News: WA Bulletin 2011/29 Wednesday 9th November 2011

WA Bulletin 2011/29 Wednesday 9th November 2011

• Contents : NZ Branch AGM 19 Nov; UK Christmas Lunch 3 Dec; WA Liverpool Group meetings; Reminder to amend subscription Bankers Orders; Website Usage; Website Tips.
• Broken website links: Should you come across any website links which do not work please notify me by email >> Chris Clarke
• To use the links below, first login then press the Ctrl key on your keyboard whilst you click the link in this bulletin.
• Thumbnail pictures: click on the picture which will cause it to load up full size in another window.
• Please read "Website Tips" at the bottom of this bulletin and if in difficulty go to the online Help Forum.

WA New Zealand Branch AGM

Our New Zealand Branch members and any visiting members planning to attend this year's NZ Branch AGM can use this link >> WANZ 2011 AGM to download information from Tony Peacock about the AGM to be held in Auckland on 19th November 2011.

UK Christmas Luncheon Booking

If you would like to attnd but haven't yet booked for the UK Christmas Lunch use this link here >> UK Christmas Lunch for details and the forms needed to ensure you don't miss this year's lunch at The Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club in Portsmouth on 3rd December. Please respond to WA Secretary John Turner as soon as possible.

WA Liverpool Group Meetings

The bi-Annual meeting of the Liverpool Group was held at The Pump House, Albert Dock on Wednesday the 2nd November. Please use this link >> Liverpool Group to read reports from Mike England and Ron Walker including the excellent news that Roy Kilby-Leonard, Founder of the Group, had recovered sufficiently after a fall to attend. Roy, our oldest UK member at 90, attended The School of Navigation in 1939.

The Group's next meeting is scheduled for 2nd May 2012.

Reminder to amend annual subscription Bankers Orders

Annual subscriptions were increased to GBP15 at the WA 2011 AGM on 10 September. We are moving to a position where all subscription will in future fall due on the 1st January. There no longer is a joining fee to cover the purchase of a WA tie. Optionally a tie can be bought for GBP10 from the WA Membership Secretary.

WA Membership Secretary Reg Belcourt has explained the reasons for the increase in a letter sent with two forms to all members except those belonging to the Australian Branch, the New Zealand Branch and those living in North America where a new branch is being formed. In case you have not yet received the letter but should have done so, you can download these documents from the links below. Except for the aforementioned Branch members, will those required to make this change who have not yet done so please complete and return the forms as soon as possible to the WA Membership Secretary whose address is on the letter.

Branch committees will seek ratification with their own members shortly.

Letter 17 September	From Membership Secretary
Bankers (standing) Order form	Complete and send to your bank
Confirmation of Standing Order	Sign and post to Membership Secretary

Website usage

• The average daily number of unique visitors to the website in October was 120 (122 in September).
• The Warsash Association website now contains: 4,125 names, 156 News articles, 26 Events to date, 1,372 photos in 240 Galleries and 2,4493 Forum posts
• Website uptime in the month of Ocober was 100% (independantly monitored). There were no outages of the host server (computer) in the month.

The increase in website visitors is most likely due to this increased publicity on Faceook. FB users using the link are able to read the website bulletin but without a Username and password cannot access the protected member's areas of the website. To see our FB page use the link at the bottom of the WA home page enabling you to oin the WA's FB Group thus increasing the level of publicity.





Kind regards,

Chris Clarke (1959)

Website Tips

Your first actions after logging in:

• List recent messages and photos created on the website using the function "View" in the top right corner of your screen.
• Click on "View - Posts since last visit".
• Click on "View - All photos last 4 weeks".

Lost your password?

• Generate your own new secure password via the website click "About this website/ Unable to login?" in the drop-down menu.
• This will email to you a link to change your email address and then another email to let you know the new password which has been generated.
• Remember - passwords are case sensitive.

Gallery hints:

• The pictures you see in the galleries are only thumbnails. Hover your cursor over the thumbnail and the caption appears.
• Click on the photo and it'll load up full size showing the caption and ID (Username) of member who uploaded it. Click Username and the member's profile loads up.

Step by step website instructions

• Click here >> Forum Home then place your cursor on the forum "Help".
• Lessons from the "Help" forum are sent out periodically from the website.

Maintaining your own personal details

You will recall our website is what's known as an 'interactive' site, which allows members to create and maintain their own content e.g. personal details, Forum messages, Gallery photos. As an organisation with 430 members worldwide run solely by a handful of volunteers it is important that online members maintain their own personal details.

Each of us from time to time will change our home and email addresses. To help our Membership Secretaries, if you are able to please keep your personal details on the website up to date. Instructions are in the Forum (hover over the 'Help' link and select 'Member's Profile'). If not please remember to let the WA Membership Secretary or Branch Membership Secretary know whenever your details change.

Several email addresses have recently 'bounced' which means those members will not receive website bulletins and other information until they are corrected. Please always keep your email address in particular up to date on the website. If you have any difficulty let me know at w