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Where Should We Start?
THE FIRST STEPS IN ACTIVATING YOUR SITE

The Gamaliel Foundation is pleased to offer you a fully functional 15 page Web-site. The pages are designed and the navigation bars have been linked to one another so that users can easily move back and forth between these pages. Each site requires 270 links to make this navigation possible.

You can find your web by clicking on "Our National and International Affiliates, (second link one vertical navigation bar on the gateway (home) page. Then click on the name of your organization. Should you find that a link is not working, please report it to the Gamaliel Webmaster on the form provided. There are nearly 30,000 individual links in gamaliel.org. This link usually will be repaired within 24 hours.

Your website works but it now needs content. We believe that the pages in your site represent a basic data set that all Gamaliel organizations need to offer their members and others. We will help you communicate your organization's particular message, but we need your help in developing a basic uniform set of data across the entire network.

It is a good idea to keep this information in a boilerplate file. It is the kind of information you use over and over again. Collect as much information as you can. You may not use all of the information you have here on your web site.

Your Website will not be limited to these 15 pages so as you gather your data to fill THESE pages make a list of other pages you need. A template for additional pages has been provided online. The first time you need to add pages, please call (262) 639-5914 or e-mail Don Burton so that he can be sure you know the process.

WEBSITE PAGES

About us

Tell your organization’s history; include your organization’s mission statement. This the who, what, where, why, when and how or your organization's story.

Members

The list of the members goes here. If the web site is for a regional organization then this is a list of local organizations. If the web is for a local organization, then this is a list of member congregations. Basic contact information for each member organization should also be included.

Board

The members and officers of the Board are included here. Basic contact information should be included here (e-mail, phone, and fax numbers). Lay and pastoral leaders often express interest in being able to contact counterparts in other affiliates.

Staff

The staff list includes: the list of staff with contact information, picture and long and short bio for each staff person.

Calendar

Your Annual Calendar goes here.

Caucus

Your clergy caucus information goes here. Include a clergy list with contact information, a schedule of meetings and other information important to the clergy of your organization.

Contributors

The list of those who have contributed to the work of your organization is included here. If the organization has a web site, it might be a good idea to connect to it. A thank you to the organizations is included here along with encouragement of members to patronize these businesses whenever possible.

Contact Us

The basic contact information for your organization is included here: Name of contact person, mail address, phone and fax, e-mail address.

Home

This is the first page your members and others will see. This is where you highlight your most important message. For example, your public meeting, your issues convention, your next action. This page is always changing telling about your work and inviting people’s participation.

Actions

Your flyers go here. Then you have a record of what you have done during the year.

Issues

Issue papers, talking points, metropolitan agendas go here.

Core Teams

The core team directory for every congregation is listed here with contact information and the role each person plays on the core team. If this is a regional organization, information on your regional leaders assembly goes here.

Core Teams Actions

The actions of congregational core teams are included here. If this is a regional organization information about your issue groups go here

News

We hope that organization will include two kinds of information on this page:
1. News releases send to local media.
2. "Summaries" of stories about your work included in the local newspapers.

Remember that local newspaper stories are copyrighted. You ought not link to a story about your organization in their online edition without their permission. You can write a story and quote their stories extensively.

Victories

This is where the list of your organizations victories is kept.

It work best is ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED and put in text format BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO GIVE CONTENT TO YOUR WEBSITE.

It is expected that all organizations will complete the site as designed before requesting more pages.

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