NEWS RELEASE

Napa County Sierra Club
PO Box 644
Napa CA 94559

redwood.sierraclub.org/napa


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2003

CONTACT: Carol Kunze 707-966-5211 ckunze@ix.netcom.com


NAPA SIERRA CLUB INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE


The Napa County Group of the Sierra Club today inaugurated its new website
at http://redwood.sierraclub.org/napa . According to group chair Tyler York,
"This was an effort begun under the previous Executive Committee. The new
site will keep us in touch with our membership, provide contact information,
and help recruit new members. Each area of our program has its own pages
with explanations, schedules and contacts. Background information and
archives will be handy without getting in the way. Members can subscribe to
an email newsletter for notice of outings, events and positions of the Napa
group. I'm especially pleased with the aesthetics of the new website, with
color photos of Napa County scenery and wildlife on almost every page."

"Our committee put in weeks of work discussing, designing, experimenting and
redesigning for optimal results", said Website Committee chair Carol Kunze.
"We also traveled the county photographing its famous scenery, like the
Palisades above Calistoga. We will be changing photos about every six
months. Members can submit their photos of Napa County's wild flowers and
scenes from marsh to mountain for use on the site."

Professional web developer Genji Schmeder, who on a volunteer basis
implemented all technical aspects of the new website, said that, "A key
design goal was ease of expansion and maintenance. We put a huge amount of
work into the details of creating the website so our successors will find it
easy to keep current and to introduce new features for the expanding program
of the local Sierra Club."

Outings Committee Vice-Chair Wally Juchert said, "I'm thrilled with these
new tools for advertising our hikes and recruiting new outings leaders.
With events displayed for months ahead on a convenient calendar, our members
should have the information they need to join our hikes and ski trips."


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