Overview

This planning schedule is provided to assist the districts in publishing information on their website. There are two type of information that will be listed.

1. Information related to the district only.
2. Information that is council related with a link to other areas of the website.

District Websites

The District is responsible for providing:

• articles for their website
• information for the District Calendar
• forms, flyers, rules, regulations for district events.
• specific graphics if applicable
• photographs (sized to 10KB to 60KB per photo)
• notification of when to remove articles from the website

If you opt to, the distinct website can be organized into separate pages and an organized breakdown within the pages. For example:

• Home Page
  • organized by general announcements
  • District Events
  • Advancement Updates
  • Camping Updates
  • OA Updates
  • Training Updates
  • Units with 25> years of longevity
  • District Executive's article
  • Website news
• Separate pages for:
  • Committee Roster
  • District Award of Merit Recipients
  • FOS Schedules
  • Performance to Goals
  • Rechartering
  • Scrapbook

The Council will provide:

• conversion of forms, flyers, rules, regulations for district events to Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format for downloading.
• standard article for council information with a link to other portions of the website. This information may be modified to meet the requirements of the district. (i Standard article provided by Council)
• a merged council and district calendar with the ability to be accessed separately
• appropriate graphics

Schedule Example

This example should be adjusted to reflect your specific requirements. A good time to review this is during the Program Planning Conferences. If you inform the webmaster, your district's personalized schedule can become a part of your District Website.

This schedule does not reflect special items of news, recognition notices, one time events, and other items specific to the district. It does not reflect items that are updated after the initial publication. Items listed can stay on the website for a period of time that you feel is most effective. Information does not have to be removed after a specific amount of time. Items should be removed when the event/activity is completed. A good rule of thumb is to remove the event and add the new information about how things went, what you did, and photographs are placed in the District Scrapbook.

As you establish your personalized district schedule, it is important to remember that providing as much advance notice as possible is very affective in increasing awareness of and attendance at events. You do not need to have all the detail prepared to initially publish about the event. Letting people know that the event is coming up can always be an initial notification. Informing people of a date to lock in provides them enough to begin their planning process.