I was called as Ward Clerk last week at Mandurah Ward. One of the first things I wanted to implement was to have all leadership using a domain email address rather than a mixture of isp.com.au, hotmail.com and yahoo.com addresses. So I registered mandurahward.net, and have been busy adding aliases for people (name@mandurahward.net) and callings (calling@mandurahward.net) to etc/aliases. Advantages include:

• They look good, and appear united and professional
• They’re easy to remember
• They’re meaningful
• They can be reused when you move ISP
• They can be reused when someone else is called

I might open it up to the general population but for now it’s just leadership. Soon I’ll set up mailing lists for PEC organisations etc. This system worked well at Canning when I was there.

Is it cheating if I forward all my email to Gmail? My domain email all for appearance and vanity, but Gmail is what I use to manage it.