PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW
CONCERNING THE REGION 3 NEWSLETTER.


We are excited about the number of people who have signed up to receive our newsletter, however, the large email list has created a bit of a problem. Some of you are no doubt wondering why you have not received any newsletters. Well, we have been trying to send out newsletters and they have all come back as undeliverable. It seems that Google, in doing their part to fight spam, has in place a spam filter that won't allow us (or anyone else for that matter) to mass email from a gmail address. Their solution for this was for us to create a google group for Region 3. This should allow us to send out updates to a wider audience via email.

So in order to take advantage of this, you must become a member of the Region 3 google group. In order to do this, you must have a google account. Many of you probably do, but if you do not you can go to www.gmail.com and click "create an account" to do get one. Your google account is also tied to a gmail account. This is the email address where you will receive the Region 3 updates, however, if you do not wish to use this address to get your updates, you can have all mail sent to this address automatically forwarded to any email address you wish (see below for details).

To get started, create your google account and apply for membership by going to
http://groups.google.com/group/usag-region3
then click on "apply for membership".

Thanks you very much for your patience on the matter. We hope that everyone will sign up for this. We think that communication is key to the success of this organization and we want to keep everyone informed on the latest information regarding USAG Region 3.

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Steps for setting up your gmail account to forward emails to another address:

1. Go to www.gmail.com and sign in to your gmail account.

2. Click "Settings" on the top right hand side of the page.

3. Click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab

4. Net to "Forwarding:" select the "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" circular button and enter the email address you want your mail forwarded to. Then select the drop down box next to it that says "keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox" and choose "archive Gmail's copy". This will place the email in the "All Mail" folder of your Gmail account once it has been forwarded and keep your inbox clean.

5. Click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom.