2005 Website Awards

Letters are on their way to those who will be receiving the coveted Master Web Master awards in Philly. We hope that everyone receiving this important recognition will be able to attend. All award certificates (Merit, Distinction, Excellence) will be available for pick-up by your Region or Chapter President if they are going to be there. Any that are not picked up at Philadelphia will be mailed to the Region or Chapter President. Final results will be posted here at the time announcements are made in PA.

As a matter of interest, the committee reviewed all websites linked to the National site throughout the year. The best sites were those that were kept alive and active through regular updates. Remember, the internet and your web site represent a most important recruiting tool. To be effective in that regard your web site should make your club appealing to prospective new members by giving them enough information to excite them and enable them to easily participate or to contact others (including club officers). Being current is very important, so if you still have a registration form for your summer meet posted, its perhaps time to "clean house."

The earlier post outlining the criteria used to evaluate web sites is still important info that you can use to take a look at your own site and tweek it a bit for the coming season. Next year it will no doubt be a new committee doing the looking but the bottom line will remain - your web site (like our club newsletter) has a big job to do. It deserves the effort required to make it GREAT!

Terry Bond

Chairman, AACA Internet Committee