Chapters

1
Chapters Website Support Ideas

• Goal in context
• To provide all LDA Chapters with individualized,
  easy-to- maintain websites consistent with LDAOs
  Current body of Websites (in terms of Look
  nFeel, content management, and navigational
  flow)
• To provide Chapters with Tech support around the
  development of their websites
• To provide Chapters with training on how to
  maintain their websites
• To provide Chapters with fully accessible
  websites in compliance with W3Cs Web
  Accessibility Initiative.

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2
Proposed Look n Feel to new websites

• In keeping with LDAOs current Motherwebsite,
  the proposal is to adapt the current Templates to
  individual chapters
• Slight modifications to colour scheme is
  negotiable, provided LDAO selects colour choices
  in keeping with LDAO branding

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3
Proposed Hosting Options

• Option One LDAO provides Templates only to
  Chapter
• Details
• LDAO sets up templates for a Chapter to host via
  its own web hosting company. A chapter
  organization would need to make staff available
  to coordinate website sections and menus.
  Templates would be based on LDAOs current Mother
  site templates.
• LDAO provides Templates to Chapter Org complete
  with menu headings and appropriate links to
  sub-pages
• Chapter arranges hosting company (URL would be
  the choice of the Chapter Org)
• Chapter Org. designates resources to maintain the
  website including staff and hosting company

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• Option Two LDAO builds the chapter website and
  maintains it on the LDAO server
• Details
• LDAO provides templates and design for chapter
  Organizations website
• LDAO hosts the files on LDAO servers (website URL
  would look like www.ldao.ca/ChathamKent)
• LDAO provides Chapter Org with Content Management
  Software (CMS)
• LDAO provides training on the CMS software
• LDAO provides Tech support for Chapter website
• Chapter Org is responsible for the content and
  content updates

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• Open issues
• It might be advisable to have all Chapters to
  decide unanimously on one option. My concern
  over some choosing option 1 while others choose
  Options 2 or 3 is that the site URLs would seem
  inconsistent (i.e. imagine two chapters having
  their own dedicated URL while all others have the
  www.ldao.ca/... URL This may or may not cause End
  Users to feel there is an inconsistency ??? Just
  a thought but I am not totally firm with it.
• Wed need to come up with long term plans and
  firm commitment on both sides so that LDAO can
  plan appropriate budgeting and resources for this
  endeavor.
• Paper Agreements with the Chapter Orgs would be
  necessary to avoid miscommunications between LDAO
  and Chapter Orgs around the website maintenance
  responsibilities. (scenario what happens if an
  ED changes at a Chapter and the new ED decides
  LDAO should be fully responsible for their entire
  website )
• LDAO and Chapter Orgs would need to work closely
  and come up with long term plans and visions for
  the Websites.

TBahr for LDAO May 2005