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Best club and commercial web sites
I thought I posted this.. sorry if it is repeated
a club operation.. not so much to entice new members but to explain who we are and to be functional for the membership www.lvvsa.org "Vsoars" wrote in message ... Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. Please give us some inspiration. |
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On Sep 12, 8:24*am, chipsoars wrote:
I believe PGC's website is pretty good, thanks to my partner's efforts, KK. http://www.pgcsoaring.org/Index.html Chip Fitzpatrick I support the website for our club and understand from our membership chair that it is often mentioned as the reason people decided to join ... or just come out for a ride. We use a lot of visual content on the site - the club header is farcical of course, but a nice visual hook for surfers ... and the main page lets people see flight ops from two web cams. I also use tons of recent photos on the site ... we have a number of good photogs in the club who are sending photos of every event. I actually edit every photo (sharpness, color balance, contrast and composition) and select the few best in the set to maintain consistent image quality levels - i.e. people will soon get bored by an endless stream of 'snapshots'. All of the photos I select show 'smiling happy people' ... after all, the soaring community is a happy family, isn't it? In addition to a lot of individual photos - captioned with snappy and sometimes irreverent comments if I have the time ... we have a few nice photo montages ... a couple of members have created some very good movies ... and we have the web cams as mentioned - so again, a lot of visual content. I have the full Macromedia suite and will probably build some flash/ fireworks features this winter ... Ken Kochanski PGC Webmaster http://www.pgcsoaring.org/Index.html |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:16:07 -0700 (PDT), Jim Kellett
wrote: It's actually more than a club website, since the Club owns/manages the server which, in turn hosts a whole bunch of Club goodies, e.g.: Hi Jum, interesting website, and huge club with international members! But I was not able to find a page about the club's gliders... Bye Andreas |
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Have a look at:http://www.rideauvalleysoaring.com/
Rideau Valley Soaring - Gliding and Soaring in Ottawa Ontario Canada - An Ottawa Gliding Club Our webmaster proud of it and should be. Paul Vsoars wrote: Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? Out of date sites with pictures that don�t include recent improvements and photographs that are obviously from another decade can�t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. Please give us some inspiration. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:01:15 -0700, Vsoars wrote:
Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. Please give us some inspiration. While its not in the States, I think my club (Cambridge) has a decent site: http://www.glide.co.uk/ But I think the best I've seen for attracting new blood to gliding is the London Gliding Club: http://www.londonglidingclub.co.uk/ -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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I agree with Ken, pictures of "happy smiling friendly people doing fun
things with gliders" is the primary closer for websites, the second step is a "next step" of telling the web site visitor exactly what to do to get involved (buy a voucher, come to a meeting, schedule a ride, etc...anything just don't leave them without a "next step"). I can't say more. ;-) LT |
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On Sep 11, 8:01*pm, Vsoars wrote:
Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? *Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and *photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. *Please give us some inspiration. We are pretty proud of the Texas Soaring Association website, www.TexasSoaring.org . It is something of a challenge to keep the content current when you get one that contains as many pages as we do. Phil Umphres SSA Region Ten Director |
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On Sep 13, 1:09*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:01:15 -0700, Vsoars wrote: Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? *Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and *photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. *Please give us some inspiration. While its not in the States, I think my club (Cambridge) has a decent site:http://www.glide.co.uk/ But I think the best I've seen for attracting new blood to gliding is the London Gliding Club:http://www.londonglidingclub.co.uk/ -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * | Nice website and nice glider port ... Do you guys ever ridge soar on that hill in the background? KK |
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At 01:03 16 September 2008, Ken Kochanski KK wrote:
Nice website and nice glider port ... Do you guys ever ridge soar on that hill in the background? KK Yep, in a Westerly it works fine. If the wind is moderate and more NW it is possible to run the Chiltern ridge all the way down to Watlington and back, 40k each way. Luton airspace allowing! Jim |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:03:23 -0700, Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
On Sep 13, 1:09Â*pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:01:15 -0700, Vsoars wrote: Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? Â*Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and Â*photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. Â*Please give us some inspiration. While its not in the States, I think my club (Cambridge) has a decent site:http://www.glide.co.uk/ But I think the best I've seen for attracting new blood to gliding is the London Gliding Club:http://www.londonglidingclub.co.uk/ -- martin@ Â* | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org Â* Â* Â* | Nice website and nice glider port ... Do you guys ever ridge soar on that hill in the background? I've only flown at LGC once in a very strong westerly. The ridge was working well. It was fun zipping past Whipsnade zoo and looking down on the penguins and wallabies before turning and beating back. You have to be low past the zoo because Luton said to stay below 1000 west of the airfield. Such a shame..... -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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