Greetings,
As you can see, we’ve decided to make some pretty substantial changes to our website. There are a few reasons that we’ve done this, and I’ve briefly outlined them (and how our new page addresses them) for the interested.
Fresh content was quite rare. By using WordPress and coordinating more closely with the active chapter on the website, this should be history. WordPress allows for the site to be updated by those who have no knowledge of HTML. This makes it easier for whoever is interested in helping with site content to do so much more easily than before.
To this end, Anthony Lamoureux ’14 is our new active chapter resource for website updates. He’ll be doing regular posts with updates about chapter events, active brother interviews or profiles, and other relevant material. On the alumni side, I’ll be doing the same.
The website didn’t have a clear purpose. We had made content for prospective Alpha-Chi members and their parents, actives, alumni, and friends. However, it wasn’t immediately clear who would be using the site and for what purpose. The focus here is on the feature of the previous page that seemed to get the most attention: interaction. With more regular front page posts to comment on and a clearer direction, the site should function something like an expanded, interactive, ongoing edition of Acorn.
The message board was a mess. The spam was out of control and was taking way too much time to manage. WordPress has better organization for posts and, I think, more attractive functionality. We can always start a separate “chatty” post to function as a message board.
With that said, please check back often as there should be new content often. My apologies that you’ll have to re-register, but hopefully the registration process will be easier and the posting functionality less confusing.
Happy New Year and we hope you enjoyed the most recent edition of the Acorn!
Aaron Palmore ’06
on behalf of the Alpha-Chi Alumni Organization
alumni@owuchiphi.org