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Ruritan Web Site Guidelines One of the best new ways to promote your Ruritan club is through the internet. The internet provides an opportunity to reach out to different audiences. Creating a club web site with an e-mail link is a excellent way to let people from your hometown, and all around the world, know about your club. It has become increasingly easy to setup web sites, and there are even many excellent free, or very low cost, methods for maintaining a “web presence.” Before beginning, check out this, the Ruritan National’s official web site. Taking a look at this site can give you a good frame of reference for understanding what makes a web site effective. Your club site can link to this website and may duplicate a similar design and content if you like. To get a web page started, ask around your club to find out if any of your members have web page design skills. In addition to the experience this person may have, he/she can also purchase a book on designing pages or go to sites on the web that offer instruction. Posting a message at a college requesting a student web site designer is another way to get started. Once the person who will create the pages is identified, think about content. Be sure to include general information about your club on the web site – when and where it meets, club activities and how to get more information. Have an e-mail link to someone in your club for people to send their questions. Other suggested items to include on your site are photos, a club history and calendar of events. There are many items that could be included – be creative! Once your web site is up and running, register with web search engines so when people enter a keyword search, they will be able to find your web site. Do not forget to put your e-mail and web addresses on the items your club distributes. We also offer publications that can easily be downloaded through this web site. However, because it has become so easy to setup a window to the world, there are cautions that should be observed. qWe encourage all publications (regular and on-line) about Ruritan and Ruritan National maintain levels of good taste. Do not link your web site to any site that might have questionable content. When in doubt, be conservative. qDo not provide actual physical addresses and telephone numbers for ANYONE connected with your Club, District or Ruritan National.qYou may, however, provide the physical address of your meeting place and the date and time of your meetings in case someone would want to visit your club. You may also provide an E-mail address as a contact for someone interested in Ruritan.qKeep your site as current as possible. Changing the first page of information will keep people checking back to see what is new. 
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qMake sure that your site references the latest information concerning Ruritan National. Feel free to copy Ruritan’s history, current National Convention information, or Ruritan National Foundation programs from this Ruritan National web site or to link directly to the page with the information you wish to include.qIt is not a good idea to publish club correspondence and minutes of your meeting on your web site/ E-mail, fax or write members directly with those kinds of things. Web sites should be for general promotional vehicles not for specific record keeping. Internet regulation is very limited and anything put out on the web may be pirated for any number of inappropriate uses.Keath L Marx, Ruritan Webmaster