Posted on Jun 13, 2015
LTC Stephen F.
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Since our military service is vetted before we become bona fide RallyPoint members, I was curious about what should happen when members die, become stricken with a debilitating disease like Alzheimer's or perish the thought leave of our own free will.
First - I expect our member number would be "retired." It might be nice to have a departed members page with the names and member numbers of those who have departed posted with soft funeral music in the background :-)
Second - there should be a process by which RallyPoint is notified in the event of death. I know that Funeral Homes forward death certificates to Social Security. Since RallyPoint has access to some personal DoD information such as DD 214's, I would hope that there would be a relationship with the VA and DoD so that notification of military deaths either in service or later could be linked back to RallyPoint which could then close/retire an account.
Third - practically speaking there are many RallyPoint members who have done virtually nothing since they joined. How long can/should somebody be a member without entering any keystrokes since they first signed up? Should there be a way to automatically "check the pulse" periodically to verify contact information without being invasive?
Fourth - have RallyPoint member numbers 1 through 603 been "retired" already? I expect those numbers may have been part of the beta test period and that is why the founders numbers seem to start at 604.
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2d Lt Pilot Trainee
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Nice idea, sir. On the inactivity: I would think that some AD SMs may be unable to use RP frequently if at all depending on their circumstances. Others may just want to take a hiatus and come back after their break. Some that are actively reading and gathering information may not appear to be active if they don't prefer to post (i.e. They feel they have more to learn than to teach).
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LTC Stephen F.
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Thanks 2d Lt (Join to see) for posting reasonable thoughts. If you look at the top of each discussion you will see an eyeball to the left which indicates the number of people who viewed a discussion. I don't know if it tracks unique individuals or if I view the same page 5 times the counter bumps up 5. I was trying to mix a serious discussion with some humor.
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SSG Laureano Pabon
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LTC Stephen F. , Sir I been a member since November 8, 2013, on question number 4, I don't know what number I fall under or where to look for it.
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LTC Stephen F.
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SSG Laureano Pabon FYI, your member number is 96609. There are 2 ways to see it. First on your profile page you will https://www.rallypoint.com/profiles/96609-[whatever your specialty is]. The other way is to find your name above a comment or response, hover your cursor over it and right click and click save link as in Google and something similar in Internet Explorer and box will appear with 96609-31b-field-communications-electronics-equipment-mechanic.htm
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SSG Laureano Pabon
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Thank you sir :)
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