A Blog for South Cumberland
Greetings,
Friends President Latham Davis and I had a long talk this morning about what's happening with the Park and Friends accomplishments and challenges. I told him I had two projects on my want to do list that he did not know about.
One is to redesign the Friends website www.friendsofscsra.org before the first of December. The other is to start a blog for the Friends website. In case you can't tell, I took the easy project first.
We process a lot of inquiries from prospective Park visitors, backpackers, hikers, folks planning group trips, etc. Each and every question gets answered, often with assistance from Park Manager John Christof or Assistant Manager Bill Knapp.
My idea is that if we answer folks questions via the blog we will begin to build an archive of content that others can reference. This will be made easier after December 1 because I plan to incorporate a Google private search engine in the Friends website so that the content can be easily searched.
My hope is that we will get multiple posters to the blog and that we will also get good feedback from readers and contributors.
You are welcome to post your 2 cents.
Also, you can subscribe to the blog feed http://www.friendsofscsra.org/atom.xml so that if you are using a RSS Feed Reader or if you are using the new Office 2007 version of Outlook, you will be notified every time there is a blog post.
If folks would like recommendations on which Feed Readers work well or how to set one up, make a comment post here and if there is enough interest I will write up a little tutorial.
Thanks for your interest in South Cumberland State Recreation Area and for your support of the Friends of South Cumberland.
Cheers,
Ron Castle
Board Member and Webmaster
Friends President Latham Davis and I had a long talk this morning about what's happening with the Park and Friends accomplishments and challenges. I told him I had two projects on my want to do list that he did not know about.
One is to redesign the Friends website www.friendsofscsra.org before the first of December. The other is to start a blog for the Friends website. In case you can't tell, I took the easy project first.
We process a lot of inquiries from prospective Park visitors, backpackers, hikers, folks planning group trips, etc. Each and every question gets answered, often with assistance from Park Manager John Christof or Assistant Manager Bill Knapp.
My idea is that if we answer folks questions via the blog we will begin to build an archive of content that others can reference. This will be made easier after December 1 because I plan to incorporate a Google private search engine in the Friends website so that the content can be easily searched.
My hope is that we will get multiple posters to the blog and that we will also get good feedback from readers and contributors.
You are welcome to post your 2 cents.
Also, you can subscribe to the blog feed http://www.friendsofscsra.org/atom.xml so that if you are using a RSS Feed Reader or if you are using the new Office 2007 version of Outlook, you will be notified every time there is a blog post.
If folks would like recommendations on which Feed Readers work well or how to set one up, make a comment post here and if there is enough interest I will write up a little tutorial.
Thanks for your interest in South Cumberland State Recreation Area and for your support of the Friends of South Cumberland.
Cheers,
Ron Castle
Board Member and Webmaster
posted by Ron Castle @ 3:42 PM
2 Comments:
At October 10, 2007 4:33 PM ,
Ron Castle said...
I am testing the set up of the new Friends blog and testing the comment moderation to make sure it is working correctly. We are looking forward to YOUR comments.
At October 18, 2007 11:48 AM ,
Latham said...
After Ron Castle brought up the idea of a blog on the Friends website, I began to think of ways a blog could help us gather ideas from our members and potential members. The idea of a blog for the Friends of South Cumberland feeds nicely into an even broader idea -- getting more people actively involved with the Friends. We want our members to have more opportunities to join in activities and even help create projects.
We're working on plans to organize volunteers, and to provide opportunities to learn and socialize, as well as to contribute talents and energy. We may be able to partner with groups like the Tennessee Trails Association. If you'd be interested, let us hear from you.
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