Communication is the key to USY. It is the method, the tool, the very way we interact.

I am absolutely honored and excited to serve as your 2008 USY International Communications Vice President. I look forward to a year where we are well informed and fully connected as a united international youth movement. In order to make this dream a reality I need your help. I urge you get involved today by taking action, as listed in the bullets below. Together we will be able be make 2008 the best USY year ever.

• Please sign up for the USY listserv so you are kept up to date with all things USY.
• Please write for Achshav! Not only is it really cool to see yourself published in an international magazine, but it's amazing to have your voice heard by thousands of USYers. In USY we care about every USYer and greatly value your input.
• Please show off yourself, your talents, your pictures, your artwork, your poetry, your music, your life and be a featured part of Shalhevet.
• Please help USY grow by sharing your chapter experiences and insights via LaNasi.
• Please talk to your Regional Communications Vice President and get involved in the "International USY Wired Communications Challenge." Your involvement may be the only thing your Region is missing to become the "Most Connected Region of the Year 2008."
• Please shoot video news reports of USYers at events and e-mail them to communications@usy.org so you can be featured as a part of "USY Today."
• Please get involved in the USY on-line chats and meet USYers from all over North America.
• Please take pictures and e-mail them to communications@usy.org so YOU can be seen on the USY website.

Above all else, please have fun and enjoy an awesome year of USY.

As your International Communications Vice President and as your friend, I am always here for you. If you have questions, suggestions or just need someone to talk to, feel free to send me an e-mail. I can't wait to work with you.

B'ahava,

Scott Strenger
2008 USY International Communications Vice President
communications@usy.org

Resource for Chapter Communication VPs

• Communications Officer Packet