1) Goals for having hike pages
- Attract visitors to site
- Public service
- Maybe earn money if we find a way to charge for some content
- What else?
2) Review of other sites
3) Content of hike pages (independent of who produces them)
- Good name for hike (hints on how to name)
- Teaser - why do this hike
- Written description of hike - need a spec sheet of required content and detail level and a style sheet
- Map of hike - open for discussion of what must be on map
- Features
- Optional history, flora/fauna, geology, etc.
- At least one picture - possible picture gallery, even a short movie
- Elevation profile
- Public transportation
- Driving directions as a Google map with its directions.(current method for parks - no need for written version)
- What else?
4) General features of all hikes
- Rate hike
- Review hike
- Comment on hike
- Mark as duplicate
- Keep record of having done hike
- What else?
5) Possible scenarios for hike submitters (assumes some general oversight by web committee)
- Only Daniel and a few trained submitters
- Anyone but moderated until quality proven
- Anyone but post-moderated for accuracy, style, completeness, etc.
- Anyone - no control but can only create and edit own hikes
- Anyone can edit any (wiki)
- Something else?
6) Hike checkers (needed if we use any form of moderation)
- Rely on online reports on hikes
- Need monitors to apply fixes
- Deal with duplicates
- Let users figure out the truth from the online comments
- Separate corps of checkers with sufficient permissions to fix hikes
7) Site disclaimers
8) Submission guidelines document
9) Technical considerations
10) Cost considerations
11) Rewards for submitters
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Walt Daniels
Ed, Phil, Georgette, Walt, Ken, Dan, Ann
Ann's notes from meeting to discuss opening up Hikes database
Current (closed) hikes database
- Shortage of hikes in certain areas. (So. Jersey, L.I., Taconics)
+ Hikes well written, good hikes, well vetted.
+ Bergen county centric.
+ "Trail conference sanctioned
Second tier
Distinguish hikes that are not sanctioned.
But represent in same list?
Ed's pro/con list on flip chart
Ed would like turn by turn list of actions along the hike.
Teaser : why you should do this hike.
Descriptive hike
Map view
Ed to Dan -- are you, with others in Pubs committee, willing to review submissions?
Walt - Pubs committee has no bandwidth to take on.
Is Phil willing to review submissions? Yes for South Jersey.
Dan "open up to submissions from So Jersey and L.I. as a starter?"
Ed - how do we sustain this?
Georgette -- this is a Comunications function.
Should be a moderated database. Must be done timely.
To do: recruit hike submitters for So. Jersey and L.I.
Fill in other gaps too. Provide basic format to follow with
form to fill in and return via email.
Ed: could do directed email to subset of member database
Walt: Need to provide mechanism for getting maps on th site.
How to do? Jeremy's scheme with Google maps. GPS track to Google map.
KML maps --
Ann: engage Stefanie (set up call with Walt and her).
Phil - post notice in parks requesting hike submissions