Transcript RIBI, Club Website Template

Why use the RIBI,
Club Website Template?
RIBI-T Strengths & Weaknesses
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The district short address is www.rotary1010.org
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Help Using This Website
How To
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Change
• It is a change and will mean additional work
for your webmaster.
• Some Rotarians will never use the Internet
and should not be disenfranchised.
• Nobody should be worse off as a result of the
change may mean duplication.
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Technical
• There are some technical problems that we
hope will be overcome by a software upgrade
in the next 18 months
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Strengths
Bespoke
• A website template designed by Rotarians for
Rotary Clubs
• Has most features that a club or district needs
• Constantly being developed to meet changing
needs
• Enhancement requests
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Strengths
Corporate
• Corporate identity reflecting the RIBI style for
use by districts and clubs
• Currently 1000 clubs and 20 districts use it for
their website
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Strengths
Ready to go
• Every RIBI club has an allocated web space
www.stmachar.rotary1010.org
• All D1010 clubs are registered on the system
• All D1010 Rotarians are registered on the
system and have a username and password
• All district and club officers or contacts have
been added
• In February 2011 24 D1010 clubs were using it
there are now 35 using it.
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Strengths
Low cost
• It is provided and maintained free of charge
• No individual or corporate entity makes
money from it
• Each club must make an additional annual
donation of £50 to Foundation
• This has raised over £250,000 for Foundation
so far
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Strengths
Support and succession
• If your webmaster leaves there will be support for his or
her successor so you do not need to change again
• There is an excellent RIBI support group for webmasters
with almost all queries answered the same day
• There is knowledgeable support available at district level
and web mentors/trainers will be trained
• Local Mentoring is available for club webmasters who
are starting off with it
• It is not difficult to use
• There is a full manual of How Tos
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Strengths
Improved communications
• It permits messaging between Rotarians but
keeps email addresses anonymous and secure
• Club and district officers all have a generic
email address, e.g.
[email protected]
• Direct communication will be possible
between a district chair and the relevant club
convenors if the club wishes – saving time and
effort for the club secretary
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Strengths
Improved communications
• It will replace the Mailbox
• Emails go direct to personal email addresses
• Group communication is easy for a club
convenor and his or her committee
• Online registration for events an apologies is
possible – reducing need for boards
• Communication with counterparts in other
clubs is far simpler and easier
• Automatic advertising of events across the
district
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Strengths
Time saving for club and district officers
• It integrates website, database and
communications system
• It integrates club and district systems
• Changes only need to be entered once and are
then reflected across the system
• Can be used for club and district directories
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Strengths
Time saving for club and district officers
• Will replace membership returns
• Will replace Form 6 and form 14
• Will replace paper attendance returns
• Will replace the annual paper checking of
member information
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Security and personal privacy
• Privacy is very well planned and catered for.
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Recommendations
• Whatever you are going to become familiar with
the RIBI-T website when logging in to check your
data and using the messaging system. So:
• Use RIBI-T for your website. But:
• Wait till you are ready to change, there is no
imperative
• Remember that non IT Rotarians will have to be
catered for
• Appoint a team not just one webmaster
• Initially retain your old website and domain name
but put on a link to the new one from it and vice
versa.