The committee was established to develop and maintain a website for the association circa 2010. ASPCRO’s Board of Director’s sought to upgrade the website in and in 2019 began a project to enhance the website’s organizational structure, its cosmetic appeal, add functionality (searchable functions) and continued maintenance. The Communications committee was reinstated to assist with the revised website’s cosmetic, organizational structure and functionality.
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES: There are four primary tasks that are needed to support and maintain the new website. Identified below are those tasks with a brief explanation of each item.
- Improve Organizational Structure – the goal to improve the organizational structure is to allow a visitor to find information in 2-3 clicks.
- Develop Searchable Functionality – Developing a searchable functionality in the new website will require the development of a document identification system or ‘document naming convention’ and placing these documents into a spreadsheet which will provide for search results. The development of a search function is dependent on an improved organizational structure (discussed above) and represents a completely different phase of the new website’s development. A team effort will greatly simplify this important task.
- Building Special Webpages – The current website contains 7 menu choices, each with information on important topics relevant to our membership. The new website now has added three additional areas including a blog post page, a professional training page and a page concerned with hot topics the Association is undertaking. Collecting website content (information pertinent to a topic) will also require a team effort.
- Strategy for Continued Maintenance – At this time the website is managed by the ASPCRO Executive Secretary. A redundancy in capable individuals is needed to ensure continued management of the new website. This will require secondary web savvy individuals with some operating knowledge of WordPress. Therefore, an important task related to this committee will be to train willing members in how to upload and organize material on the new website.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Communications Committee please RSVP to mpage@aspcro.org at your earliest convenience. Should you have additional questions about your participation, your qualifications for membership or the time investment, please contact Michael Page at the email above to discuss this assignment further.
