Here's a simple way for members of
the denomination to help conserve natural and financial resources: Sign
up to receive three publications from Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) via
e-mail rather than postal mail. The agency's "Annual Report," its
quarterly newsletter "Benefit News," and press releases/news briefs that
are sent to BBT's members and clients can now be received
electronically by completing a brief form at www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/green.
"BBT is trying to be a good steward
of its members' money," said Patrice Nightingale, BBT's director of
communications. "Our members seem pleased about this new option--more
than 200 people elected to receive these publications electronically in
the first five days after an e-mail announcement was sent out to
approximately 1,300 members."
If you regularly receive publications
from BBT and have not yet signed up to receive these publications via
e-mail, expect to receive a postcard in the near future. BBT hopes to
offer electronic mailing of all of its paper publications. Most BBT
publications are available online at www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/publications.
In other news, the agency's e-mail
addresses are being simplified. E-mails from Brethren Benefit Trust
staff will be sent using a different e-mail address structure starting
the first week of November. While e-mails from BBT president Nevin
Dulabaum used to come from ndulabaum_bbt@brethren.org, for example, they will now be sent from ndulabaum@cobbt.org. All other staff e-mail addresses will follow this structure (first initial last name @cobbt.org).
The shift occurred as some changes
took place for the e-mail routing process that BBT shared with the
Church of the Brethren. Until recently, the two organizations shared
brethren.org as their e-mail domain name. This change also eliminates
the underscore from BBT's email addresses--a character that has been
confusing to users and difficult to read in some formats--and reinforces
the unique identity of the denomination's financial and benefits
agency. E-mail to BBT staff should be sent to the new @cobbt.org
addresses effective immediately. Questions may be directed to communications@cobbt.org or 800-746-1505.
-- Brian Solem is publications coordinator for Brethren Benefit Trust.
Source:11/2/2011 Newsline
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