Hello Everyone,
WELCOME
The Washington Seaplane Pilots Association announces a new Website and Social Media Presence for 2015. If you are a past, current or future member, please read on as all of our communication and membership management will be performed via the new website.
NEW WEBSITE
Our new website is washingtonseaplanepilots.org The old address www.wa-spa.org can still be used as it has been redirected to the new site.
FACEBOOK
We also have a new Facebook page. You can find it by searching for “Washington Seaplane Pilots” on Facebook, or by clicking on the link at the bottom of the website homepage.
HISTORY
The WSPA Board spent the past two years looking at our overall system needs and then the past three months implementing and testing our new website, membership and event management systems and accounting system. We hope you like it. We moved most of the data from our old site to the new one. The old site still be accessed if you go to the “About” page at washingtonseaplanepilots.org.
REASONS
At the new website we made it easier to:
- · Pay your annual dues and make donations to the open waters fund.
- · View our event calendar and sign up and pay for events
- · Communicate and ask questions of your fellow WA Seaplane pilots
- · Find useful links for flight planning and destinations
- · Read our latest newsletters and blogs
- · Find Seaplane training materials
NEWSLETTERS
Newsletters will be delivered online henceforth with news posted as it occurs, not several months later. The new system provides a convenient and flexible mechanism for us to communicate news to the entire Washington seaplane community and membership.
RENEWAL
The new system automates the membership renewal process. Each member has their renewal date set to the month/day they signed up. Previously membership had been by Calendar Year. Most existing or recent members have their renewal date set to January 1st, 2016. Some more recent members have their renewal date set later in the year coinciding with the month/day they paid. Annually, you will receive three renewal notices and (hopefully not) two past due reminders. These emails include a link to our online payment system where you can pay securely with Credit Card or by using Pay-Pal.
We imported 381 member names and contact information from our old spreadsheet based system. If you do not want to be a member or receive communications from WSPA you can opt-out. Anyone is able to join or renew online.
No personal information is available on the website. When you log in you can edit your profile, enter information about your seaplane, and opt-in to enable your visibility for other members to see.
SUMMARY
Please take a look at washingtonseaplanepilots.org, and stay in touch. You can communicate directly with WSPA board members via email links on the website. We look forward to hearing from you. We encourage you all to visit the new site and will appreciate your feedback. If there is missing information, or things you’d like to see added, changed, or removed, please let us know by sending email to admin@washingtonseaplanepilots.org
Most of all I would like to thank Austin Watson, WSPA Board Member, for driving this to conclusion. His leadership has been instrumental in making this happen. And thank you to our board of directors for providing much of the content.
Regards
Stephen Ratzlaff
washingtonseaplanepilots.org
