Beacon Subscription Fees Frozen
Third Age Trust Trading has announced that the fees payable by u3as for using Beacon has been frozen at £1 per member for the 2021/22 financial year.
Resolving Email Problems
Photo by Stephen Phillips – Hostreviews.co.uk on Unsplash Roy Biggs, the Team Lead for on-going help, gives us the following tips on how to maximise the chances of your Beacon email being delivered successfully, and how to approach problem-solving if problems do arise. An Insight to email Issues When a problem occurs with Beacon email, […]
Statement about Beacon 2 from APT
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Our Beacon 2 development partner, APT Solutions, has issued the following message to all u3a members. As we approach the end of the year we wanted to share a brief u3a-wide update on the ‘New Beacon’ project and outline our current plans for the new year. Project Update & […]
Beacon People – Marian Luck
Beacon People is a series of posts about u3a volunteers working on the Beacon project. Today we feature Marian Luck. Marian is one of the unsung heroes. She works behind the scenes keeping the Beacon project organised. The Beacon team know her and rely on her, but she may be less well known to Beacon […]
Bounced and Other Undelivered Emails
Bounced and Other Undelivered emails Without a doubt the most (un)popular subject on the Forum since I became a member has been that of undelivered emails. Fortunately it seems to be less of a global issue these days but still individually frequent enough to raise blood pressures from Penzance to Penrith. I know from my […]
The Beacon 2 pilot scheme – and how you can be part of it
mailto:info@beacon.u3a.org.ukIt’s always been the plan that the Beacon Upgrade Project will involve Beacon users at every stage. With your help we will ensure that Beacon 2 meets the needs of every u3a. One way we are doing this is by including various pilot stages throughout the project. The first of these will take place during […]
Beacon can help your u3a now – don’t delay!
Thinking of moving to Beacon? There’s no need to wait for Beacon 2. Joining now will aid your journey to Beacon 2.
Beacon People – Frank Bailey
Beacon People is a series of posts about u3a volunteers working on the Beacon project. Today we feature Frank Bailey, the Beacon national support lead. Frank’s role is demanding. Not only does he oversee the current Beacon system but he’s also the senior member of the Beacon 2 team. This is what Frank told Beacon […]
Will Beacon 2 be able to ….
The most popular question on the Forum is “Will Beacon 2 enable me to ….?” or, as a suggestion, “I would like Beacon to be enhanced to …” Unfortunately there is often no answer, the reason being that all that is known about the functionality of the software is what is contained in the specifications […]
First Beacon 2 Delivery Imminent
The first delivery of Beacon 2 software will happen by the end of this month. That will be the signal for the teams of Beacon 2 volunteers to spring into action.