New APA Member Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/apacommunications 

 Hello APA members, 

Your Communications Committee has a new Facebook group that will allow you to have another source to receive official information from your APA Union. This group is now open for you and we are waiting for you to join. Listed below are a few things regarding the group that will apply to all members. 

• You must be a member in good standing to be allowed to join the group 
• If a member drops off our active member list, their access will be revoked 
• This group will be informational purposes only; therefore, members will not be able to post to the group, only the administrators will be allowed to post information to the group. 
• Some examples of things that may be posted in the group are:  
• Information about upcoming union events, seminars, and activities  
• Information reminders about benefits  
• Important dates related to HR benefits, elections, and calendar dependent events  
• Photos of members at events 

Facebook provides metrics on group activity, views, number of members, and other valuable information.  These metrics will be used to evaluate the use and effectiveness of this as a communications channel after 6 months of activity data is collected. In addition, a survey of interest will be sent to request feedback from members. At that time, the Communications Committee will evaluate allowing members to create and submit posts to the group or create a separate group for discussions and questions from members.  

Again, the group is now open for members to request membership. Once you request your membership, an administrator will check your membership status with the union. Once that process is completed, we will allow you access to the group.  

Our group can be found by searching for MSU APA Communications Group in Facebook.