After-the-fact blogging is lovely for “what has happened”. That’s what the dump of photos from the show&tell has been (and would/will continue to be, if/when I have time again, because I really enjoy that). I think what Kris is looking for more of a “upcoming this month” type of thing. The blog, I think, is perfect for that, because it can be updated (daily, weekly, whatever works) whereas a “Monthly newsletter” type of deal is not so suited to our way of doing things (i.e. would require KNOWING a month in advance what is “upcoming”). So. I see the blog format as perfect for the “upcoming events” platform, as well as “things which have happened” platform.
As to the other items: we appear to be (by and large) a Wordpress company, so the platform should probably be that (and as far as I know, is fully viable).
The other facet of “getting the word out” is documenting “big things”, like the Mouser entry on the blog. Perfect for that, I think.
The big thing is: blogs (or any other format we choose) are more work than people think. We need folks who WANT to do that, and can. We’ve been short on those people, it seems to me, more so than short on the venue.
1 final thought/question, for @uglyknees as the poster, but anyone else who can remember:
what was the software you said you used to coordinate posting to multiple social media outlets in one fell swoop? I’ve been digging around for that post, and can’t find it…