[GREN-Exec] GREN website - Scott Wicken

Susan Koswan susankoswan at execulink.com
Sat Mar 13 12:25:28 EST 2021


HI GREN Exec,

I forwarded Kevin's list of requirements for the GREN website to Scott 
and his initial response is below. I can set up the Zoom call - do you 
all want to be part of that and any date/time restrictions?

Thanks,

Susan K




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Subject: 	[SpamGuard:####] RE: [SpamGuard:####] Re: [SpamGuard:####] 
GREN website
Date: 	Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:41:08 -0500
From: 	Scott Wicken <frankenpoet at gmail.com>
To: 	'Susan Koswan' <susankoswan at execulink.com>



Hello Susan,

I have looked over the requirements for the GREN website and am fully 
capable of building this for you. Will the website be expected to 
receive money, or will just the details of how to pay for membership 
fees be listed on the site? Basically, I am trying to ascertain whether 
this will be an ecommerce site or not. Also, will the archived 
presentations be in the form of text, or recordings, or video, or other?

I assume that your previous web developer was given all of the materials 
for the site, logos, graphics, text etc. Does that mean that they are 
already all in one place and ready to go?

If you can’t answer these questions now, that’s okay. They are what 
bubbled to the top while I was reading.

Please keep me in the loop as to how the project is progressing and I’ll 
be ready for any Zoom calls or correspondence.

Have a great day,

Scott

*From:*Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com>
*Sent:* March 12, 2021 2:54 PM
*To:* Scott Wicken <frankenpoet at gmail.com>
*Subject:* Re: [SpamGuard:####] Re: [SpamGuard:####] GREN website

Hi Again Scott,

Kevin came up with this list below just to give you an idea what we're 
looking for. I'm still waiting to hear back from the rest of the GREN 
Exec to see if they want to be part of a Zoom meet, or just let Kevin 
and I work with you to get a quote etc.

Thanks,

Susan

GREN Basic Website Outline:

Home page

- photos/logo

- brief overview of organization

About GREN

- couple of paragraphs about who we are and what we do

Goals

- current activities, projects and issues

Partners

- other organizations we work with, associations we belong to, etc.

Take Action

- current issues requiring activities, assistance, letter writing, etc.

Membership

- how to join us and membership fees

Archive

- past accomplishments, presentations and activities

Contact Us

- General contact information

- Press/Media information

Other things that could be important - managing our e-mail listserv, 
setting up ways to easily contact elected officials?

On 3/11/2021 2:03 PM, Scott Wicken wrote:

    Thanks Susan.

    Scott

    On Thu., Mar. 11, 2021, 12:57 p.m. Susan Koswan,
    <susankoswan at execulink.com <mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>> wrote:

        Thanks Scott!

        Got your VM as well. I've forwarded your email to the other GREN
        exec to discuss setting up a Zoom meeting with you to talk about
        the website.  I'll try and come up with a few dates and times or
        do a doodle poll or something.

        Stay well!

        Susan

        On 3/11/2021 11:24 AM, Scott Wicken wrote:

            Hi Susan,

            I got your message on Facebook. Sorry I didn’t respond
            quicker but I don’t go on FB very often. I do much better
            with email and text and phone, all numbers which are
            included here. I just left you a phone message but I’ll
            repeat what I said.

            Yes, I do web development and making a website for an
            organization like GREN is right up my alley. I am
            affordable, fast, and well-trained. I tend to build fully
            responsive (scalable to all devices), user-customizable,
            functional sites.

            As well as my constantly evolving personal music site
            (www.scottwicken.com <http://www.scottwicken.com>), one of
            my early sites that arose out of a college project was Old
            Goat Books (www.oldgoatbooks.com
            <http://www.oldgoatbooks.com>). I designed a browser based
            system to input all of the books into a database, a search
            engine, a system to put books on hold, a daily upload to
            ABEbooks.com, a blogging section (which is unfortunately
            underused) and contact forms.

            An early, and constantly evolving, site I still work on is
            Bhima’s Warung (www.bhimaswarung.com
            <http://www.bhimaswarung.com>). Originally, the website
            featured a menu that was fully editable by a manager, an
            admin section, login/logout forms, and a photo gallery.
            Since COVID, I have been very active in setting up multiple
            takeout menus and shopping carts. Due to the changing
            landscape of restaurant and retail, their website can hide
            and show various menus based on what is ‘safe’ at the
            moment. So, the ability to make a reservation, display a
            dine-in menu, or a takeout menu, or special menus like
            Valentine’s Day, or the Superbowl, can all be shown or
            hidden. I have also set up a form for reservations. They can
            also change the notices that pop up when you arrive at the
            site so that they don’t have to hire me every time they want
            to make an announcement.

            The last website that I built was for a recording studio in
            Nanton, Alberta (www.steveloree.com
            <http://www.steveloree.com>). He wanted a very basic site
            that showcased his multiple talents/services, previous
            projects that he has worked on, contact page etc. I’m pretty
            happy with it. It is a very clean and straight-forward site.

            Currently, I am working on a local songwriters page and I am
            also working on a webpage in Victoria BC for an organization
            the does theatre with people with disabilities. They are
            going to need to put lots of videos online, host live video
            etc… that’s going to be fun.

            It sounds like I am doing a lot, but I actually do have lots
            of time available right now to take on your project if I am
            what you need. I’d love to talk about what that is.

            Have a great day,

            Scott Wicken

            Home: 519 886-7023

            Cell/Text: 519 998-9501

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