As we have been working on building our new Great Smoky Mountain chapter webpage( link:http://greatsmokymountain.tu.org/ ) I cannot say enough about the help I have received from the TU National office especially from Jeff Yates and Doug Agee! These are the guys who receive our frantic calls on a Friday night when we can't make it work and we have got to get a message or information out to members. In other words they have the patience of Job when we are losing it online.

The National TU staff has been working to upgrade the national webpage and is close to releasing it to the TU members. I have been invited to be a part of a group of 50 who will test drive it and give feedback. It will than be rolled out to a slightly larger group to do the same and then a final release to everyone. It looks like about a 30 day schedule to full release once we start, it will be  part of the continuing  effort to stay current in the ever changing world of social media. I will keep everyone informed of the progress they are making.