As one of those deeply involved in the process throughout, I’m quite pleased with the new site and its improved design and user-friendliness. Dave Golding deserves much credit, as does Jenny Reeder who initiated the process. Ron and Marilyn Barney, who worked closely with Dave in updating and transferring the information from the old site to the new, deserve special mention. In the future, additional features will be added to the site, including free audio recordings of the papers and panels at MHA’s Annual Conferences.*

But the website is only one manifestation of a renewed commitment by MHA’s leadership to increasing and improving the Association’s online presence. In addition to the website, a new facebook page has been created, where users can “like” the page and keep up with the Association’s latest news, updates, and more information. There’s also a twitter account (@MormonHistAssoc) for those of you who tweet. At this year’s conference in Calgary, we’ll make sure an appropriate #hashtag is announced for those who wish to live tweet the conference. Finally, for student members of the Mormon History Association, please consider joining the newly-revamped facebook group, where you can ask questions, discuss issues affecting student involvement in MHA, and put out queries about panel proposals for future conferences.

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*We encourage all to update their bookmarks. For the time being, the old website (mhahome.org) is still up. In the coming days, it will begin redirecting to the new site (mormonhistoryassociation.org).