Old Sachem Alumni Bulletin Board

A few weeks ago I sent an email to Sachem, inquiring about the decommissioned "Sachem Alumni Bulletin Board." This resource has been unavailable for about two years! As you may already know, it was the old "Sachem Bulletin Board" that enabled most of us to reconnect with with our classmates!

Soon after, a technical representative from Sachem, contacted me and explained that the webmaster was no longer employed at Sachem. This situation was further exasperated, by the Software Design Company, going bankrupt. The Software was no longer available! All was lost, including the database! "And Now the unthinkable!" The Server went up in smoke!

The prognosis was grim, and I abandoned any future contact with Sachem, relating to the possibility of once again, activating the "Sachem Alumni Bulletin Board."

While performing my normal Blog related Internet gymnastics, I discovered a Web Site that is labeled, "Sachem Alumni, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY. At first, this Site appeared to be a Sachem Web Site, but upon closer inspection, it appears that it is a new Alumni Site! I must admit that this site fooled me; IT LOOKED LIKE A SACHEM WEB SITE! I did enter my data into their database! This new site requires a $25. fee, in order to view the membership. They had no problem, tricking me into first giving them my personal data, before they told me that I must give them $25. in order to look at their database! This feels like Deja Vu!

Why am I surprised? Where have I seen this before? All of us should know by now, that Santa Clause is dead! I don't mean that literally! Santa is one of my favorite Pals! Ha! Ha! That is as long as he gives me lots of toys for Christmas! Yesssssssssssssssssssss!

So! The new site is:
http://www.alumniclass.com/sachem

The site that is still free is:
http://alumz.com/


The good news is that if you do a Google search for "Sachem class of" our Blog comes up as number six. We are not that difficult to locate!

A Google search for "Sachem class of 1960" will come up as number one! Yupeeeeeee!

Just for the fun of it, do a Google search on your name, and note where you appear in the returned list! The Blog will appear because your name is indexed by virtue of being listed in our Blog. "Would you believe?" You actually have a "World Wide Web" presence!" Yahoooooooooo!!!!!!!

Many people talk about the "Good Old Days!" Well they could have them! I really think that today's technology is "So Cool;" I would never trade it for the "Good Old Days!"

Have Fun

Ben

Reply From Marylin Giove Chion:

Hi Ben,

I tried it and it worked! Thank you for keeping up with our Sachem communication. It is so great to have the Blog and even though I do not participate very often, I always look forward to receiving the email from you with the new entries on the Blog. I especially enjoy Camille's pictures.

I wanted to get a few of the Florida people together for a weekend at the beach in November, but did not get much of a response. Don and I are at the beach almost every weekend from Thursday to Sunday, so if anyone wants to get together just email me at marylinc@cfl.rr.com. Maybe we can get something going after all. Next weekend we are looking forward to seeing Bill and Arlene Monteverde at Ormond Beach. Joan and George Gerson might be able to make it in November.

I hope everyone is well and happy and enjoying this stage of our lives.

Love, Marylin

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