Private Sides to your HQ websites? - Page 2

honeychile · #1 03-09-2005, 01:37 AM

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Originally posted by kddani
and if you don't feel comfortable answering my question, then you don't have to no one else seems to have a problem with it

I'd like to think that, with most of us being in a GLO, if anything of ritual matter DID leak out, a savvy mod would delete it immediately.

kddani · #2 03-09-2005, 01:38 AM

honeychile, I actually mentioned the "pride online" forum in discussion on the KD yahoogroup b/c i've seen the ADPis on here mention it a couple times... particularly when a sensitive topic is involved. Is that an official part of the ADPi website or is it run by someone else?

Besides the discussion boards that i've previously mentioned, the KD website also has all the forms and manuals online (which is wonderful!) as well as some random other info. We have a birthday list and some find a sister resources (though not very well updated at all!) and a few random other things- like the programming du jour

KSUViolet06 · #3 03-09-2005, 01:40 AM

Well, the private side of our site doesn't get as much action as it should and to be honest MOST of what you guys are saying is in the private side of yours, is totally public on our site. Things like convention registration, officer and chairwoman resources, chapter listings, and recommendation forms are all completely public.

honeychile · #4 03-09-2005, 01:52 AM

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Originally posted by kddani
honeychile, I actually mentioned the "pride online" forum in discussion on the KD yahoogroup b/c i've seen the ADPis on here mention it a couple times... particularly when a sensitive topic is involved. Is that an official part of the ADPi website or is it run by someone else?

Besides the discussion boards that i've previously mentioned, the KD website also has all the forms and manuals online (which is wonderful!) as well as some random other info. We have a birthday list and some find a sister resources (though not very well updated at all!) and a few random other things- like the programming du jour

Pride Online is the "double secret" site of our website. It's run by our International Office, and they've named moderators. As I said, I'm very pleased with how open they've been with suggestions. We don't have birthdays, though.

PO's the message board & chat room part of our site.

Our forms etc are also members only - but not our Gift Mart!!

I don't know if it was just my chapter or what, but I would feel completely HORRIBLE if I bought something new with ADPi on it, and didn't use Gift Mart!! Needless to say, I feel okay buying from ebay.

33girl · #5 03-09-2005, 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by JocelynC
Well, the private side of our site doesn't get as much action as it should and to be honest MOST of what you guys are saying is in the private side of yours, is totally public on our site. Things like convention registration, officer and chairwoman resources, chapter listings, and recommendation forms are all completely public.

I don't think there's any need for any of those things to be private. If I had a dollar for every alumnae I've seen post to a message board (not ours) searching frantically for a rec form and not able to find it, I'd be quite rich

. If we make our websites too complicated, it leaves out our older alums who might not be as tech savvy. There are some groups that I've wanted to scream because it's impossible to figure out who does what things or even find a chapter list. Those things should be easy for the dumbest person to find.

honeychile · #6 03-09-2005, 01:55 AM

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Originally posted by 33girl
I don't think there's any need for any of those things to be private. If I had a dollar for every alumnae I've seen post to a message board (not ours) searching frantically for a rec form and not able to find it, I'd be quite rich . If we make our websites too complicated, it leaves out our older alums who might not be as tech savvy. There are some groups that I've wanted to scream because it's impossible to figure out who does what things or even find a chapter list. Those things should be easy for the dumbest person to find.

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HotDamnImAPhiMu · #7 03-09-2005, 09:08 AM

OK so. This is kind of one of my pet peeves.

One of the biggest problems for GLOs now (in my opinion) is keeping them "up to date" and relevant to what college students are going through now, while still staying faithful to the tenents they were founded on.

SO WHY DON'T WE ALL HAVE FANTASTIC WEBSITES? This blows my mind. The whole *point* of our groups are to foster sister/brotherhood. Why would you not take advantage of a fantastic medium that can reach members across the country?

I mean, think about how great this concept could be. On the private side -

* A member search part (that's UPDATED) where you could get back in contact with that one girl you pledged with forever ago.
* A great forum where members feel like they can make suggestions (and not get flamed)

on the public side --

* A great "marketplace" that sells all kinds of stuff (mine, for example, is kind of limited in its offerings) for your group -- all under licensing.
* A copy of your pledge manual (where applicable.)
* The most complete history available of your group, instead of the basic run-down most of us have on our sites.
* Explanations of the non-secret traditions
* Explanations of greek life traditions that a new pledge could expect at his/her school
* Places to get help, and descriptions of academic assistance offered at chapters

moe.ron · #8 03-09-2005, 10:03 AM

The secret side has the locations where we sacrifice virgins.

ADqtPiMel · #9 03-09-2005, 10:07 AM

I love our new website. Being EVP, it helps so much that every form I need is right on my computer, easy to find.

I feel bad for officers who didn't have this resource!

Lil' Hannah · #10 03-09-2005, 10:19 AM

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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
On the private side -

* A member search part (that's UPDATED) where you could get back in contact with that one girl you pledged with forever ago.
* A great forum where members feel like they can make suggestions (and not get flamed)

on the public side --

* A great "marketplace" that sells all kinds of stuff (mine, for example, is kind of limited in its offerings) for your group -- all under licensing.
* A copy of your pledge manual (where applicable.)
* The most complete history available of your group, instead of the basic run-down most of us have on our sites.
* Explanations of the non-secret traditions
* Explanations of greek life traditions that a new pledge could expect at his/her school
* Places to get help, and descriptions of academic assistance offered at chapters

DG's site has all of this stuff. Well, not the forum but everything else. I'm pretty happy with our site...it was overhauled about 2 or 3 years ago.

Members have to log in and specify that they want their information to be available for the directory search, however, so it can be a bit difficult to find the long lost pledge sister if she never bothered to log in to the private side.

sageofages · #11 03-09-2005, 11:42 AM

A lot of you might be surprised just how UNPRIVATE some of the private sides of the websites hosted by a certain company really are.....(that company ISN'T mine

as I host a few national fraternities, and previously hosted a sorority

33girl · #12 03-09-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
SO WHY DON'T WE ALL HAVE FANTASTIC WEBSITES? This blows my mind. The whole *point* of our groups are to foster sister/brotherhood. Why would you not take advantage of a fantastic medium that can reach members across the country?

Because we don't all have fantastically large bank accounts.

Daily or near daily website maintenance is, I'm sure, a bigger job than it seems for a volunteer to handle, so you pretty much have to hire someone. And if it's money for (example) an extra traveling consultant or the website, I'd bet the TC will win out.

HelloKitty22 · #13 03-09-2005, 11:49 AM

Tri Delta's private side has bulletin boards and a lot of the other stuff which you guys mentioned. Our bulletin boards aren't heavily used but that may be because we have inCircle.
InCircle is like the Tri Delta answer to friendster. It allows you to connect and communicate with other sisters. You can post announcements, info, questions. I don't know if other sororities have that but ours has been pretty successful.

sageofages · #14 03-09-2005, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by 33girl
Because we don't all have fantastically large bank accounts.

Daily or near daily website maintenance is, I'm sure, a bigger job than it seems and if it's money for (example) an extra traveling consultant or the website, I'd bet the TC will win out.

WRONG! Website maintenance and hosting is almost commodity these days.

What about the skilled and equipmented volunteers who offer their services....

Orgs that turn their backs on this resource are either afraid of the technologies power of information or they simply don't understand it.

Been there, done that, dealt with it.

33girl · #15 03-09-2005, 11:58 AM

FWIW, I somewhat agree with you - I was playing devil's advocate.

The thing is finding a volunteer with those skills WHO CAN AFFORD TO DO IT ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. If you're a 25 year old computer whiz with beaucoup student loans to repay, no matter how much you love your GLO you're gonna go work for the company that actually PAYS you.

Most of our alums who could afford to be full time volunteers are older and not as up on this stuff.

And I agree with you about the "unprivate" sides - eeeek