GFWC VA

GFWC VA Website Contest

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

Check out the linked website for judging criteria.

The website must be linked to the GFWC VA website on the LINKS page.

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

Subject line of submission email should read GFWC VA 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 the club’s approach to updating and using their 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.

Deadline: Entry must be made by email to Janice Sadler, Web Designer and Emma Jean Wise, GFWC VA 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.

Design and style add to visual enjoyment.