GFWC Virginia Website Contest

Your GFWC Virginia club has created a website.  Submit it for judging by March 1.  Awards to be presented at the annual GFWC Virginia Convention in April.

Check out the linked website for judging criteria as all of this info will be considered in the judging process.

The website must be linked to the GFWC Virginia website on the LINKS page and your club must belong to GFWC Virginia.

A test email will be sent from the judge to a contact link found on your webpage.  Response time by the club will be considered in the judging.

Submission of a website for judging will be done via EMAIL.

Subject line of submission email should read GFWC Virginia Website Contest Entry.

Email must include the club name, district, website address, president’s name and contact information, name and contact information of the individual making the submission, number of members in the club, approximate launch date of website (if known), and no more than 250 words regarding how you use your club calendar on your club website.  Include the name of the website designer and a note whether this person is a web design professional and whether the club paid for design services.  If a password is needed to view your calendar, please include that with your entry.

Deadline:  Entry must be made by email to Janice Sadler, Web Designer and Hope Royer, GFWC Virginia President by March 1 and time-stamped by 11:59 PM.

CONTENT AND DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CLUB WEBSITES

  • Contact email link is easily found, it works and a club member responds within 24 hours.

  • Hyperlinks to the club's affiliate organizations including their district, GFWC Virginia www.gfwcvirginia.org and GFWC www.gfwc.org are present and work.  If your district has a link, this should be included too.

  • Content is current.

  • Meeting times and location are easily found.

  • Calendar is for the current year.

  • Use of fonts that are likely to be on your viewers’ computers including Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica and Sans-serif are very important to visual consistency. If you must use a different font for a banner, title or heading, convert it to a graphic in .jpg or .gif format.

  • Build your website for the 800 x 600 dpi monitor to please the biggest audience. Monitors come in many sizes.

  • Extra items include club history, list of officers, projects, membership application, etc.

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  • Design and style add to visual enjoyment.