Sagamore online

This is a place to document the online efforts of Sagamore Hills Elementary School and its PTA.

Collaboration

• Discussion takes place on the Sagamore online discussion list (email • archives • subscribe & more)
• Meetings are documented

To Do

• PTA website To Dos
• Discuss near terms plans (2013-03)
• Sagamore reference
• State of Sagamore online, fall 2013#Ideas
• Correct @SagamorePTA address for PTA website (from ptasagamorehills.org to sagamorehillspta.org (it used to work years ago) --Dave (talk) 21:02, 19 June 2013 (EDT)
• Consider using MailChimp instead of Constant Contact -Dave (talk) 12:31, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
• BringIt Signup Sheets (http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/):
  • Should we move over to their "new" signup sheets at bringit.bz?
  • Should we just use Google Forms instead (possible, advantages?)?

• Take a look at Oak Grove Elementary School's online presence as a comparable (Hawthorne Elementary School might be worth a look too)
• Take Vera out of the equation and replace with something future proof, like "Sagamore Online <online@sagamorehillspta.org>". Look at Dreamhost billing, domain registration, and hosting credentials. -- Dave (talk) 20:39, 23 January 2013 (EST)
  • Vera is now out, but only replaced by me. Contact and control should really be by held by the PTA, not an individual. --Dave (talk) 13:49, 5 July 2013 (EDT)
• Email addresses at sagamorehillspta.org, to forward to appropriate people over time? Like board@, online@, advertise@, etc.?

Done

• Figure out a name for a shared PTA Google Account (discussion) --Dave (talk) 01:25, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

✓ Done (sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org) --Dave (talk) 20:32, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

• Hold a State of Sagamore online, fall 2013 video conference --Dave (talk) 13:51, 21 August 2013 (EDT)
• Sign up for Google for nonprofits and sign up for a free Google Apps account --Dave (talk) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
  • See Sagamore Hills PTA Google account --Dave (talk) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
  • Created Google for Nonprofits account for Sagamore Hills ES PTA and Google Apps for sagamorehillspta.org. Awaiting approval of Google Apps for Nonprofits (linking Google Apps account to Google for Nonprofits account to get the former for free (currently in 30-day free trial)). --Dave (talk) 20:57, 19 July 2013 (EDT)

✓ Done! See Sagamore Hills PTA Google account setup --Dave (talk) 18:52, 22 July 2013 (EDT)

• Take a Sagamore information inventory 2013 (on our way to an improved parent handbook) --Dave (talk) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
• Start documenting the variety of Sagamore communication --Dave (talk) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
• Delete traces of the ptasagamorehills.org domain at Dreamhost -- Dave (talk) 21:06, 23 January 2013 (EST)

✓ Done (by deleting at Manage Domains) --Dave (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2013 (EST)

Services

Email Distribution List

The PTA uses their Constant Contact account to distribute the weekly Wildcat Update Newsletter and any other announcements via email.

Sign-up Sheets

Doing sign-up sheets online is handy, and we seem to have a couple options in use.

• Bringit
• SignUpGenius

Website

Sagamore Hills Elementary School has multiple websites. Discuss them on the mailing list.

DeKalb County Schools

See the Sagamore Hills district website page.

PTA

See the Sagamore Hills PTA website page.

Parents

The community edited Parents website (this site) contains a page for the school and other pages about the school.

Calendar

See the Sagamore calendar implementation.

Domain

sagamorehillspta.org is registered with Dreamhost and points to the Sagamore Hills PTA website. It was first registered 2011-07 by Vera Kornylak.

sagamorehillselementary.com is somehow in John Lenz's hands, currently (2014-04) pointing to the Sagamore Hills district website.

Historic: ptasagamorehills.org served a website as early as 2008-07 and no later than 2011-09, then redirected to sagamorehillspta.org, and expired 2012-09 (is no longer a registered domain name).

Vendors

Sagamore Hills and its PTA uses online services from the following vendors.

Constant Contact

Constant Contact powers the email distribution list. The PTA's account, sagamorehillspta, is charged $25 per month for services: Email Marketing and MyLibrary Plus.

Dreamhost

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account page.

DeKalb County Schools

DeKalb County Schools hosts a Sagamore website.

Google

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Google account page.

• mailto:sagamoreelementarypta@gmail.com

Bringit

Sign Up Sheets

• http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/ (let Google find them) -Login known by Dave Barker, Audrey Farquharson, …
• http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/ , a one off from 2012 (http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/public/mGFCyw6nEwo)?
• https://jefeild.bringit.bz/ , Johnna Feild?

SignUpGenius

SignUpGenius

• Ms. Menendez 2013-2014
  • Mystery Readers
  • Accelerated Reader Volunteering

Patch

Account, Sagamore Hills Elementary PTA, login with sagamoreelementarypta@gmail.com , with 4 posts as of 2013-11.

1. Sagamore Rocks! 2012-2013
2. Building & Grounds Day 2013-03
3. Wildlife Visit 2012
4. Open House 2012-2013