MyRWA is built on the Socious platform, which is a
social networking system in a similar vein to Facebook or Google +. You can use MyRWA for social networking
inside the RWA membership, and if you want to do that, you need to set up your
Profile page. To do that, sign into MyRWA, and go to the My Profile link on the
right side of the screen (under Quick Links). You'll find yourself on a screen
that looks like this:
This is not the social networking part. This is
YOUR private page. No one see this but you. If you need to update your contact
information, you would click the button that reads "Update Full RWA
Profile." To get to the social networking page, look at the right side of
the screen and click on "My Page" That will bring you to this screen:
There's not a lot to this before you play with it,
which you do by going to the Actions tab. You can add links to Facebook, to
Twitter, to your personal website, as well as images of your covers.
This is my personal page, to give you an idea of
what you can do:
Take a look at the left side of the page, under
the user picture. See where it says Connections, Following and Followers? That
is the social networking part of the page. Connection are just that -- people
you choose to be connected to. They can be other chapter members, friends,
people who share a publisher or agent -- anyone with which you share a
connection. You can be connected to someone without following them. You can
follow someone without being connected to them. And, if you don't want to deal
with this at all, you can turn it off.
If you don't want to use the social networking
function, go back to My Profile.
The last bit of functionality is the ability to
pay dues online. You can pay your national dues through the website (which is
existing functionality), and you may already be able to pay your chapter dues.
FF&P has this functionality, and other chapters will also eventually have
this ability.
First, for National dues, let's go back to your
MyRWA home page. Under Quick Links, you will find Pay Dues and Invoices.
If you have a membership renewal due, it will be
listed on the next screen.
To pay your chapter dues, go to the FF&P
website. From the MyRWA home page, click on My Chapters, then click on Fantasy,
Futuristic and Paranormal. You'll get this screen, with Join or Renew your
FF&P Membership as the first choice.
Click that button, then choose Register for Event
and follow the directions.
The changeover to MyRWA has been fairly
drama-filled, with confusion and frustration running rampant since the beginning.
Hopefully, this series has brought you into MyRWA without a minimum of forehead
meeting desk and language that would make your mother look at you sternly
(unless, of course, your mother happened to be a New York truck driver, in
which case, she might have taught you some stronger words than I know!)If you have any other questions, please drop an email! You can reach me via my WEBSITE.
PS: RWA? They are not forums. They are mailing
lists. NOT FORUMS. Kthnxbye
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