We had our Army-Navy gathering at Big Al’s, and despite having to share the venue with the Portland Timbers championship game, we had a great time. The game was terrific and the result was exactly as we hoped it would be. The December luncheon, however, was limited to a small number of folks. As usual, those who attended enjoyed themselves and the comradery. Because of the impact of the latest COVID surge, we decided not to have a January luncheon, and will resume in February. We are hoping that the duration of this variant will be short lived as it has been in other countries who experienced it before we did.
The Chapter was once again recognized as a “distinguished Chapter,” which gives us opportunities to participate in unique ways in the Alumni Association. Thanks to Mike, Doug, Ted and Janette for their contributions to the application.
| I want to tell you a little about Hivebrite, the new, all-encompassing USNA Alumni communications system that has been in development for a couple of years and is finally ready for activation. As the Group Leader for our Chapter, I am being tasked with bringing our chapter into the system, which has several portals where there are areas of concern for membership, finance, communications, scheduling, IT prowess, social media, and commitment to functioning in the system. Here is the activation message:
Our alumni community’s new Hivebrite engagement and communication platform, myUSNA, provides a secure and private online forum to connect with alumni classmates, chapters, Shared Interest Groups, and parent clubs while hosting on one site Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation real-time news and information about upcoming events. When users set up their profiles, they can link their LinkedIn account to their myUSNA profile. myUSNA will be the Alumni Association’s primary means of engaging with the alumni community beginning in 2022. Your class, chapter, SIG and parent club leads will be onboarding you into your respective group within the next several months. Visit myUSNA.com | Activate your account to activate your account, start engaging and be a myUSNA plank owner. |
You might be interested in going on line to familiarize yourself with what is available and the extent to which it might help you find/communicate with classmates and other alumni. The Chapter will be looking at the other opportunities within the system that might help us operate more effectively. We are considering asking Dr. Loomis to join us at a Wednesday Happy Hour to answer questions and provide more information.
Soon we will be deciding whether or not to continue our Wednesday evening Happy Hour on Zoom. I have always been a big fan of the occasion and look forward to it, but it does have limited participation, usually consisting of the same people. If you would like to see what it is like, please tune in.
Go Navy,
John Adams ‘69, CDR, USN (Ret)