[Chapter-delegates] Chapter website tools project

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Alexander,

Great work!
but.. Are you convinced by the typography?

The hind typeface seems to blur and lead to words being indistinct
particularly in smaller sizes. Maybe that is just me?

I prefer to edit images when positioning headings so that there is
clarity (optimal contrast) so the wording is clear.

My sense is that the heading is more important for the message but using
a good image behind it will reinforce the emotional appeal.

Generally for design - less is more and I'd limit having too many blocks
of colours or columns as they can be distracting.

I am working on marketing and traffic support for list building and
notifications for communications and outreach if that is of interest.

C

Alexander Blom wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> In March of this year, we sent all of you a mail regarding the need
> for a suite of open source tools and shared facilities to help every
> ISOC chapter live up to its full potential. The mail also invited you
> to participate in a survey.
>
> We discussed the results of the survey with ISOC.ORG <http://ISOC.ORG>
> with the result that they agreed to give financial support for the
> following goals for phase 1:
>
>  1. Assemble a number of open source tools
>  2. Create accessible and attractive ISOC chapter templates for
>     desktop/mobile browser/tablet at least suitable for this projects'
>     open source tools, with room for posts, background articles and
>     chapter information
>  3. Design acessible and attractive ISOC chapter templates for news
>     letters.
>
> This mail is about item 2, the creation of ISOC chapter templates.
>
> As you may be aware, there is a rebranding project going on at
> ISOC.org, and so our first step was to get the rebranding guidelines
> from marketing communications manager Beth Gombala at ISOC.org. Next
> we asked the same designer that designed the open internet app a few
> years back to use these guidelines to come up with a flexible template
> for chapters.
>
> The result of this is a pdf which you can download from our website.
> <https://isoc.nl/chapter-website-template/>
> We would really like to know your opinion and especially what else you
> would like us to add to the template. We therefore kindly invite you
> to look at the design and then spend a few minutes of your time
> filling out our survey, which is on the same page.
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Met vriendelijke groet,
> Kind regards
>
> Alexander Blom and Michiel Leenaars
>
> ISOC Netherlands Chapter
>
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