GETTING YOUR CLUB ONLINE

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GETTING YOUR CLUB ONLINE

• Courtesy of
• Charyl Teal, Volunteer Associate Director
• Tim Barroso, GenXchange Investment Club Cathy
  Patrick, Volunteer Director
• NAIC Houston Chapter

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Today we will discuss

• Reasons to have a club website
• Ways to create a club website
• Online Resources
• Review of helpful websites

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Reasons to have your club online

• Great recruiting tool prospective members can
  view mission statement, club documents, etc from
  the comfort of home.
• Club members can use e-mail lists and web message
  boards to have online discussions or vote online
  and shorten face to face meeting times.

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Reasons to have your club online

• Great place to have club files, links, database
  such as member addresses, photos and library.
• Improve Member Education.
• Might get invited to meet the President of the
  United States.

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Pat Schier of the Heart of Texas Chapter,
President Bush, Cathy Patrick, Houston Chapter,
GenX.
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Where Your Website Lives

• Yahoo Groups
• groups.yahoo.com
• NAIC Online Accounting
• naic-club.com
• Your Own Club Website
• www.yourclub.com

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Yahoo Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Free
• Calendar with auto reminders
• Polls (Voting)
• Message Boards
• File Storage Area

• Cons
• Lots of advertising
• No accounting
• Group deleted if inactive for 3 months
• Must create Yahoo account
• May be a source of spam

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NAIC-iclub Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Complete Club accounting
• 24-Hr Reports
• Tax Software
• File Message Areas
• Member info area
• Visitor area
• 30-day free trial
• Voting
• Calendar
• Secure, only treasure can access accounting

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NAIC-iclub Pros and Cons

• Cons
• Needs member administration
• Requires password
• 49 per year for service
• Tax software is additional 49 per year

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Club Website Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Great way to find new members
• Easy to use and access
• Park club documents

• Cons
• Must have web developer
• Must Maintain
• Must pay for hosting (6-35/yr)

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Online Club Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Great flexibility and convenience
• No geographical boundaries
• No problem with meeting locations
• Use email and chat rooms

• Cons
• Trust issues with members and treasures
• Getting funds in timely manner
• Less social interaction
• Netiquette lack of body language

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Online Brokerage Accounts

• TD Waterhouse
• ETrade
• Scottrade
• Oneshare
• Others

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Online Research

• Online Brokers
• Quicken.com
• Yahoo.com
• Motley Fool
• Morningstar
• MSN Money Central
• Better-Investing.org
• Investware.com

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Getting Your Club Online