| The NSD Next Generation (NSDNG) website is a dynamic database
driven club information and management application. It provides
basic information to members and prospective guests like a typical
website. It also provides a lot of club self-service features
to reduce the administrative effort by the competition managers,
dance event schedulers, directory administrator, and other
board members for the logistics of planning and executing dance events
and managing club rosters.
And, since we are a social dance club, we want to make it easier to
get to know more about our fellow members and guests and make it easier to invite
more dancers to join us.
Each member and some guests are given a login account with a specific level
of privileges on the website.
(more details at the login overview).
Once logged in, members and guests (may, according to their access privilege) see
a list of functional option links in the blue background
navigation banner at the top and bottom of each page including:
Main Website Utilities
| Add User |
Add a login account for the website. (Please use the Who
lookup utility first to confirm they are not already present.) |
| Attendance(*) |
This allows you sign up for a dance event. This section also shows who is coming
to a dance event. |
| Chapters |
Lists chapter and information about each. |
| Competition |
This navigation button takes the user to an entirely different
layer of the website, visibly distinct as the background color of the navigation bars
change colors from dark blue to plum. The initial page of this section is
information about the actual competitions: where, when, what chapter sponsored
them, what dances and dance divisions were judged, etc. More details are in the
following section. They include
- Competition Library
- Competitors
- Competition FAQ
- Heats
- Heat Venues
- Competitor Registration
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| Event Calendar(**) |
List dates, brochures, photos for dance events. |
| FAQ |
Frequently asked questions and status updates. |
| Feedback |
Form for requesting help, asking questions of the board. |
| Library |
Locate, read, and download reference documentation for all chapters and NSD. |
| My Info |
Updating your contact information for the directory. |
| My Preferences |
Update your wishes about being on mailing lists, receiving newsletters,
and what contact information is visible to whom. |
| Roles |
Who is doing what in service to the organization and chapters,
including the NSD board of directors. |
| Surveys |
Current and past surveys. |
| Library |
Add, locate, manage brochures, headshot photos, or documents such as dance rules or chapter bylaws. |
| Venues |
Provide or update information about venues where dance events are held.. |
| Who |
Look up contact information and headshot photos of members, guests,
and people we work with. |
| Notes |
| * |
Not part of initial rollout, implemented in second phase.
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| ** |
Capability exists, but will not be rolled out until discussion among chapters
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Competition Utilities
| Competition Library |
What events can be selected by the competition manager
for being hosted at a competition |
| Competitors |
Managing competition couples. A competition couple is any two
people dancing together for one or more competition events in a competition. (If Bob and Sally compete in two events but Bob competes with Jane for a third, there are two competitor couples each having Bob as the Lead) |
| Competition FAQ |
Frequently asked questions for competitions |
| Heats |
Time, Heat Venue, and Competition Event for a Competition |
| Heat Venues |
Locations of heats within the main venue (e.g. there
might be the Sierra Ballroom and the Yosemite Ballroom
in the Hotel venue where the main event is being
held) |
| Competitor Registration |
Self registration for specific competition events. |
Each of the links takes you to a page where you can query and list information about the club
and our events, and sometimes update information about you.
Remember that this is all to make being a member of the club more fun and to enhance getting
to know, enjoy, and ease the things we like to do most: get together, socialize, and dance.
If anything is confusing or overwhelming, click on the Feedback form and Jerry Bowes,
the Webmaster, will get back to you to help.
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