Our new web site is ready to be unleashed on the world!!! 

Very shortly, you will get an email with your new user ID and password.  Please log into the site and take a look around.  Major features of the site are:

• The site has both public content and members-only content.  You have to log in with your user id and password to see the members-only content.
• Each club committee head (racing, safety, social, etc) will have his/her own web page and blog for posting news and articles.  
• All club events will be visible on the main calendar, AND on the activity-specific page.  For example, club social events will be shown on the main club calendar and on the social page.
• We have a direct link to our Facebook page from our web site.
• The ice chest code is listed on the members-only section for easy reference.  So, don’t feel guilty about locking the chest after you get your ice.
• Club members can post their own classified ads for buy/sell notices.
• Club members can post comments to our general forum.
• Racing members can post open crew positions.
• A photo gallery page for adding photo albums for club events.
• Ships Store catalog online.
• A contacts page to send emails to various committee heads.
• Past Telltales and past racing results.
• A separate page for each fleet.
• A new Cruising section for you cruisers to organize events.

We have moved most of the content from the current site and will be rolling out additional content as the year goes by.

Any suggestions for content can be sent to publicity (use the contacts page on the new site).  Any disparaging remarks should only be made by those who wish to be Publicity Chair next year!!!

Geoff

Other Miscellaneous

Now that you have your boat in the water, please remember to coil your dock lines.  We don’t want anyone to trip and have a serious accident.

Also, as always – please be sure to lock the gate at dusk whether you are the last one out or not.  This means that you should always have your gate key with you when you are at the club.

Now that it is warmer, we are seeing a lot of activity at the club. Please remember to bring your new gate key. Also, be sure to lock the gate after you leave.

This time of year, there are not many people at the club. As a result, the gate is usually locked. Please be sure to bring your gate key with you as the gate is likely to be locked even during daylight hours. Also, be sure to lock the gate after you leave. Otherwise, it is likely to remain unlocked for several days until the next person visits the club.

The Boat, Sport and Travel show is returning to the Indiana State Fairgrounds from February 19 through February 28. Our own Charlie Brehob and Eileen Leonard from Sailboats, Inc. will be there displaying their Hobie products. Tyler and Carrie Andrews will also be there showing off a the Flying Scot sailboat. You an visit the show’s web site by clicking here.

You may have noticed that we got a little more sophisticated with our club communications. We are now using an email site to send notices and alerts to club members. This keeps ECSC off of the “spam lists.” I have set up several mailing lists as follows:

• Members– This is a mailing list of all ECSC active club members.
• Newsletter– This is a mailing list of those who want to receive the newsletter. It consists of active and past or inactive members.
• Racing– This is a mailing list of those who want information about the racing events.
• Social– This is a mailing list of those who want information about social events.
• At the end of each email is a note explaining which mailing list was used. Also included is a link where you can update your mailing list preferences. Hopefully, this will keep your mailbox a little cleaner and streamline our club communications.