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AFMS 2011 Web Site Contest AFMS Web Site Contest Chair This is the third year for the AFMS Web Site Contest. I hope that word about the contest is growing and that we’ll have even more entries in the 2011 contest. The primary value of this contest lies in the comments that each judge writes as he or she goes through the Web site looking for the items listed on the Score Sheet. The judges are instructed to identify what the site does well as well as to comment on what can be done better. The goal of the contest is to help the Web sites better serve their clubs. All the Web Site Contest Committee Members (one for each regional federation)
are busy working on their third year of running the Web Site Contest for their
regional federation. So far, the position of Contest Committee Chair for the
Rocky Mountain Federation Web Site Contest is still open, so I will serve in
that capacity for the duration until someone volunteers to take it over.
(Committee Chairs do not need to be from the regional federation that they chair
since the contest is handled entirely by e mail. If you would like to volunteer
as the RMFMS Committee Chair, please contact me at pgeorge4 The Committee Members set the due dates for their contest and receive the entries. They forward the entries to the two judges assigned to that region, they receive from the judges the completed score sheets, and they rank the results and award the first-place plaque and the certificates (places one through ten and honorable mention) at the Breakfast with the Editors and Webmasters during their regional federation’s annual show. The first-place entry from each federation is then forwarded to Wes Lingerfelt (the AFMS-level judge). Currently the Committee Members are notifying webmasters, editors, and club presidents in their region and their regional newsletter editor about the details of the contest, the due date for entries, and the rest of the schedule for their regional contest. Contact your regional federation Committee Member (listed below) by e-mail for information about the contest and the deadlines. The deadlines all vary by region and are determined by when their annual show is scheduled. Webmasters wishing to enter their Web sites into the contest should download the 2011 AFMS Web Site Contest Entry Form, the 2011 AFMS Web Site Contest Score Sheet, and the 2011 AFMS Web Site Contest Score Sheet Guidelines from the AFMS Web site (or from their regional federation’s Web site). (The 2011 versions of these forms MUST be used—NOT the forms from 2009 or 2010.) These forms are in PDF format, and they can be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader®. Free Adobe Reader software is available at www.adobe.com/products/reader/. The contest information on the AFMS Web site can be found at www.amfed.org/web/website_contest.htm or at http://www.amfed.org/downloads.htm. Download the three 2011 Web Site Contest documents and read the 2011 AFMS Web Site Contest Score Sheet Guidelines very carefully. It thoroughly explains what makes a good Web site and what the judges will be looking for. Members of the Webmasters Contest Committee are as follows:
To enter the contest, the webmaster needs to fill out the 2011 Entry Form completely and fill out the information requested in the top part of the 2011 Score sheet. These forms can be filled-in on your computer and saved to your hard drive. Important: You need Adobe Reader version 8 or 9 (or Acrobat v. 8 or 9) to be able to save the filled-in forms to your hard drive and to modify them later if necessary. Send the two completed forms as e mail attachments to your regional Web Site Contest Committee Member before the due date in your region. Two judges will be assigned to each regional competition (their scores for each contestant will be averaged) and one judge (Wes Lingerfelt) is assigned for the AFMS level. Each judge probably will be judging two different regions, but no judge will judge his or her own region. Right now I have a total of eight regional judges. If I can get another six judges, each judge will judge only one regional federation. If you are a current (or former) webmaster or are very Web-site savvy, please
help make the contest a success by volunteering a little of your time to act as
a judge. Read the 2011 Score Sheet Guidelines to see what the judges will be
looking for on the sites that they judge, and if you would like to be an
important part of this contest, please contact me at pgeorge4 |
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August 30, 2010 |
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