Send a message TO a custom calling

We have a very active Ward Temple and Family History program. Members of each presidency are called into the committee and are given custom callings (WTaFH Committee Member) to reflect this. We would like to make it easy for the Temple and Family History Leader to send a message to the committee. What he normally does is use the LCR app and "send a Message" then searches the callings for his Consultants and indexing workers and then cherry picks the presidency members one by one. We would also like to see the committee members in the calling list. But because they are custom callings, they do not show up even with using search filters. How do we either utilize custom callings, or is there a better way to facilitate communication?

You likely won't be able to do it using custom callings. The only thing I can suggest (other than giving them all standard callings) is provide feedback from the send a message web page. Since the church cannot predict the myriad of possible custom callings wards and branches could invent, I wouldn't get my hopes up for any quick solution.

It might be easier to put presidency members into the system as ward temple and family history consultants. That will also allow them to access tools at the FamilySearch website that custom callings may not have access to.

davesudweeks and sbradshaw are correct. You aren't going to be able to do this with custom callings. The Family History Consultant role is probably your best solution.

As the Executive Secretary, Branch Clerk, and Elders Quorum Secretary, I have to send emails to different groups of people. If I have to blast an email to all congregation members, or the brethren of the EQ, I use the Send a Message feature of the church's website. If I want to send an email to the branch presidency, branch council, or the EQ presidency, I use my own email software from home - I can either start typing names for the presidencies, or find a prior email I sent to the council, click on the names//emails and select "Write an email to this address" (and no, I am not using Outlook, I am using a program called The Bat!). I find that the leadership already knows me and my email address, so it doesn't have to be an official email from the church's website. Also, this allows me to add people as needed - say an organization president is out and her/his councilor sits in, I can then include the other person in the Minutes from this Morning's Meeting, letting them check and make sure I recorded the important points correctly. Also, I have a High Council member that likes to be a part of our branch council, yet he should not be included in our presidency meetings, and not being a member of our branch/ward, he does not appear on our regular drop-down list on the Send a Message app for our branch.