This is a tricky situation. I am a student, the other staff are students. Students are in the habit of graduating. This leaves gaps in the understanding of the job, and the duties involved.
WordPress is not an easy animal to tame. Appanrently someone told me when I was hired that the Courier plugin had been disabled so it would not send emails anymore. I am still looking for the details on how to start it up again.
I am also toying with Feedburner for my own weblog to test the mailings.
Thanks,
Steve