email reminders

All, I have been asked several times to raise this, so now I am

It has been suggested that this site should send out email reminders about things to registered users. The idea being to remind you the site is here and that you can use it. This has not been done up until now because the site developers both work in the IT industry and spend their lives trying to stop the constant stream of email that floods their inboxes
However we have been asked to look into providing this as an option so this post is to try and gauge if users would like this facility or not. If we did do it we would obviously provide an opt out option, so that YOU have the choice of recieving the emails or not.

Can people please respond to this post with their views on the matter so that we can make an informed choice on what our user based WANT us to do.

I have kept in mind about the lack of reminder regarding PMs, but I tend to prefer it that way. If I have any reminder options at all, I tend to prefer a pop-up when I sign in, to an email.

I do however sign in frequently so I can see where people are coming from if they want reminders by email to return for a visit.

I do like the thread subscription option, on a related note. Very helpful.

Hey Mark,

What have we been asked to remind people about? I've promised to add in the emails for a new message being received, and we already have the email subscriptions to topics.

As you say, there's already too much email in the world and I don't want to contribute to its proliferation ;)

It was generally felt that people would use the site more often if they were sent reminders. ,it was also felt we could send reminders of DAFNE principles such as sick day rules although obviously these could only be sent to DAFNE graduates.....
Not necessarily my view however I am interested in what others think. We are always happy to listen to what people want.

It is a nice idea but it seems there is already enough on the site to find answers to i.e. Course handbook for sick rules. To be honest I think if people WANT to use the site they will. I wouldn't bother setting up a new system to send out emails. If they wanted to find this site could they not search on the internet, I'm not sure. Anyway just my opinion.

If people want emails reminding them of DAFNE rules then I'd suggest they sign up for the DUG newsletter rather than us set up a special service for it.

I do agree with DianeW... People will make the effort if they're that interested...

On a related note, are we concerned about visitor numbers? I think the site does a great job, even the official DAFNE people recommend us to all looking for assistance.

Marke, You could have a site with whistles and bells, but if people can't be bothered to check the site every so often sending e-mails won't help. I alwatys check each week when I enter my blood sugars on the diary and that seems sensible enough to me.

It isn't the folk who use the site who need reminding, it's the ones who did DAFNE ages ago and probably registered in the first week after the course, and then got back to "life" again.
I don't think it would harm if a reminder about the website was sent..........