ADVERTISING!!!

First topic for discussion: Advertising! I already have someone who wants to advertise a litter on the website. We, as a region, need to discuss what, if anything, to charge for litter announcements, puppies for sale, etc. Should these be free? A small donation to the region?

How about business card ads? I added my business to the homepage as an example... (I'm hoping the region will agree that that's my perk for working on the website, but that's something else that needs to be discussed!)

I personally would like to see the charge be small, say $20/year, for a business.

I advertise with the American Working Malinois Association for an annual $100 donation. I looked into advertising on the USA website, but it was gonna cost me more than $600. No way José! Since our regional website won't attract as many viewers as a national website will, I feel the cost of a business card ad should be less.

Should checks go to the Regional Treasurer? Legally, should they be donations?

Let me know what you think! Please comment!

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New Blog Address & New Website

As you already know if you've found your way here, the Pacific Northwest Region of the United Schutzhund Clubs of America has a new regional website:
http://www.pnwschutzhund.com

This blog will be a vehicle for the officers of the region to report news. Each of the officers will be able to post to the blog and calendar, so ideally it will be easy to keep regional news current.

The website only the webmaster can post to, so any news, photos, advertising, etc. that should be published there will need to be sent to lodestar at mcn.net.

I hope members of the region will use and refer to both the blog and the website.

Thanks,
samie jones
webmaster