For at least 15 years, Xavier faculty have gotten timely updates from this blog delivered to their inboxes. We hope to continue that tradition for many years to come, but we're making a few changes. Well, just one change, actually, but it's kind of a big deal.
We're moving our "CAT FooD" newsletter to the JetPack platform, which should offer several advantages.
For one thing, it gives you more power to customize exactly how often you get your newsletter delivered. Also, it integrates more seamlessly with our blogging platform, WordPress.
What do you have to do? Nothing! If you are subscribed to the old newsletter, we'll add you directly to the new newsletter. We anticipate doing this during the winter break for minimal disruptions.
However, if you like, there are a few things you could do to make your transition even smoother.
- The new newsletter will be coming at you from <donotreply@wordpress.com> so you could add that address to your contacts in order to keep it from getting flagged as spam.
- You could even add yourself to the new JetPack newsletter now. (You will need to verify your subscription.) You might get a few duplicate issues, but that will resolve itself when we stop the old newsletter.
Again, those steps are optional. We envision a smooth transition. The only potentially confusing issue that we foresee might arise if you already subscribe to some other WordPress.com newsletters, but that is probably only a handful of you. We're happy to work with you to resolve anything that comes up on a case-by-case basis.
Yes, our inboxes are clogged these days, but email remains the best way to stay in touch for certain things. We hope timely info from CAT+FD is one of those things! We look forward to seeing you on the other side, in our brand-new shiny jet-powered future.
Some fun factual footnotes for those who read to the end: The origins of the CAT FooD newsletter are lost in the mists of time, but we believe it got started in 2009 using the Feedburner service. In October of 2016 we made the switch to MailChimp. We currently have 216 subscribers, a quarter of whom are not affiliated with Xavier.