users to look up classmates, submit class notes, get news, and join in on discussion boards. The resource will be helpful for Palmers also because it will help maintain accurate mail and e-mail information. We encourage all our sisters to not only register, but to also explore all of the site’s excellent features.

Registering for this free password-protected Whittier College alumni site and updating your profile is easy. Alumni can get started by getting their personalized 8 digit ID number from the Alumni Office at alumni@whittier.edu or by calling (562) 907-4222.

Once you have your ID code, this is the step-by-step process to get started:

1. Go to http://www.poetalumni.net

2. Type in your last name

3. Find your name listed

4. Insert your “8 digit ID code” that you received from the Alumni Office

5. Update your profile information

Optional– You can change your password at this point so that in the future you can take advantage of all the Poet Online Community has to offer. This includes participating in Groups that you have registered affiliations with from your college days. The Palmer Society does have its own private group.

For any sisters who do not have computer access to update your contact information through the internet, we encourage you to call the Alumni Office at (562) 907-4222 and let them double check your profile.

Palmer Alumnae Yahoo Group

The Palmer Actives keep themselves organized both formally and informally using Palmer Yahoo Groups rather successfully and so Palmer Alumnae have started a group of their own to help members who want to keep in touch via the internet. Our online is hosted through Yahoo groups.

For those unfamiliar with these forum, these are free, invitation only groups and participation is by your voluntary active sign-up; you will not be a member of the Palmer Alumnae Online Group unless you actively sign-up and and this will be only for Palmer alumnae to join.
You may remain as anonymous as you like and can chose to receive messages that are posted as they come in, on a once-a-day basis, or just whenever you sign-in and want to read whatever is posted. There is also a "special notice" option which means you will only receive e-mails pertaining to Palmer Society announcements in your inbox in case you wish to stay out of the chatter but want to remain in the loop.
Only when you post or reply to a message is your e-mail address given and you may reply to the person who posted the message or to everyone on the forum. Similarly, you may post to a specific member of our forum or the entire forum also when you have something to say.
There are moderators in keeping with our spirit of friendship and cooperation but beyond that, anything goes.
If you think you are interested in joining such a community let us know at thepalmersociety@yahoo.com. You will need to respond to the message and sign up for a Yahoo account in order to complete the process of signing up.

Facebook

The Palmer Society does have an official Facebook Page. Feel free to Like us.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Palmer-Society/164620453590221

There is also a closed group, for members only- search Palmer Society at Whittier College