From the President, March 2008
Your board has been in the process of updating and improving the Enological Society’s website, www.wenwine.org. We have hired Matt Fields, from Leavenworth to be our consultant in the process for a very reasonable price. Board member Beth Stone is the primary contact for getting information on the website. It is our hope that the redesigned website can be a source of pride for our group and will put a great face on the organization for our members and for the possible new members it might attract.
The board was able to see a preview of what the site may look like. The home page will have an overview of who we are, our history, knowledge and the fun we have, and may include some photos of past events. A contact page will include names of board members, their roles in the organization, e-mail addresses and the ability to download forms for membership or wine tasting events. Other pages will include links to wineries and vineyards around the North Central Washington area, our scheduled events, the current newsletter, as well as archives of old newsletters, links to the Washington State Wine Commission website, wine related news of interest sites, wine and food pairing sites, and other enological chapter’s sites.
We hope to include lots of photographs from our club members showing wine related events. We also might add a “members-only” access portion where we can share recipe and wine suggestions, review wine and food pairing experiences, wine country excursions, books, DVD’s, and magazines.
In the last month or so we have had to do a lot of back tracking to be able to access our website and to put us back on a server. The future look of the website, in our eyes, is to keep it simple and uncluttered, organized for ease of navigation, functional and esthetically pleasing to the eye. This will be a fluid site, meaning that there should be new things on it often so that people find it helpful, informational and will be accessing it often. Be checking to see if the website is up and running in the next week or so.
Bruce Campbell