Website AGM Report 2022-2023

Respectfully submitted by Gabe Mercier

Committee Members

Paul Harland- Chairperson (Winnipeg); Bob Davies (Winnipeg); Joan Dawson (Thompson); Wayne Hughes (Winnipeg); Gabe Mercier (Ochre River); Anne Williams (Winnipeg) and Linda Blair, President (ex officio).

Sadly, Paul Harland passed away on February 5, 2023. Gabe Mercier stepped up to become the chairperson in March.

The Website Committee met monthly via ZOOM from September through to January and in March.

Some of the Website goals were to:

• Review the website monthly checking for out-of-date items, errors, and nonfunctioning links.

• Set standards for the types of articles and submissions to be posted on the website.

• Encourage the RTAM committees, Chapters and RTAM partnerships to use the website to communicate with the membership. Also, for the membership to view the website as a valuable resource.

• Widen the communication sources to include Facebook and Instagram.

• Include a French language option for articles and application forms.

Accomplishments:

• The monthly review was completed by the website committee members and sent to the office to be addressed.

• Strategies for encouraging committees and Chapters to submit items were implemented throughout the year.

• The Calendar is being utilized to inform the membership of upcoming events, workshops and meetings.

• A French Language translation app was researched. It was decided that having the translations done manually would be better. This is being worked on and French language translations will be added throughout the upcoming year.

• RTAM now has active Facebook and Instagram accounts which are being accessed by the membership and are being monitored by the office staff. The committee is pleased with the attractive graphic news postings on our Facebook and Instagram sites. It is recommended