{"id":13674,"date":"2022-09-03T18:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T22:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:49:45","slug":"are-you-frustrated-with-the-skipatrol-ca-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/2022\/09\/are-you-frustrated-with-the-skipatrol-ca-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you frustrated with the skipatrol.ca website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/sites\/www.skipatrol.ca\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/09\/Web-Audit-55-Header-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/09\/03182549\/Web-Audit-55-Header-EN.png 534w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/09\/03182549\/Web-Audit-55-Header-EN-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and Marketing Portfolio Leader (<a href=\"mailto:kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca\"><span class=\"s1\">kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca<\/span><\/a>)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You&#8217;re not the only one. And it&#8217;s time to make it easier for all who use it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Individuals are invited to apply for a position on the website audit committee and help us refresh the public-facing and member-facing websites. Below is the outline of why we are doing this audit and who we would like to join the committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>What is a website audit, and why do we have one?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A website audit is an in-depth review of a site to determine the overall &#8220;health&#8221; of the content, functionality, search engine optimization (SEO), user experience (UX) and general design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We need to audit the current national site to figure out where we can make improvements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">By improving the performance of our website, we can create a better experience for our members, potential members, external partners and funding prospects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>Who should consider applying for the committee?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We are seeking members who may have:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">UX design experience.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Front-end web developer knowledge.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Graphic design knowledge.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Website quality assurance or testing experience.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Marketing or communications knowledge.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Been a member of the CSP anywhere from 20-plus years to one year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">At least one member of the committee will need to be fully bilingual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>Time commitment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This project will take several months to complete. People considering applying for the committee should anticipate a time commitment of approximately two to four hours per week, with a monthly committee meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>How to apply<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Please send a letter and your resume showcasing experience as noted above, to Kerri Loudoun, committee chair (<a href=\"mailto:kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca\"><span class=\"s1\">kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca<\/span><\/a>), to be received by <strong>September 30, 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The committee chair will contact potential committee members for a brief video call interview (via Teams).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>Questions?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Send Kerri Loudoun an email at <a href=\"mailto:kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca\"><span class=\"s1\">kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca<\/span><\/a> if you have questions about the website, the audit process or applying for the committee.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and Marketing Portfolio Leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca)\u00a0 You&#8217;re not the only one. And it&#8217;s time to make it easier for all who use it. Individuals are invited to apply for a position on the website audit committee and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13675,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions\/13675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}