Los Médicos Voladores

Redesign of Flyingdocs.org

• Committee sanctioned at 26-Sept 2009 LMV Corporate Meeting
• Prepared Strategies for New LMV Website
  • Objectives
    • minimum maintenance
    • authoring by non-techies
    • low-to-no cost
  • Strategies
    • build new site on robust Content Management System
    • use popular, available plug-in tools (Google Calendar, Facebook Page, Zoho Database)
• Results
  • new site opened 28-Oct-2009
  • annual cost = $0

Functionality of New LMV Website

• Testimonials
• Auto-translation to Spanish (approximate)
• Trip Video Summaries
• News, Photo Albums and Trip Narratives (via Facebook)
• Upcoming Trips & LMV Calendar (via embedded Google Calendar)
• Contact Us (chapters, etc) without revealing private emails
• Education Section (medical and dental videos)
• Pay/Renew Dues online (High Sierra, Reno; via PayPal)
• Pay Trip Expenses online (High Sierra, Reno; via PayPal)
• Member-only Functions (requires username/password)
  • Update your Roster info (High Sierra, Gold Country, South Bay, Reno)
  • Rosters & Email Lists (requires extra username/password)
• Plus Online Functions for:
  • Trip Registration
  • Pay Trip Expenses (via PayPal)
  • Airfield Reference Database
  • Trip Report & Reimbursement (pilot, trip coordinator)
  • Trip Report Database

Facebook Page Status

• 91 fans as of 26-Sept-2009 --> 146 fans as of 7-Jan-2010
• target of 300 fans is very realistic... tell your friends, and their friends!

Future Efforts

• Consider Implementing PayPal at Gold Country, South Bay, and Latin America
• Thoroughly test Roster functionality
• Chapters might consider:
  • Chapter websites ala lmvtruckee.org (built via Google Sites)
  • Trip websites (e.g. sites.google.com/site/lmvnov2009/)