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The National Council (nationalcouncil@afsusa.org) and its Communications Committee (communications@afsusa.org) are working hard to ensure that communications within AFS are open and timely. There are two new tools for you to use:

Communications Map

Communication From	Communication To	Common Method
Volunteers: Strategic Organizational Ideas to Share	National Volunteer Assembly (NVA) Rep OR National Council (NC)	Email to: NVA Rep for your area, or to nationalcouncil@afsusa.org
Volunteers: Strategic Operational Ideas to Share	Appropriate Advisory Group	Email to Advisory Group e-mail address (See email addresses below)
Volunteer comments, questions, ideas, best practices to share	National Council, OR Communications Committee	nationalcouncil@afsusa.org, OR communications@afsusa.org
Staff Areas (Hosting, Sending, Volunteer Development, Suport, Sponsored Programs, IT, etc.)	All Volunteers OR Targeted Volunteers (i.e., Advisory Group members)	Email directly and post on Wiki for future reference
National Council (decisions, other communications)	All Volunteers OR NVA Reps	Coming Together Newsletter, OR Email to NVA Reps and post on Wiki
AFS Executive Committee	All Volunteers	Email and post on Wiki

Communications Resources Flow Chart

• Communications Resources Flow Chart, a chart that helps you determine what area of AFS to contact for various topics

You’ll note that on the “Resources” document, e-mail addresses are generic. We’re consciously moving to this approach not to be less personal, but to be more efficient. These e-mail addresses are monitored regularly, and won’t change as staff members or volunteers change responsibilities. You may not always receive a “same-day” response from each area, but it will be timely.

Please let us know your thoughts or offer ideas for future revisions at communications@afsusa.org.