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Old 01-25-2014, 09:16 AM   #1
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Default Does your Club have a web site?

Our Model A club may be considering a web site to communicate to our members and promote the club. What are the features, advantages and benefits to the membership by having a site? Thanks for your input.
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Old 01-25-2014, 09:31 AM   #2
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The web site is a great place to post your club information/picutres from tours etc. You will also attract new members as they search the web looking for Model A info in your area.
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Old 01-25-2014, 09:33 AM   #3
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Brum1 is correct. I found my club via a web search. The critical thing is to keep it up to date.
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Old 01-25-2014, 09:35 AM   #4
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Our club has a website. We have about 35 members. The webmaster has a hard time keeping it going. It is not used much. Every year we consider closing it but have not yet.

We communicate by email for news letter, event notices, and other information. for those without a computer we send postcards. The site is a lot of work if you do not have a lot of help.

I think email and postcards get more people to participate because it is an immediate reminder.
I found our club on the MAFCA club roster on the internet and joined by phone years ago.

Larger clubs might differ.

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Old 01-25-2014, 09:40 AM   #5
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http://dvmafc.org/ Philadelphia

Check out our clubs web sites

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Old 01-25-2014, 10:14 AM   #6
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Likewise: http://www.CedarCreekAs.org

The website is a useful tool for communicating. But only if those who are the destinations of the communication take the time to go look. Consequently, our site has a "Mass Mail feature, limited to just a few (officers), that allow e-mail messages to be broadcast to the entire club. That, used regularly, and the e-mailed newsletter once/month. Doesn't help the very few without a computer, so we have a couple in our club that use the phone a lot to talk to them.

Our club calendar is a running statement of what's happening in the future and has the nice feature that ANY club member can post to it. Sure, it usually is just a few that do, but any can.

One of the keys to keeping the club working is making sure everybody feels included and know what's going on. The website helps a lot in that regard.
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Old 01-25-2014, 10:20 AM   #7
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http://dvmafc.org/ Philadelphia

Check out our clubs web sites

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Ours is with Penn-Ohio Web site is www.modelaclub.com

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Old 01-25-2014, 10:44 AM   #8
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Check out our (Southside A's) website.

http://southsideas.com/index.htm
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Old 01-25-2014, 11:35 AM   #9
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Our web site is :www.whidbeymodelaclub.com. Easy but you need to keep up to date. Which I do. Good tool for members and others.
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Old 01-25-2014, 12:25 PM   #10
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Here is ours it takes a hard working dedicated person!!!


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Old 01-25-2014, 01:06 PM   #11
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Web sites are good, but high maintenance.
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Old 01-25-2014, 01:28 PM   #12
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Yes, high maintenance. As the webmaster, you run out of material real fast unless you're a Marco or Tom or Brent or ...... Sure does help to have input from the fellow club members!
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Old 01-25-2014, 02:33 PM   #13
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http://www.phoenixmodelaclub.com/

I have a feeling it will go over a overhaul in the next few months as I have been asked to help out with it.

We have 85 members (families) and are looking to grow.....
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Old 01-25-2014, 03:13 PM   #14
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Our club ("Nickle "A" Region MARC/MAFCA") has a web-site. It has just been updated in the past year. It has a lot of information about our members and a calendar of upcoming events plus pictures and classified ads. We have close to 100 members as of today (not everyone has renewed their membership) and a large number have internet access. Check it out at: http://www.nicklearegion.com/

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Old 01-25-2014, 03:17 PM   #15
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Here is the ShadeTree Model A's web site. ShadeTree's is located in Augusta, Georgia. We post pictures of events, etc. We are trying to get restoration pictures also posted. Our superb newsletter is also posted on the web site.

http://www.shadetreeas.org/
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Old 01-25-2014, 04:25 PM   #16
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Our club had a website and newsletter!

But many club members didn't have computers or didn't know how to visit the website. The treasurer didn't even know what the hosting fees were for and threatened to stop paying. Those members who have computers don't know how to use email or other common technologies. So nobody contributed. None are on Fordbarn. Only two guys post on the club's Facebook page. The newsletter ended several years back, and the website will likely be turned off when the treasurer gets tired of paying the hosting fees.

Try a Facebook page first... if everybody posts, then a club website may be perfect for you. You can use WordPress or Joomla to accept text, photos, and videos right from everybody's cell phones!
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Old 01-25-2014, 07:01 PM   #17
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We have a website, WWW.JacksonvilleModelA's. Give us a look see, come on down from that Polar Vortex and tour with us in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Old 01-25-2014, 07:37 PM   #18
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Here is The Twin Cities Model A Ford Club web site.
http://www.tcmafc.org/
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Old 01-25-2014, 07:50 PM   #19
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I am the webmaster for my club's site. I inherited the job and the site but it doesn't take a lot of time to keep running. Hemmings provides free hosting for any car club. Most of our members prefer the traditional mailed newsletter.

http://clubs.hemmings.com/littlerhodymafc/
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Old 01-25-2014, 09:05 PM   #20
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A well built web site can be the face of the club to the outside world as well as a resource for information for the club itself. It all depends on what you want to accomplish with it.

They can be high maintenance, but they don't need to be. If you make use of the right technology, the month to month time needed is actually very little.

The hard part is finding someone who is into our cars who is also a qualified webmaster who can bring the whole thing together and not have it look like poo when it is done.
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