Using Announcements
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Announcements can help spread the word about upcoming meetings, new groups forming, a new facility or a new capability of your facility you wish to offer to others, and more.
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Announcements come in three types: Offer, Request, and General.
Use Offer for anything you wish to promote about your core, such as a new service or new instrumentation.
Use Request for any specific request for service or equipment.
Use General for a general anouncement to the community.
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The latest three announcements get promoted on the CM home page. Additionally, the menu item at top tracks the number of announcements available.
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If you request specific services or instrumentation, the CM will send emails to all facilities that match your request.