Hello all, members and public viewers,
At the October CRW club meeting, a least 1 person voiced concern about difficulty in finding info on the club’s website, others may have the same concern.
Members, I suggest spending some time logged into the site, viewing all the pages available to become more comfortable.
To the public viewers, some information is accessible only to members. Non club members can not log into the website. To join the Coulee Region Woodturners, come to a club meeting and pay for club membership, which gives you access to all the club’s offerings, including the website. See the Member Benefits menu.
Of interest to me as the webmaster, the AAW website has a search feature on their website which is very valuable. No ClubExpress hosted web sites has a “search” feature for their sites. Why? After some research, that has been a feature that many club webmasters have asked for. Short answer-that would add considerable cost for Club Express, which would need to be passed on down to clubs, their principal customers. And, as you know, most club’s as non-profit organizations have limited operating funds, and would simply find higher hosting fees difficult to handle.
Our club, at the current web hosting fee and membership can handle our costs with CE. If our club membership expands to about 80 paid members, then our total cost will rise somewhat.
However, ClubExpress does provide a search feature for Forums only, of which the CRW has 5, 4 of which are viewable to the general public.
Search for content in the Forums. Click on the Forums menu. From there, Click the Search button. Note, the viewer can select all forums, or a specific forum. I recommend selecting All Forums. Follow the available prompts. Please let me know if this note has value to you.
Thank you,
November 2, 2026
Bob Raasch