Altitude Spring 2014 | Página 10

Cadet of the Season Congratulations to Cadet N. Willey, for being chosen as the Cadet of the Winter Season, by the Senior Non-Commissioned Officers. He has been chosen for always trying his best and showing excellent commitment throughout, he has progressed excellently during his three (plus) years at the squadron. Social media takes off! By Cadet W. Lucas The social media of 2497 (Cosford) Squadron represents a very good and useful way to communicate important information to the cadets of the Squadron, particularly outside of Parade nights. It enables cadets to see what is going on throughout their time here. tions within the Squadron and for publicising RAF and cadet related news. It also includes Commandant Air Cadets’ weekly update, which is posted every Saturday. The squadron also has a Google Plus page which works in a very similar way to the Facebook page but is available to those who do not have Facebook is one social Facebook. medium that the Squadron All of the social media uses. Our Facebook Page is used for announcing mentioned above require achievements and promo- an account of some sort, facebook.com/2497CosfordSquadron 20,000 Visitors! either Facebook or Google+. Anyone who does not have access to these – don’t worry, you can still keep up to date! Simply sign up at www.bit.ly/2497signup and receive all of our updates directly into your email Inbox! In conclusion, the Squadron make very good use of social media and all of the different ‘channels’ are maintained to a very high standard. It is something that we should all be very proud of! ● gplus.to/2497CosfordSquadron bit.ly/2497signup 2497cosfordsquadron.moonfruit.com By Cadet W. Lucas The Squadron website has recently achieved the fantastic milestone of 20,000 visitors. The next target is to try and get to 25,000 visitors before the end of the summer. On the website, there are many links to such things as ‘Altitude’, the Squadron magazine, the history of the Squadron and to another way of viewing our activities – YouTube! ● 10 2497 (Cosford) Squadron Altitude | Spring 2014