Hello! My name is Butch Elrod and I have volunteered to take over as Administrator for this Blog. I will be posting meeting minutes and other club business or announcements. I also have some suggestions for changes or additions which I think would make this blog into a better resource for members and for the club. For starters, I've opened a poll which you can answer on the right of this page.
Membership Suggestion
It's generally to the benefit of any club to continually grow it's membership. These days, just about anyone under the age of 50 expects to be able to buy anything they want online. This includes club memberships. If this club would like to offer membership through this blog, I can arrange that. The most simple method would be to open a free PayPal account and offer both single purchase membership and subscription membership {automatic annual renewal} using a PayPal button(s). Anything else the club sells {hats, tshirts, videos?} can also be sold and donations accepted online using PayPal.
FaceBook Suggestion
FaceBook has taken over the online social networking world and many small business have closed their business website in favor of a FaceBook account. Not to sell from there but rather to promote and network. It seems to me that if you're not using FaceBook, you're probably using flint tools to carve wood too. ;-) I think the Tri-Cities Woodcarving Club can use FaceBook for member networking and to attract new members.
After looking at past blog postings, it seems the blog is used to report club business more than anything else. And that is what the blog is best suited for... If the club officers want, or however is the correct way to decide this, I can open an Official Tri-Cities Woodcarving Club FaceBook group account. Members can interact, post pictures, ask/answer questions, et cetera, et cetera. A FaceBook presence would also make it easier for new or wannabe carvers to find the club. Official club business can remain on the blog.
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Please post any comments below.
Are other clubs on face book?
ReplyDeleteAre other clubs on FaceBook? THOUSANDS!
ReplyDeleteIn 1990 advertising on the World Wide Web was not necessary. By 2000 if you weren't advertising online, you did not exist. By 2010 many businesses and other organizations had abandoned their dedicated websites in favor of a page on FaceBook.
If you are not on FaceBook, you do not exist!
Cut through the molasses, I added a FaceBook page of my own at:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Tri-Cities-Wood-Carvers-Association/171537412948840?sk=wall