Dear CEN

Readers,

As fall approaches, I wanted to let

you know about some changes made over the summer to the Canadian Expat Network, to make the website more interactive, educational, entertaining and

resourceful.

Social

Networking

First off, the community will be

transitioning away from our existing social network based on community feedback.

While having a tag based social network was very unique, there was not a

strong habitual need to find others with similar commonalities. Going forward

we will utilize current applications such as href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Expat-Network/367545725625?v=wall&ref=ts">facebook

and href="http://www.canadianexpatnetwork.com/bannergate/BannerGateRotator.cfm?CatIndex=23&LinkIndex=1">twitter.

Moving away from the current social network application, the calendar and discussion forum (Coming Soon) features will be moved to the homepage.

Resource

Directory

Community feedback also showed more

of a need for expat resources,the direction which the community is heading.

With that in mind, a resource section is currently available with a focus on

growing listings. There really is no limit to the number of vertical categories,

but we'll start with key areas that include immigration, cross border taxes,

etc. Posting in the href="http://www.canadianexpatnetwork.com/resources/">resource directory is

Free!

Community

Interaction

In terms of growing community

interaction, there will be a number of opportunities to contribute to the

community. That includes:

• Discussion forum (Coming Soon)
  

• Surveys
  

• Posting comments to

  articles
  

• Button that allows you to 'like' to facebook
  

• Listing your organization in the

  resource section
  

• Rating resource

  listings

Sports Related

Content

Canadians certainly have an

affinity toward ice based sports. Keep an eye on upcoming news regarding an

e-Resource Book in partnership with USA Curling, a community Hockey Pool and US

Figure Skating championships.

Community Features &

Content

There will also be featured

sections regarding Canadian Expat Groups, events and listings from within the

resource directory.

Additionally, more information will

be focused on expat challenges and we're looking at building a department for

those that 'make a difference' in the charitable or non-profit areas. These

days, we can all benefit for hearing more positive stories.

The Newsletter will continue to be sent on a bi-weekly basis until further notice.

It's the objective of the Canadian

Expat Network to be a great site for Canadian expats with regards to informative

articles, promotion of groups and events within our community. Therefore, your

feedback is important and we'll continue to make changes to better the

website.

Warm regards,

Sean

Mitton