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

  • From: Jen Garnett <j2garnett@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: malicesprings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:59:44 +0930

Lisa called them and they said that if you join now, it will still be valid
until the end of next year (2011). I would verify that when joining, but
that's what they told us!

- Jen

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Gaynor Ramsay <gaynor_r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  You can join Skate Aus yourself, but it only lasts untill then end of the
> calander year. We will join as a league and we can all join in Jan, if you
> want to wait untill then.
>
> G
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:08:42 +0930
> Subject: [malicesprings] Re: Update - website, white star, derby names and
> more!
> From: downingrosie@xxxxxxxxx
> To: malicesprings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Dudes,
> I'm thinking of joining as an individual with Skate Australia... for some
> reason I feel the need to sound that out with y'all...?
> Could be cos it's 1am and I've been working many many hours now...
> Great. Sad I couldn't skate tonight, missed yas.
> xxx rosie
>
> 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!
>
>
>
>
>

Other related posts:

  1. Home
  2. malicesprings
  3. Archive
  4. 11-2010