Announcing our new Member Service Center

The DEC Connection has launched a new "Member Service Center," replacing its original Member Forum, to provide a simplified and user-friendly platform for members to connect, stay informed, and access benefits. Members who paid dues through 2009 will find their profiles pre-loaded, with options to review and update information while ensuring privacy controls are in place. The document encourages those who haven't paid dues since before 2009 to join or renew their membership ($10/year or $25/three years) to support the association's activities.

The new center offers various functionalities, including reviewing and updating personal profiles, submitting news, stories, and business listings for an online yellow pages, adding profile photos, accessing the DEC Connection LinkedIn Group, and providing content for web articles. Specifically, members can view their information, update it, pay dues online via credit card or PayPal, access a list of other members, and send news bytes or DEC stories. The organization also invites members to use the new service center to reconnect with former colleagues, referencing the upcoming Memorial Service for Ken Olsen as an opportunity for engagement, and provides a link to sign up for their OPT-IN mailing list.