the california-nevada region section website albert lazzarini executive committee meeting 28 march...
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The California-Nevada RegionSection Website
Albert LazzariniExecutive Committee Meeting
28 March 2009
Survey of othersection websites
• Explored other section web sites– Northwest, New York State, New England,
Ohio Region, Prairie, Southeastern, Texas, Four Corners
– All sites have a few common features• Governance, meetings listings
– Most sites have unique features, signatures
• Synthesize a CA-NV www site that represents the best from other sites?
The CA-NV www site
• What do we want?– Easy access to important information– Portal to resources for CA-NV section
members• Faculty, scientists, students, postdocs
• What is needed?
Newsletters
Prizes & Awards
Job Opportunities
Resources
Colleges, Universities & Laboratories represented in the sectionCorporate links
Suggestion Box
Letter from the Chair
Possible additional web site features
• Colleges, Universities & Laboratories represented in the section– Listing of all academic
institutions, laboratories having CA-NV members
• URLs to physics departments
• Corporate links
• Newsletters– Link to archive of all past– Link to latest newsletter
• Prizes & Awards– Announcements of CA-NV
Section awardees• Bonner Prize• APS Fellows
– Create student prizes?• Best senior thesis?• Best PhD thesis?
• Job Opportunities– REUS in region– Internships– Postdoctoral links
• Resources– Links to outreach, physics
educational sites– Student travel support to meetings
• Suggestion box• Letter from the Chair
– As appropriate, needed, letter from the Section Chair to the members of the section
• Hit count ?• Logo?
The CA-NV www site
• Issues & challenges– If we set up a more comprehensive www site, it
will require effort to keep in current, relevant• Following stale, out-of-date, non-existent links leads to
frustration very quickly– Frequent updates
• Monthly? Quarterly?– A dedicated, committed webmaster is required
• Rotating role? Member of Executive Committee?– Web server?
• Located at APS.org?• Located at the home institution of the webmaster?