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2021.07.01- Y Cloud Update

I hope you and your dear ones are doing well, and you are looking forward to the upcoming July 4th long weekend. We had a busy June, with the launch of the YMCA Universal App and the Y Content Hub, along with the readiness for the new National Site as you will see below.

The purpose of this email is to give you a quick update on the latest ongoings of our Y Cloud digital products. This email is being sent to the leaders and the points of contact of the YMCAs who have expressed interest in the Y Cloud.

 

Y Cloud:

  • As of this writing, we have 228 YMCA associations (988 YMCA branches) signed up to use one or more of our digital products: Virtual Y, YMCA Universal App, Open Y.

 

Virtual Y:

  • We have 174 YMCA associations (739 Y branches) signed up for the Virtual Y.

 

Open Y:

  • We have 143 YMCA associations (654 Y branches) signed up for the Open Y software-as-a-service offering. We recently launched the Shasta Family YMCA digital website on the Y Cloud platform.

 

YMCA Universal App:

  • We have 207 YMCA associations (878 Y branches) signed up for the YMCA Universal App and are looking forward to start the onboarding process this July. 
  • We held the kick-off meeting for the YMCA Universal App User Group, which consists of staff from Ys from across the country. We had the opportunity to present the development activities of the mobile app along with a demo. You can watch the video of the App User Group webinar (Passcode: zs7*K&h1) held on Thursday June 10th. 
  • You can still be part of the App User Group or start the onboarding process by filling out this short survey. Please take a moment to review the App User Group Charter before taking the survey.

 

Y Content Hub:

  • The Y Content Hub is a new digital platform to share content that will help Ys contribute and consume content using self-service tools, which will enhance the member experience over time.
  • You can watch the webinar of the Y Content Hub launch (Passcode:5OB*ch@8) held on Monday June 14th . If you are interested in the Y Content Hub please let us know here.
  • We are currently deploying the Y Content Hub for up to 10 YMCAs who have volunteered to do the pilot testing.

 

National Website YMCA.org:

  • Y-USA is planning to launch the new YMCA.org national website on July 12th. You will see various communications on the Link. The national website resides in the same technology infrastructure as within the Y Cloud digital platform. You can watch all the three sneak peek videos of the redesigned YMCA.org national website to get a bigger picture of the new site and the benefits it will deliver to the Ys.

 

All the Y Cloud information can be found on this site, with all updates found in the Updates tab. 

As always, we are here to help. Please send any questions, comments or feedback to me directly or to the Y Cloud mailbox.

Wishing you a safe and happy 4th of July from the Y Cloud team!

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