Dear Compas,
In the first electronic issue (Fall '06) of El Sol, you found great writing from several schools, and some photos of Sal Catro’s visit to Yale and of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Please bear with me, El Sol will continue to undergo many changes as I become better at blog formatting and HTML editing. Hopefully, in the near future, E.C.C.S.F. and El Sol will have their own website, and it will be possible for the Publications Chair to make it fancier and more functional. But for the time being, this will be El Sol's home.
The fact that El Sol is electronic now does not mean that it has to be so forever. Printing out copies is not impossible, and I am still willing to do that. On that note, let's be clear why it was changed in the first place.
El Sol's purpose is to inform each one of its member schools of the struggles they are facing. Attendance at the conferences is understandably sporadic and uncertain. With El Sol as a blog, everyone can access the information at any time, anywhere. This should prove to be helpful especially during times when we are planning a coordinated event, or continuing the discussion of a certain issue that couldn't be finished at the conference. Moreover, the site itself can be used as a simple networking resource--it enables us to have access to each other's contact info, etc., instantly. The blog is just another facet of online organizing. . . With any luck, people will catch on to this and utilize it to its fullest potential.
El Sol's success depends on your involvement.
If you have any suggestions or helpful advice, and of course submissions, send them my way… porfa!
elsol.eccsf@gmail.com
En solidaridad,
Mikey Velarde
THE ECCSF EXECUTIVE BOARD 2006-2007
Maria Bruno, MEChA de Cornell '07
Communications Chair
Mikey Velarde, MEChA de Vassar '09
Publications Chair
David Mata, MEChA de Vassar '07
Alumni Relations Chair
Susan Tovar, MEChA de Yale '09
Treasurer
Hemly Ordóñez, MEChA de Georgetown '07
Executive Chair
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