Supporting Members Benefits: Access to the Writing Team's professionally edited, volunteer written lesson sets. Access to the Exchange Search Feature, allowing you to do keyword searches through our vast collection. Access to the Email Digest feature... allowing you to receive automatic notifications when someone posts in a forum or to a lesson subject you are watching. The monthly Rotation Coordinator's Email Newsletter... alerting you to new resources at the website, announcing new features, and sharing teaching ideas. Access to the Help I'm Looking for --forum and "Help I'm New to Rotation and..." where you can ask other members for help with finding resources, lesson plans, ideas and troubleshooting. Access to current and future online and downloadable Flash training presentations. Access to The Rotation Lounge ...where members share their stories, frustrations, prayers, and solutions, and other private topic forums. And several other features. Guests and Registered-members will receive an invitation to join when they try to access Contributing Member-only areas. Why the change? In the past, Rotation.org was supported by free-will donations in response to our annual emailed fundraising letter. But as we've grown, and as expenses have gone up, that passive donation model simply hasn't kept up with the site's growth, it's cost, and the vision. In February of 2010, we emailed every registered member of the Exchange asking them to voice their opinion in an online forum or by email. The OVERWHELMING majority of replies supported the idea of turning on the Contributing Member feature. In fact, it became an out-pouring of support and words of appreciation! And many people told us that enabling the online membership feature would make it easier for them to do what they had always intended to do... support the site. MOST of the free lesson content on our Exchange message board continues to be fully accessible to unregistered visitors and guest.  But some of our finest resources and personalized help are only available to people who understand the importance of being part of this community in a special way. Your Rotation.org volunteer Board, Carol Hulbert Jaymie Derden Tanja Rouintree Luanne Payne Anne Camp For technical help regarding your membership, go to the TECH FORUM in the Exchange at (http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/cfrm/f/927106134) To see a list of all the churches and individuals who have been paying the bills and bringing you this website, go to www.rotation.org/report.htm Sign up to become a Supporting Member Now! (http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/premium) Technical Notes: Supporting Members will first need to become "Registered Members" if they are not already. If you have a screenname and log-in for Rotation.org, then you are already a Registered Member. All you need to do is log in when you click this link to become a Supporting Member:  www.rotation.infopop.cc.eve/premium If you are not a Supporting Member and try to access a "Supporting Members Only" feature or webpage, you will be prompted to sign up to become a Supporting Member. You can click Cancel. When you access the SitePay screen to become a Supporting Member, odds are you have never used SitePay before and will need to create a username and password just for that process. You can use it again the following year when you renew your Rotation.org Supporting Membership. If you have problems with signing up or becoming a Supporting Member, go to our Support Forum at http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/cfrm/f/927106134

Rotation.org Membership Info After much discussion with the Rotation community, Spring 2010 the Rotation.org Board took the NEXT STEP in its evolution and turned on the MEMBERSHIP feature in the Ideas and Lesson Exchange message board. These changes do not affect the "Main" part of rotation.org. They only affect access to content and features in the Exchange message board. Please note: MOST of the Lesson Exchange is still freely available to all who visit this site. There are now 3 levels of access to the Exchange. 1. Guests:  Guests are anonymous/unregistered visitors with access to most of the lessons, but with limited access to certain features in the Exchange. Guests cannot access the Writing Team's lesson sets, cannot use the Search feature, and cannot create/reply content. Guests are not required to register. Guests can become a Registered Member for FREE by completing the Exchange registration screen at http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/login, and confirming your email address. Then you're a Registered Member! ...and can become a Supporting Member. (see details below) 2. Registered Members: Registering to receive a username and password gets you general access to most forums and lesson content, including posting/reply privileges. However, some features and content will not accessible unless you elect to become a Supporting Member. If you previously registered with Rotation.org and have a log-in username and password, then you are already a Registered Member. 3. Supporting Members: This new category of membership costs $25 a year and gives you COMPLETE access to all content and features, including the Search Feature, as well as, access to certain forums such as the HELP forums, and access to all the Writing Team lesson sets (see full list on left). Become a Supporting Member Now! (http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/premium) The cost of becoming a Supporting Member is $25 --payable with your creditcard when you sign up. (There is also a $2 "Sitepay" transaction fee which does not go to rotation.org.) If you are already a Registered Member, you will need to log-in and then complete the Supporting Member process. If you are a "guest" ...having never registered before, you'll need to do that first when you click the above link. Signing Up is a Secure Transaction The Exchange software and sign-up process is managed by a Social Strata Inc, aka "Infopop" or "Groupee" ...the company that Rotation.org has been working with for the past ten years to bring you the Exchange message board. Their membership process and creditcard handling is completely secure. Rotation.org does not receive any financial information about you or your card. There is a $2 transaction fee paid to Social Strata/Sitepay for each membership. If you do not have a creditcard or prefer to send a check, send a check to our treasurer requesting a one year membership. Once received, we will switch your Registered Member status to Supporting Member. NOTES: When you sign up to become a Supporting Member, the Groupee/Rotation.org board software will alert you when your annual membership is about to expire. When you sign up, you will be taken to the Groupee SitePay website seen above. Supporting Members will receive a special "member" icon next to their screenname when they post. You may choose to create one sign-in/membership for your congregation's volunteers. If you have made a donation within the last 6 months to the Rotation.org Fund, you may have that contribution "credited" to your first year's membership.  Email the Rotation.org Treasurer for details. And once again....the vast majority of rotation lessons and articles will continue to be freely available to all who visit our website. The "Main" part of Rotation.org will continue to be 100% free. (To see the difference between the two sites...see the graphic below) Sign up and become a Supporting Member Now! (http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/premium)