Your Voice, Your Solution for updating your club's Web site

At 10:25AM on 11 May 2011, Allison Calhoun wrote: Our club has the same concern as Patrick Ryan - I would appreciate any information about free or inexpensive (one-time cost only versus monthly fee) software that will effectively manage membership data and updates, attendance reporting, etc. We are still using RI-CAS which is no longer available to download nor is it supported by RI.

At 9:01AM on 5 October 2010, John Gag wrote: We are a new club in Reno, NV. Check out our website. Let me know what you think. http://renonewgenrotary.com/

At 9:16AM on 18 August 2010, Patrick Ryan wrote: Does anyone know of shareware/freeware for club membership management. We can take care of the web site with FREE wordpress software, but the only well solutions people talk about are Club Runner and Club Wizard which seem -- once you get into the loop of monthly payments forever -- exorbitantly priced. It seems there should be a low cost software solution for Rotarians to track membership and create reports, etc. Thanks for any help you can send to patryan@pwrassociates.com of the RC of Cookeville (TN) Breakfast.

At 11:16AM on 7 April 2010, Michael Fiala wrote: I administer the Mason City Noon Rotary Club's website at http://www.MasonCityNoonRotary.org. The problem with most web-based solutions is their lack of an integrated Treasurers module so the Secretary and Treasurer information doesn't have to be duplicated. My club is going to try a web-based solution that does integrate the two, but I'll have to report back on how well it works and how responsive the vendor is.

At 4:05PM on 1 March 2010, Bill Sauber, Asheville, NC wrote: We use ClubWizard as our website software and it has reasonably decent functionality. I think it looks pretty good as well: (http://www.ashevillerotary.org/). What is most important, however, is going in once a week and updating the site. Our club secratary posts our weekly newsletter online and I maintain everything else. I post each month's upcoming weekly programs on our home page and I also list all major upcoming events and activities in the column on the right. The left column is for site navigation. On the home page I also keep it fresh by posting photos of activities we have done. I try to create a page for each activity and service project we have and use these pages to post photos and more detailed information about the projects. I always insert hyperlinks to the event chairs or coordinators so folks can email them to ask questions. I also try to get every activity chair to write up a document with all the details of the activity and I post a link on the wevent webpage to a PDF of those documents. I had been trying to use the ClubWizard Event Management function for our events and activities sign-up sheets, but found it to be very inflexible and not very intuitive to use. Recently I have started using Google Docs to create online signup sheets for our activities and it has been working great!

At 9:31AM on 22 January 2010, davidbaer wrote: Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well. www.onlineuniversalwork.com

At 10:25AM on 19 October 2009, Barry Marx wrote: Take a look at www.oto-rotary.org we maintain this Rotary web site without paid advertising and it's up-dated at least once perweek

At 9:47AM on 24 September 2009, Derek Tigwell wrote: Please look at Rotary Club of Mudgeeraba Australia web site. I think it shows all you need to know. http://www.rotary-site.org/index.php?SiteID=224&lang=en

At 9:27AM on 21 September 2009, Paul McLain wrote: Cookie Cutter, smookie cutter! Let us recognize that Clubrunner and other systems allow many Rotarians and Rotary Clubs to be part of the wonders of electronic communication. Don't put my web site below your web site on the basis of my using a system that allows plain text editing. Systems often times allow for many sub systems. E-mail between members. Newsletter Publication. Direct electronic updates between Club, District and RI. These and many other sub systems that would take a super twittle fingers to build into a developed HTML original web site. Recognize the effort. Take a look at http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/Home/homeE.asp?cid=3553 and look in their Site Pages for their developed offering. They are a great example.

At 10:02AM on 17 August 2009, Terry Bass wrote: 1. Meeting Time and Location. Sounds silly, but I've seen a few sites where its not there or hard to find. 2. Up to Date Content. Why would I be interested in a club that's speaker info is back from 2008? If you can't update - don't put it in. 3. Content II. Who are you trying to interest to join? If you're club pictures just show old white guys, you are sending a very clear message what they can expect before they even come to a meeting. 4. Explain what Rotary Is. Few people understand what Rotary does. Either a brief explanation, use RI's excellent you tube videos and make your own. Our club made a very brief video that does a good job of what we are. The video is on our website or can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKJnwBjOcE. 5 Remember that your website serves TWO functions. One for your membership and TWO - as a portal for other people to see who and what you are. So what are they seeing when they look in the window?

At 11:44AM on 17 August 2009, Rtn. CJ Singh wrote: There is always a resistance on allocating funds for maintenance of the club's website and members is directly proportional to the interest that the club's leadership shows. However for last one year we started a blog which can keep the members informed about important forthcoming events, though the club publishes a weekly magazine. This has generated amongst the younger generation who is more tech-savy and prefers email messges that get distributed through egroup created on googles.

At 10:28AM on 10 August 2009, Bruce Lindholm wrote: We have the website updated...Could the next step be networking sites? 'd like to hear from Clubs who have tried and found advantages to Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and other contact tools. My experience on these is light. Hearing from your experiences and the pros and cons will help us decide to jump into the right approach along with our website. We know the younger prospects are on board with this.

At 12:22PM on 28 July 2009, Michael Neal wrote: An issue that is universally overlooked is the recording for safekeeping, the user id’s and passwords to the web space server and to the domain name registrar. If your current webmaster moves away or passes away, a new webmaster will never be able to access the web site to update it and will never be able to change the pointers to the web site with the domain name registrar. Passwords are never saved by hosting companies and domain name registrars. I recommend that all user id’s and passwords for these two important functions be recorded and stored with the Club Secretary for safekeeping.

At 2:22PM on 27 July 2009, PDG Paul KNYFF wrote: In The Netherlands (7 district, 450 clubs, 20000 Rtns) we make use of a very accessable Content Mangement System for anyone who is an experienced Word-user. As a Content Manager of my club, I advocate: show the outside world who you are, what you do and what motivates us, Rotarians. Another thing is to be up to date with your information. On a daily base our clubwebsite has more unique visitors than club members. Visit: www.rotaryweesp.nl

At 2:23PM on 27 July 2009, Dato Muslim AYob wrote: Our RC Pudu now have its weekly bulletin online with page-turning features. Visit http:/www.rotarypudu.org.my

At 2:24PM on 27 July 2009, Gary Taylor wrote: We started our website this year at http://www.mckinneysunriserotary.org and it is css based which makes it uniform in style and professional looking. We have a complete archive of our club bulletin as well as a list of upcoming speakers. Our latest addition is the ability for our community to purchase a flag lease from our flag lease program fundraiser online through paypal. After adding the paypal option we have had our most successful flag season ever leasing out over 1200 flags and greatly increasing our ability to help fund our community and worldwide projects. On our main page is a list of the organizations we have supported so the folks who purchase a flag lease will know where they money is going.

At 2:29PM on 27 July 2009, Mykel Edwards wrote: Our Rotary site has been dormant for a long time, but our Interact club has now made it's mark on the net. Quite strong at that. But yes, I agree that a club site needs interactive forums in addition to a calendar and information. We even incorporated a private messaging system into the mix. Nobody absent from a meeting will be left in the dark now. District 5330 (http://www.beaumontrotaryclub.com) (http://www.beaumontinteract.co.cc)

At 10:01AM on 24 July 2009, Lalit Saraswat wrote: We designed our award-winning website http://www.rcdabolim.org/ using a cost effective website solution powered by a CMS, and we won the district's award for best 5 websites. Whats more, since its powered by a CMS, we can update projects, members, photos etc anytime we want.

At 9:52AM on 24 July 2009, Judi Hester Aus, Rotary Club of Canby, OR, USA wrote: Our club uses Clubrunner. It is easy to maneuver and has a lot of options when it comes to adding the speakers, weekly news, upcoming events, photos, etc. I think the photo section can be improved on, but it has gotten easier to understand how to post photos. Sometimes photos tell a better story than the words but the photos are restricted as far as too small of a size on the website. We have tried asking for input from members, but that doesn't seem to work. There are two of us who take photos which works nicely, because we also feed these photos to the local newspaper. I only select articles from RI when we feel it would be something that a non-Rotarian might be interested in reading. www.canbyrotary.com

At 9:02AM on 22 July 2009, John Brunskill wrote: I used an excellent free website hosting by yola.com for our clubs first web site www.rotarygordonsbay.org It was easy to use and gives a professional look to the site. The site is primarily for non rotarians or for rotarians visiting the area. check it out and give me some feed back

At 12:59PM on 21 July 2009, Amrit wrote: I have assisted the Rotary Club of Teluk Intan's website since 2006. The club had a website hosted by GeoCities but was hardly updated so that's how I came in to help. Apart from inserting the club's weekly bulletin, I have also encouraged the club bulletin editor to post pictures via Flickr. Main thing of a website of any Rotary club is to keep it simple (KISS), easy to navigate and have rich information that visitors would want to return to the club website.

At 12:24PM on 20 July 2009, Graham Postlethwaite wrote: 864 clubs in RIBI are using a template based websites.To do so they subscribe an additional £50+ per year to Foundation. The system is user friendly and whilst following a house style closely aligned to RI and RIBI websites, permits individual clubs to express themselves, see www.rotary1190.org or www.furnessrotary.org.uk

At 10:59AM on 20 July 2009, murukan palayathil wrote: I am new visitor of this site since then i was not aware of this site. Now I become one of the office bearers of our club. I am proud to be a rotarian because the now i feel it.

At 9:13AM on 20 July 2009, Tom Egan wrote: I now update only the weekly newsletter on a regular basis. It has a listing of the next few meeting speakers, so I don't need to update the Meetings page. On it, I simply state where/when the meetings are held, then advise, "See the latest newsletter for a current listing of future programs." BTW, we've tried to get individual members to contribute bits and pieces on an ad hoc basis, but it drew no interest. Now the web manager -- me -- takes a few minutes each week to upload the newsletter. When the occasion special event comes up, I'll create something for that. When it's over, I delete it or, if I think it says something important about my club, I'll change future tense to past tense and let it live longer.

At 3:06PM on 20 July 2009, Peter Stevenson wrote: To: James Barlow of Bristol Have you evaluated the RIBI web template? Using it gives your club a 'house style' which is common within RIBI and it's relatively easy to use and maintain.

At 9:28AM on 20 July 2009, Roy Kaple, PDG wrote: The Club Website: As I volunteered to produce our Rotary Club Website I had to reflect on my past to assure myself I could, due to the Generation Gap I look at life and things differently. Example: Key Board, was the pegboard we hung the keys on after servicing a vehicle at my place of employment. Java Script, was the information on the Maxwell House coffee can. Facebook, were the kids who spent all their time in the library. Multitasking, was eating breakfast while putting on our clothes for school. Uploading, was getting watermelons we had just borrowed into our pickup truck. Now you are probably getting the picture. So I had to KISS (keep it simple stupid) my past goodbye and start anew. With no HTML knowledge, and limited computer skills I produce our club’s website using the following programs: Using Microsoft Publisher 2003, to create the site. Corel Draw Graphics, to create graphics such as our location map. Adobe Photo Elements, to edit and size photos for placing in the site. NCH Swift /Sound to format music to use in site. We contract with a professional web designer to plublish to the web for a nominal annual fee. The site is paid for through sponsor links. Our goals: Inform: Members, guest, & friends of all of our clubs activities. Promote: Rotary. Solicit: Donations. Recruit: New members. Visit our site and express your opinion and offer suggestions through the contact us. http://rotary-stmatthews-sc.org/ Yours In Rotary

At 1:09PM on 16 July 2009, Scott Mills wrote: My club uses ClubRunner, and for the past four years we have found that template system to be easy to manage, although limited in what we can add to it (e.g., online payments). The ClubRunner folks are being responsive to those concerns. I'm now working on redesign of my district's site, which was built from scratch many years ago. I know NO HTML or JavaScript, but I've been able to accomplish a lot with the use of Adobe's Contribute CS4 content management software. I have found it to be most useful in day-to-day maintenance of the site, althought it also allows for creation of new pages using Dreamweaver templates, which are provided.

At 1:01PM on 14 July 2009, James Barlow wrote: I've set up a couple of websites for clubs here in Bristol, UK. I've been using a content management system called Drupal which means club councils can concentrate on the content rather than worrying about the technical aspects of security or browser compatibility. It's all free, which is a big bonus, and with the appropriate configuration you can upload new pages using Windows Live Writer tool. http://bristolsundown.com http://www.bristolrotary.org Drupal http://www.drupal.org

At 4:40PM on 14 July 2009, Paul McLain wrote: Cookie Cutter ... Smukier Cutter. Go for ClubRunner at the District level and urge Clubs to follow along. The Content then becomes relative to the local situation. A Web Master certainly, but beyond that a network of people who will respond with material in their area of interest, either through the Web Master or directly into the Web Site. My experience is that the network of interested contributors comes along slowly. Recognize the contributors, label photos with the name of the person who owns the creative production. Yes owns, the person that creates material is the owner. In the decades that I have begged for input, first as newsletter editor and later as Web Master, my experience, beyond the frustration, is that brief e-mails are the most comfortable way to get your responders to contribute. Timely insertion of the material contributed is very important. Contributors learn that, almost instantly seeing their information in the Web Site, is gratifying. In most cases I respond with thanks and a hyperlink. Old news is deadly, at least go back and change items to the past tense, assuming that that effort is better than deletion. Watch out for broken links. Yes, it takes hours. But a bad service is worse than none at all. When I see sites fall on hard times, I creinge. Sometimes I even write an e-mail to be sure that those who need to know are aware. Sometimes, I just need to grin and bare it. Let's face it good web masters are saints.

At 3:17PM on 13 July 2009, Carol Dois Woodward wrote: I brought our club (Prince George County, Virginiua) on to the Web in 2007. (www.princegeorgecountyva.org) To do so I contracted with ClubWizard because I am a non-techie and I needed the ease of a preformed webmaster function to achieve my goal which was to get our small, rural club on the web. We've done lots of promotion within the club to get the members to actually use the site and most of them do. We went to the electronic weekly newsletter function of Club Wizard and we promote the web site externally in everything we publish, i.e., articles in the papers, tickets for club fundraisers, communiques to the district web site and so on. I think our web site is accomplishing our goals-- increaded attendance, frequent visitiors to our site, site supports nearly supports itself through web site sponsors, increased membership (our newest member learned of us through our web site), well informed members and, oddly, fellowhips through member photos and quips. Last year out club was awarded District 7600 Best Tier I web site. Just laying out our creds--because--whether you use a tailored web engine or a "canned" web engine--what matters is the livelinessand cogency of the content. If it is stuffy, boring, out of date, what have you--no one will visit the site. I've gone on too long. There is more to say, but I have probably turned you off already.

At 10:47AM on 13 July 2009, Bob Edwardson wrote: Rotary Club Thirteen in Kansas City is currently evaluating website packages with the intention to "reinvent" our website (rotary13.org). We are evaluating Club Runner, ClubWizard, and ClubExpress. If you have done a similar evaluation, please email anything that is convenient or just your thoughts on the subject. So far, it appears to me that Club Express is the most "state of the art" and most "robust" of these three. THANKS! bobedwardson@hotmail.com

At 10:21AM on 8 July 2009, Mahmood Al-Yousif wrote: Use a dynamic website engine! That's the best advice I can offer as it will ease maintenance, divorce site design from content and allow multiple users to contribute articles and posts with little or no training. Platforms like WordPress (http://wordpress.org) is an excellent example of such a free and sophisticated system. http://rotaryadliya.org Bahrain

At 12:05PM on 7 July 2009, Miki Dzugan wrote: We have eschewed the cookie cutter for our own website design for several reasons, ability to promote specific pages easily in search results is among them. Using PayPal we have added the ability to take payments to our website. We have a Paul Harris bust that other clubs buy from us to give out as club awards, which we can sell directly from our site. We also sell tickets to fund raising events that are open to the public and now we are raffling off a piece of Southwestern art from our site. In our members section we post the minutes from each board meeting and keep the directory fresh as new members come into the club. It's a lot of work, but visitors to Sedona find our club through our website and we bring in a bit of money, so it's worth the time and effort.

At 2:00PM on 6 July 2009, RTN. SYED AZMATULLAH RC: CHENNAI PHOENIX RD: 3230 wrote: I would redesign our website with user friendly features like drop down menus and linkages. Furthermore, I would add a page on Members Data with a view to develop fellowship worldwide.

At 1:59PM on 6 July 2009, Rae at Orange Sunrise Rotary wrote: Our website, orangesunriserotary.org, relies heavily on content from Rotary International. We have embedded Rotary's YouTube videos in our membership and End Polio Now pages. In other areas of the site, we use embedded photo slide shows from our Flickr photo albums to tell our club's story. We have an embedded blog that serves as our newsletter. This, and the calendar, are updated frequently while other areas of website do not require frequent updating. All members are encouraged to photograph events and forward them to our webmaster for use on Flickr and our site. We are also on Facebook and the link to that account, our YouTube channel and Flicker are included on our "contact us" page. We used a template from our website hosting company rather than the Clubrunner template so that our site would stand out from other Rotary clubs. However, clubs larger than ours may prefer Clubrunner for the meeting and contact management modules. I agree that to have a great website, you need to identify the people who love to do it and let them go!

At 1:57PM on 6 July 2009, Sushant Singhal wrote: In most of the cases where websites are not updated, it is because the members are not taking their website seriously. They send Press Notes after each Club Activity to the local, regional and national newspapers but not to their own Web Administrator who has the responsibility to manage Club's website! The Clubs should organise competitions amongst members/general public/ college students and should ask them to download entry forms from the Club's website. Competitions like quiz can also be based on the information available on Club's website. Those who study it well get the prize !

At 1:53PM on 6 July 2009, Cheryl Rosen wrote: How can you tweek Clubrunner as your district site and make it be as non-Rotarian friendly as possible? We are doing lots of PR and are now needing to design a new web page off site which will then link in to the Clubrunner site on specific pages as necessary. We just were never able to make it look good enough for the public. Has anyone else out there made theirs user friendly that we could look at?

At 1:53PM on 6 July 2009, AJ Willmer wrote: I disagree with the prior post. ClubRunner is an example of content management system that can greatly facilitate web site development and content updates. We are all volunteers, and that young Rotarian (who also has a business to run) will soon burn out, and your website will become stale again.,

At 1:52PM on 6 July 2009, Matt Kneeland wrote: Assuming that you have a website that can be edited fairly easily (clubrunner, club wizard), I would suggest finding someone within your to handle the dual role of photographer and webmaster. This is a great way to keep the site fresh with new pictures added weekly or monthly, and it ensures that someone with the power to edit the site is looking at it regularly.

At 1:52PM on 6 July 2009, Dhiraj Sinha wrote: I have following suggestions: 1. Who is the target audience - current members, future members, donors. Now, you may say it is for everyone. But, you need to set the priority. If it is internal members there are things like yahoogroups that itself may serve the purpose. If it is to attract potential donors, you need to think lot more - ensure that your site has search engine optimization features etc. 2. If possible, hire an external service provider - depending on the geography you live, this can be done at very little expense. For example, in India, just spending about 250 USD, you can ensure that your site is current, content are uploaded quickly, availability etc. Else, have more than one administrators. 3. Usability design - very important. Intuitiveness of site is critical in addition to aesthetics. 4. Feedback feature - have something for visitors to leave a comment, feedback etc.

At 1:51PM on 6 July 2009, Rtn. Dr. Bilal Fazal wrote: I think a club or district website must interactive forums or discussion board in addition to standard rotary information. Gallery, Latest News section, space for rotaractors, club or district bylaws, upcoming events, office holder's contact forms all are a must. Regards, Dr. Bilal Fazal www.rotaract3270.org www.rotarycentral.org www.dotxin.com

At 1:45PM on 6 July 2009, Holly Sparkman wrote: It helps if you have a content management system and can rely on other people to do parts of the whole site (like one person add events, one person add photos, etc) that way there is more ownership across the board. The PR Committee is a great way to delegate tasks.

At 1:42PM on 6 July 2009, Ray Sanford wrote: We incorporate news and Twitter feeds into our site as well as a club blog. Our calendar is actually an embedded Google calendar. By doing this, we have a dynamic web site and can spread the tasks around. One member updates the calendar, others handle the blog. See it in action at http://www.irvinerotary.org

At 1:42PM on 6 July 2009, PP Diane Main - Gatton & Lockyer, Australia wrote: I guss it needs to be relevant to the club: we have Youtube links to prusentations done by the YEP inbound student, our weekly bulletin and it is updated weekly: we added a google calendar that can be updated by the program director on the fly.The website is current the day after our annual changeover. we try to make sure all info is current at any time

At 1:38PM on 6 July 2009, Robert Strachan wrote: You have to decide who your website is aimed at - members of the club, members of the public ,or both. I suggest that the Home page and those immediately accessible from it should be aimed at the public in which case these 'public' pages can be written so that they do not need to be revised very often. Information for members, which is usually the part that changes quite frequently, can be within a passworded Member Access section. One exception to this might be a Programme page on the public side of the website so that prospective members can see the sort of activities the club gets involved in, and so be an advert for a club that they might want to join. If this can't be updated at least once or twice a month then you have to ask if the webmaster is sufficiently dedicated to the task.

At 1:35PM on 6 July 2009, Greg Albright wrote: As chair of my Communications Committee and a web designer, we have been working hard to complete the new website for our club and launched it this past week http://indyrotary.org. But the task of simply redesigning the website for the Rotary Club of Indianapolis was much more involved than simply assembling a few pages. The Communications Committee helps "brand" our club, but we wanted other club members to help maintain the "brand." We need to be relevant and social. So, it was inevitable that our site look and act professional. And this required giving much thought to the social aspects of our site. When we began our research on social networking websites there were enormous amounts of information out there and many people lending opinions about what and what not to do. Should we use a subscription model, build our own, hire a firm, get a student to build something. In the end it was apparent we needed to have control over our own system and that's exactly what we've done. Club Runner came up several times, but frankly, it seemed expensive and we didn't like the idea. With open source and the skill set to design a site, we felt we should build our own and avoid the never-ending fees associated with a subscription model. The updates are created by the membership, not just one motivated web person. With this system, every committee has their own section and chairs and members can communicate with each other. Other committees, post minutes, broadcast announcements, publish meeting dates, etc... The site is a vast repository of information and we hope that while we are attracting current Rotarians, it will encourage others to join. As our club nears its 100th year in 2013, this is just the beginning!

At 1:21PM on 6 July 2009, RTN. SYED AZMATULLAH RC: CHENNAI PHOENIX RD: 3230 wrote: Apart from updating the Club Website with current data, I would like to add 'Member Data' which would make the members proud and help develop fellowship.

At 3:54PM on 2 July 2009, Sarah Maben wrote: I think it's important to have website advocates. When something happens or news is mentioned, someone needs to remind the group to post it on the website. After a board meeting, someone should advocate for getting news from that meeting online. It should be a question asked at each committee meeting or event. Who is going to post this info/pictures/etc online? Add it to the agenda. If you have a content-management system like ClubRunner, I think it's important to have a group of people cross-trained on uploading information. It can spread out the workload and empower area chairs or committee heads to upload info they know. Is my club's site up-to-date? Parts of it. The calendar of events, who's speaking each week and who's in charge of the meeting duties are typically kept up to date. These are the things people rely on.

At 12:50PM on 2 July 2009, Rtn Irvin Metcalf wrote: The usual problem with outdated web sites and bulletins is the lack of input from the membership. Our club is just setting up a content management system website were any members can add there own article. We alos have automativ feeds in from Ri, RIBI, local and national news and the local weather. I will let you know how it's being accepted next month

At 12:49PM on 2 July 2009, Tom Ayres wrote: Presuming you forego the cookie-cutter sites such as club runner and elect to design your own, the more information you can provide the better. The danger of course is if the info is the type of thing that requires constant updating...like updated rosters, boards, committee lists etc. Those type of add ins require attention. So i suggest spending your time adding in informaiton that requires no further touch. While Rotary Int'l's website is fantastic, sending people away from your site to that one is not ideal. So providing basic Rotary information that the public can access from your site is a good idea. Remember who is using the site....potential donors & members, the general public, existing Rotarians,etc. Anything you can provide that would play to their intererst...is worth adding. I don't mean to minimize the info that requires updating consistantly. For that info is what ultimately gets someone to come back toyour website again and again. Rotary has been great with adding more and more video to youtube that you can embed to your website. Adding your own video is a good idea too. here are some other things: Create your own Facebook page or group and be sure to indicate this on your website. Social networking is a good tool to attract younger members. Multimedia including video, pictures,podcasts, etc are also attractive to everyone, including the next generations. Include easy access to applications and forms. (Everyone is always looking for some form in my club, so i put them on the website and now they know any time of the day that info is at their finger tips for emailing, downloading, printing, etc. Speaker schedules, duty schdeules, and committee lists help. Password protected sections for private member related info is a good idea too. Most district sites and Rotary int'l have RSS feeds that allow you pull in information from their sites into yours....Once set upo, you never have to touch it! It updates itself. If youc an set up a digital directory on your site that would be also very useful to your members. encourage your members to submit information to you so you can minimize what you have to come up with to add. In the ends, the website can be cumbersome....and it can take time. But these dyas their are potential young members liek myself that just love to mamange the website and take pride in making it as useful as possible.