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The California-Nevada Region Section Website

Explore the findings from a survey of other section websites and synthesize a CA-NV website that represents the best features. This website aims to provide easy access to important information, serve as a portal to resources for section members, and include features like corporate links, newsletters, job opportunities, and more. Challenges include keeping the website current and relevant with frequent updates and ensuring a dedicated webmaster is in place.

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The California-Nevada Region Section Website

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  1. The California-Nevada RegionSection Website Albert LazzariniExecutive Committee Meeting 28 March 2009

  2. Survey of othersection websites • Explored other section web sites • Northwest, New York State, New England, Ohio Region, Prairie, Southeastern, Texas, Four Corners • All sites have a few common features • Governance, meetings listings • Most sites have unique features, signatures • Synthesize a CA-NV www site that represents the best from other sites?

  3. The CA-NV www site • What do we want? • Easy access to important information • Portal to resources for CA-NV section members • Faculty, scientists, students, postdocs • What is needed?

  4. Colleges, Universities & Laboratories represented in the section Corporate links Newsletters Prizes & Awards Job Opportunities Resources Suggestion Box Letter from the Chair

  5. Possible additional web site features Job Opportunities REUS in region Internships Postdoctoral links Resources Links to outreach, physics educational sites Student travel support to meetings Suggestion box Letter from the Chair As appropriate, needed, letter from the Section Chair to the members of the section Hit count ? Logo? • Colleges, Universities & Laboratories represented in the section • Listing of all academic institutions, laboratories having CA-NV members • URLs to physics departments • Corporate links • Newsletters • Link to archive of all past • Link to latest newsletter • Prizes & Awards • Announcements of CA-NV Section awardees • Bonner Prize • APS Fellows • Create student prizes? • Best senior thesis? • Best PhD thesis?

  6. American Physical Society California-Nevada Region Section

  7. The CA-NV www site • Issues & challenges • If we set up a more comprehensive www site, it will require effort to keep in current, relevant • Following stale, out-of-date, non-existent links leads to frustration very quickly • Frequent updates • Monthly? Quarterly? • A dedicated, committed webmaster is required • Rotating role? Member of Executive Committee? • Web server? • Located at APS.org? • Located at the home institution of the webmaster?

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