Links for new people interested in gliding

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:07:15 PM UTC-5, V1 wrote:
The question of "where to send someone to get them interested in soaring" is something that our club (Soaring Club of Houston) gave considerable thought to a year or so ago when we redesigned our club web site. We wanted to avoid snowing potential new members with all the detail that existing club members (or SSA members, etc.) wanted and needed. We ultimately choose to create a separate public web site just for the potential new member.

On our public site, we tried to find a balance of what might attract a new, often younger, member. But also a bit of substance for the more serious potential student, and links to other sites for those who wanted more. We made a conscious effort to try to sell soaring first, then provide simple information about what a potential member could expect from our club.

I'm attaching a link for anyone who'd like to consider something similar for their club. At a minimum, it includes a number of links to videos which we thought were effective, and which you might also want to reference. For the key videos, see the "Have Fun" and "About Soaring - Videos" pages.

www.scoh.org

- Frank Allen, SCOH

That's REALLY nicely done !
Thanks,
Best Regards, Dave

PS: But, where are the Schweizersauruses ?

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:57:59 PM UTC-6, Dave Nadler wrote:


PS: But, where are the Schweizersauruses ?

Dave,
They’re rumored to be hiding out. Most likely spooked by recent news reports of asteroid 2012 DA14 which is hurtling toward Earth with a (supposedly) near miss date of this Friday 15. If you look closely though, you can see a newly painted red & yellow one at the bottom of the "About SCOH - Club Aircraft" page. Another CAP 2-33 was camera shy, but hides in a private hangar at our field. Good memories - that's how I learned to fly back in prehistoric times …