Serving Missionary Addresses

This was mentioned on a tangent in this post. I wanted to bring it up in a separate thread in case it got overlooked.

I would like to see a mailing address for missionaries serving from our ward. That way people can send mail or packages to them. This was an option on the old website, and I currently include this information in the ward bulletin, so it would be nice to see it in the new directory as well!

I could see this as a potential security issue if the address for the missionary's residence is provided.
Maybe the mission office address would be better.

We are currently displaying all the information about missionaries that the Missionary Department has authorized us to display.

greggo wrote:I could see this as a potential security issue if the address for the missionary's residence is provided.
Maybe the mission office address would be better.

I'd think in many cases the residence changes too often to be a good mailing address. I'm not sure as the mission office is the best for all missions, but it's a starting point.

jdcr256 wrote:We are currently displaying all the information about missionaries that the Missionary Department has authorized us to display.

Interesting. The information requested is usually printed in the Sunday bulletin or posted on the bulletin board as well as the current LUWS. Would it be possible to go back to the missionary department with this specific request?

jdcr256 wrote:We are currently displaying all the information about missionaries that the Missionary Department has authorized us to display.

Perhaps another option would be for missionaries (or immediate family of the missionary) to "authorize" release of the information for that purpose on a case-by-case basis. Or, perhaps the missionary section could be modified to where an address may be entered by an administrator or a family member.

Thanks for keeping us posted on this!

AileneRHerrick wrote:Perhaps another option would be for missionaries (or immediate family of the missionary) to "authorize" release of the information for that purpose on a case-by-case basis. Or, perhaps the missionary section could be modified to where an address may be entered by an administrator or a family member.

It's not the family that needs to give permission for mission addresses to be displayed. It is the church's Missionary Department.

jdcr256 wrote:

AileneRHerrick wrote:Perhaps another option would be for missionaries (or immediate family of the missionary) to "authorize" release of the information for that purpose on a case-by-case basis. Or, perhaps the missionary section could be modified to where an address may be entered by an administrator or a family member.

It's not the family that needs to give permission for mission addresses to be displayed. It is the church's Missionary Department.

That response addresses the first suggestion, and is perfectly understandable. Besides, I doubt that the Missionary Department has any information about where each missionary currently resides.

The second suggestion is to give administrators the option to manually enter missionary addresses. That's the feature that was available on the Classic Ward Web Sites. That seems quite reasonable -- it's the same information that is printed in many ward bulletins right now.

jdcr256 wrote:It's not the family that needs to give permission for mission addresses to be displayed. It is the church's Missionary Department.

Oh, I meant that each family could authorize the Church's missionary department to release that information.

I guess the ability to manually enter it would seem to be the best option right now.

Just want to add another "vote" or request for something in the way of missionary addresses.

As ward website administrator, my bishop has asked me to keep the missionary addresses updated on the classic ward website. With the introduction of the new directory, it would be good to see some way to have this displayed in the Serving Missionaries section of the new directory.

I agree that current missionary residence address is too much to keep up with due to transfers and since mail/postal services in some countries are unreliable. But it would be nice to see at least the mission office/home address or have a way to enter the address as an administrator. Additionally, it would be good to know if that mission is on the Church's pouch system so that members know that they can either mail to the church headquarters pouch address or use a website like dearelder.com

failproof wrote:Just want to add another "vote" or request for something in the way of missionary addresses.

As ward website administrator, my bishop has asked me to keep the missionary addresses updated on the classic ward website. With the introduction of the new directory, it would be good to see some way to have this displayed in the Serving Missionaries section of the new directory.

I agree that current missionary residence address is too much to keep up with due to transfers and since mail/postal services in some countries are unreliable. But it would be nice to see at least the mission office/home address or have a way to enter the address as an administrator. Additionally, it would be good to know if that mission is on the Church's pouch system so that members know that they can either mail to the church headquarters pouch address or use a website like dearelder.com

It's not as nice, but you could put the addresses in the new newsletter application (currently in beta). Members of the bishopric (including clerks/exec sec) can get the mission addresses, including pouch codes, from CDOL.

JonesRK wrote:It's not as nice, but you could put the addresses in the new newsletter application (currently in beta). Members of the bishopric (including clerks/exec sec) can get the mission addresses, including pouch codes, from CDOL.

I may be on the wrong thread. But what's the status of posting the mission home address in LUD from CDOL automatically?

[LUD][Missionary][Serving Missionaries][Select a missionary in the field...] ...and I get a nice mission boundary map but no mailing address. As a ward clerk, I have to go look it up in [CDOL]. I understand security and frequent location changes dictate not giving out 'the actual missionaries mailing address' but how about the mission home mailing addr at least in LUD? (so I don't have to go look things up in CDOL...)

Why was the feature from LDS Classic to access Mission postal addresses not continued on the new site? There is no breach of privacy as most of these addresses are a Post Box address for each mission. It doesn't show the location of anyone.

rich wrote:[LUD][Missionary][Serving Missionaries][Select a missionary in the field...] ...and I get a nice mission boundary map but no mailing address. As a ward clerk, I have to go look it up in [CDOL].

You can also get the mission home address on LDS Maps.

Just so you know... the iMOS (internet mission office system) feeds into the membership directory for the unit in which the missionary is serving. Thereby the serving unit can see the the missionaries' name (Elder John Doe, for example), photo, and phone number. These all come from the iMOS system and are updated whenever transfers occur. Noteably absent however is the missionary apartment address. However again, that information is available in iMOS and could be provided to the serving and/or home units. That said, from our experience in two mission offices, I would still recommend sending all packages, etc. to the mission office unless otherwise directed by the mission.