Last Call - Vote re: SHERA Listserv Changes

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Dear SHERA listserv subscribers,

Changes must be made to the SHERA listserv, as it can no longer be hosted
by Oakland University.

*Please, respond to this survey regarding these changes.
<https://goo.gl/forms/tXOMqlMxFCXuIZEe2>*

The SHERA Board has agreed unanimously to switch to H-NET (
https://networks.h-net.org) as the basis for our communications starting
with the election of new officers in January. These changes will affect the
duties of the future listserv administrator.

Here are the main reasons why:

1) ease and versatility of organization, allowing us to set up a variety of
blogs, discussions, reviews, databases;

2) security of archiving past discussions (unlike Google, which is
sometimes unreliable in terms of maintaining its groups' archives, H-NET is
non-profit and committed to archiving);

3) ease of posting -- subscribers can upload their posting themselves
(editors just help tag them in order to organize them accordingly on the
website);

4) Notifications of postings will be coming to all subscribers=E2=80=99 ema=
il
addresses

The one drawback of H-NET is that subscribers cannot just hit a reply
button to respond to the posting directly, but have to log into the H-NET
website to post their response.

In response to that, the SHERA Board will consider founding a Google Group
in addition to joining H-NET. This will provide SHERA with a traditional
listserv to which people can send and respond to queries directly via
email.

Thank you,
SHERA Board

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SHERA
Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and
Architecture
Natasha Kurchanova, President
Eva Forgacs, Vice-President/President-Elect
Ksenia Nouril, Secretary-Treasurer
Tamara Jhashi, Listserv Administrator
Amy Bryzgel, Web News Editor
Anna P. Sokolina, SHERA-SAH Liaison
[email protected]
[email protected]
shera-art.org

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Dear SHERA listserv subscribers,<br><br>Changes must be ma=
de to the SHERA listserv, as it can no longer be hosted by Oakland Universi=
ty. <div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=
=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"https://=
goo.gl/forms/tXOMqlMxFCXuIZEe2" target=3D"_blank">Please, respond to this s=
urvey regarding these changes.</a></font></b></div><div style=3D"font-size:=
12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907=
34863px">The SHERA Board has agreed unanimously to switch to H-NET (</span>=
<a href=3D"https://networks.h-net.org/" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-siz=
e:12.800000190734863px">https://networks.h-net.org</a><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:12.800000190734863px">) a</span>s the basis for our communications star=
ting with the election of new officers in January. These changes will affec=
t the duties of the future listserv administrator. <br><br>Here are the mai=
n reasons why:<br><br>1) ease and versatility of organization, allowing us =
to set up a variety of blogs, discussions, reviews, databases;<br><br>2) se=
curity of archiving past discussions (unlike Google, which is sometimes unr=
eliable in terms of maintaining its groups&#39; archives, H-NET is non-prof=
it and committed to archiving); </div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907=
34863px"><br></div>3) ease of posting -- subscribers can upload their posti=
ng themselves (editors just help tag them in order to organize them accordi=
ngly on the website);<br><br>4) Notifications of postings will be coming to=
 all subscribers=E2=80=99 email addresses <br><br>The one drawback of H-NET=
 is that subscribers cannot just hit a reply button to respond to the posti=
ng directly, but have to log into the H-NET website to post their response.=
<br><br>In response to that, the SHERA Board will consider founding a Googl=
e Group in addition to joining H-NET. This will provide SHERA with a tradit=
ional listserv to which people can send and respond to queries directly via=
 email. <br><br>Thank you,<br>SHERA Board</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8=
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"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><div>SHERA<br>Society of Historians of East Eur=
opean, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture<br>Natasha Kurchanova, Pr=
esident<br>Eva Forgacs, Vice-President/President-Elect<br>Ksenia Nouril, Se=
cretary-Treasurer<br>Tamara Jhashi, Listserv Administrator<br>Amy Bryzgel, =
Web News Editor<br>Anna P. Sokolina, SHERA-SAH Liaison<br><a href=3D"mailto=
:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">SHERA.artarchitecture@g=
mail.com</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"mailto:sh=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><=
/span><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://shera-art.org" target=3D"_blank">she=
ra-art.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d=
iv>
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