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

  • From: rosie downing <downingrosie@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: malicesprings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:09:13 +0930

ps. thanks Lisa and Jen for being awesome

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Lisa Chin <cormorant_80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>    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
>> <http://www.rockymountainrollergirls.com/mambots/editors/tinymce/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=161>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. <http://www.twoevils.org/rollergirls/rules.html>
>>
>> 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
>> <http://skateaustralia.org.au/web/files/pdf_repository/1273798654-2010_Membership_Benefits.pdf>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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