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WEBSITE EDITOR'S REPORT

George C. Kagadis | Rion, Greece

AAPM Newsletter — Volume 44 No. 1 — January | February 2019

This issue of the Newsletter is being published just after the RSNA 2018 Annual Meeting which took place November 25–30, 2018 in cold but architectural Chicago, IL (Figure 1). As in all previous RSNA years, AAPM has had a lot of sessions and meetings advancing our science, education, and professionalism, and I am sure that everyone that attended it has really enjoyed it.

The current report is dedicated to the communication technologies that AAPM has adopted and is serving to the membership. This is a summary of previous reports detailing the technologies we are using for the benefit of our society.

Our main line of communication with our membership is e-mail. During the past year, this came into jeopardy with our EU (European Union) members due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). We took steps to ensure that we are in compliance with GDPR, our new AMS (Association Management Software) being a big help with that. We welcome you to check your e-Preferences periodically as we are always updating with additional campaigns so that you are able to be more granular about what e-mail communications you receive from AAPM.

Our webpage has changed a lot during the past few years, including our look, feel, and structure. The AAPM Information Services (IS) team and I have put a lot of effort into making the webpage cleaner and more easily accessible by our membership. Our IS personnel are working to streamline information as they work to convert to the new look and feel. The transition to the new website is an ongoing process and isn't over yet. You will continue to experience advances as time goes by.

Furthermore, with regard to our social media presence, we are available on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Flickr. Facebook is an online social media and social networking service. Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as 'tweets.' Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social networking service. LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Flickr is an image and video hosting service.

I am pleased to report that as of December 10, 2018 we have 821 followers on Instagram, 45,470 images posted to AAPM's Flickr, 9,536 follows on Facebook, 10,285 members on LinkedIn, and 7,189 followers on Twitter.

In order to ensure that our presence on social media runs as smoothly and faultlessly as possible, AAPM announced a policy governing social media groups in 2015. This Policy aims to ensure that all AAPM-related content on social media sites is consistent with the organization's mission and objectives. I would suggest that anyone wishing to post on our Social Media instances reads the AAPM Social Media Policy, as well as the Terms and Conditions, available in the footnote on every AAPM page. We have drafted the following 'Good Practice Guidelines' about the appropriateness of the content you wish to post on any of our web pages:

  1. You are personally responsible for whatever you post online. If you use your capacity as an AAPM member (of any type, i.e. full member, student member, Fellow member, etc.), ensure that what you say looks professional.
  2. Do not post advertisements, promotions, or solicitations for products and/or services including those related to jobs without written permission from the AAPM Website editor.
  3. Only post accurate and reputable information. If you are in doubt about the reliability of the information's source, consider not using it and/or ask for advice from the AAPM Website editor.
  4. AAPM followers of our Social Media presence expect the most up-to-date and reliable information. Please post information with "as of" date only in your area of expertise and please review the already available posts to avoid redundancy and/or errors.
  5. Always avoid posting provocative statements and/or giving irritable, angry responses to posted material. Please point out any observed errors, but never disparage the person.
  6. Do not redistribute members-only content (journal articles, videos, member newsletters, etc.) to a wider audience.
  7. Be respectful of the privacy of others. Avoid publishing or citing personal details and photographs of individuals without their permission.
  8. Comments are a foundational aspect of conversations in social media. Don't delete comments just because you disagree with the commenter's opinion. Please, monitor your social media account/sub-account and delete only comments that are obviously spam, abusive, obscene or contain links to irrelevant or inappropriate blogs or websites.

The AAPM IS staff and I (Figure 2) are pleased to serve you and advance the web presence of our society. Please, do not hesitate to contact us should you need any further clarification about AAPM communication technologies.

I hope you find the AAPM website useful, visit it often, and send me your feedback or contact me directly.

The Rookery stairwell, Chicago, IL Figure 1: The Rookery stairwell, Chicago, IL.
The AAPM IS staff, and the website editor Figure 2: The AAPM IS staff, and the Website Editor. Pictured left to right: Yan-hong Xing, Ashley Zhu, Zailu Gao, Michael Woodward, Farhana Khan, Abby Pardes, George Kagadis. Not Pictured: Tammy Conquest and Rohan Tapiyawala.

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