ITS YOUR LUCKY DAY

Well, at least for reading this newsletter. It won't be very long this 
month. I know all of you wait with anticipation to receive this once a 
month newsletter, trouble is I wait with anticipation to see if can figure 
out what to write.  This month is no exception.


CURRENT VOLUNTEER NUMBERS

Welcome aboard all new volunteers; we are really glad to have you. We 
currently have 4318 volunteers across the globe. During the month of 
May we welcomed 125 new volunteers. Forty-eight volunteers were removed 
due to the newsletter bouncing back to us (user unknown, mailbox full 
March and April, and hosts unknown); 10 removals by staff being 
non-responsive or bad e-mail addresses; 80 members decided to leave the 
project voluntarily. The staff doesn't ask too much from the volunteers; 
just keep us posted on any changes you may have by going to 
http://www.raogk.org/change.html instead of writing to us directly. Also, 
as always, please be sure to acknowledge receipt of a request, whether 
you can fulfill the request or not.

VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS

In the northern hemisphere, most of us use the next 3 to 4 months to go 
on holidays and vacations. If you will be gone for an extended period 
of time (2 weeks or longer), you will need to put in a request for 
"temporary removal."

What is "temporary removal?"  When a staff member receives a message 
with the notation of Temporary removal on the submission message, we 
make the listing "invisible" to the public, while keeping your entire 
listing intact so there is no need to resubmit your entry. On the change 
form, there is a place where you can check this option. If you have an 
idea when you will be coming back and need your listing made public 
again, you can note this in the "comments" section of the form.

The link to the change form is http://www.raogk.org/change.html.


E-MAIL ADDRESS

Sometime in the future, we will be requesting an alternate address as 
a way of being able to get in contact with you. Those of you using 
web-based e-mail addresses (@hotmail.com, et al.), sometimes forget 
to pickup your e-mail (or dump your trash) and your messages bounce 
as "over quota." We would like an "alternate" address to be able to 
let you know this has happened. The alternate address will be for 
staff use only and not published for users, nor used for any other 
purposes than mentioned above.  Just thought I'd give you a heads-up 
about something new.

Until next month. . .

RAOGK Staff