[malicesprings] Update - website, white star, derby names and more!

  • From: Lisa Chin <cormorant_80@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: malicesprings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:19:29 -0800 (PST)


Hi All,
>
>The communications committee (currently Jen and Lisa) met for the first time 
>on 
>Wednesday night so here's an update on the website, white star assessment, 
>derby 
>names and membership.
>
 
Website
>    - Domain name purchase. There are three obvious options (in order of our 
>preference): malicespringsrollerderby.com, malicesprinsgrdl.com and msrdl.com. 
>If we are concerned about people not finding the site we can always purchase 
>more than one domain name and redirect from there to the real site. Please let 
>us know if you have any suggestions or what your preference is for this by 
>Thursday 25th November.
>    - Hosting options are still being considered and will cost about $60-100 a 
>year, if you have any recommendations please send through; at this stage it's 
>looking like we'll be using Wordpress as a  CMS.
>    - Site build: Jen has done some awesome work (Go Jen!!) starting a website 
>build (https://sites.google.com/site/malicespringsrdl/) and we will continue 
>working on this. Please take a look and send through any suggestions, there's 
>still quite a bit of work to do getting content together and finalising the 
>structure but we're on the way. With regards to content you'll notice there is 
>a 
>featured "Derby girl" and we'll be taking photos on Sunday 5th December at 
>training to use in this section. We'd also like to include a short Bio, so 
>start 
>thinking about yours - it doesn't need to be long and can include info like 
>derby name and number, length of time you've been skating, achievements to 
>date, 
>why you Derby, brag about your skates. Have a look at some on the Rocky 
>Mountain 
>Roller Girls site to see what they've done. We'd like to collect these on 5th 
>December as well. 
>
>For those of you who couln't make it to our derby watching session at Annie's 
>the date for the big get together planning day has been set as Sunday 5th 
>December from midday until it's time to start training. Location yet to be 
>specified so suggestions are welcome if someone has plenty of space at their 
>house :)
>
>White Star Assessment
>    - For all those who would like to sit their white star assessment (or sit 
> it 
>again) before the end of the year the last assessment session for 2010 will be 
>Sunday 28th November. There are four more training sessions to take advantage 
>of 
>between now and then so get your skates on! The training committee will need 
>to 
>select assessors for the white star  assessment Sunday 28th November - if 
>there 
>are major issues with that  date please select a new date and advise the 
>league.
>    - There was also a decision made at the derby watching session to continue 
>with the three skate sessions a week but only have structured training with a 
>designated trainer on Mondays and Thursdays and have both of these sessions 
>from 
>7pm to 9pm. Sunday will become more of a free skate and will stick with the 
>current time of 5pm to 8pm. The changes to the times will take place as of 1st 
>December.
>
>Derby names
>    - If you get your white star this year then the deadline to have your top 
>three (and list order of preference) derby names is Monday 29th November so 
>please email these through to Jen (j2garnett@xxxxxxxxx) AND Lisa 
>(cormorant_80@xxxxxxxxx). They will be collated and sent to the master roster 
>keepers for processing, check out the rules for selecting names here.
>
>Membership
>    - Paying MSRDL dues is also something to think about - especially if you 
>have your white star now. We leave it with the finance committee to set a due 
>date for payment and to think about how long people should skate with the club 
>for before they have to pay dues. Money will go towards paying for paint so we 
>can have a more permanent track, club membership in Skate Australia, website 
>domain and hosting fees, and other ongoing costs.
>    - If anyone is interested in joining Skate Australia as  an individual 
> Skate 
>Australia have confirmed that if you pay the $50 fee now you will have 
>membership until December 2011. Visit the Skate Australia website to find out 
>about the benefits of membership. Their office will be closed over Christmas 
>from 17th December so get in quick! We also need 10 individuals to join skate 
>Australia before we can join as a league.
>
>Logo
>    - The logo may undergo a redesign so if you have any ideas of things to 
>include or colour scheme please let us know.
>
>So, in summary - as members of the league you need to:
>1. Tell us which domain name you prefer and whether you think there is a need 
>to 
>purchase multiple domains and redirect from them to the main site - let us 
>know 
>by Thursday 25th November
>2. Lock the 28th November in your date as white star assessment if you're 
>taking 
>it and let the training committee know you're  planning to take the test
>3. Start composing your bio for the website (due 5th December) and be prepared 
>to have your "derby girl" photo taken that day as well 
4. Get your top three Derby names to us by 29th November
>5. Start saving to pay league fees.
>6. Start thinking about how you think about how you want to participate in the 
>league and what decisions need to get made on Sunday 5th December - this even 
>will need a couple of people to take the reins for that to organise an agenda 
>etc? 
>
>
>It's a busy time at the moment but this is your league and think of it as the 
>storm before the summer lull. More to follow re. painting the track soon....
>
>Happy skating!
>
>

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