Welcome To WWVPT
Well, this new WWVPT website has been up and running for about eight months now. We hope the upgrade is to your liking and we have enough page and content diversity to keep you coming back. We've had some good contributions in the form of photos and such, but we are still lacking some editorial type content from the members. Here is a quote from our previous opening paragraph:
" We will be featuring online videos, photos, technical articles (from members as well as outside sources), plans and drawings, humour, news, new products, tips and tricks, classified ads, etc. etc and some more etceteras. Since we are trying to make this site user friendly for those of you who are still battling slower dial-up connections, photos will be run through file compression software and videos will be limited in duration and screen size". Please don't ask us to post photos of full scale aircraft unless it is relevant (and linked) to a specific member project. <......more on this topic >
<NEWS> We have added a Forum to the club web presence . Check it out.
<NEWS> Read the new article in Soapbox by John Czarnecki.
<NEWS> Tony's Hobby and video (Milton Freewater) has expanded its R/C Aircraft selection by adding a whole wall of new merchandise. Check out their new items. Also, NO SALES TAX IN OREGON.
<NEWS> Frog Hollow R/C has Moved to College Place at 335 N College Ave.
In November, we added a, most needed, Pilot Error page. Here you will find the latest in crashes, bashes and lost airplanes. Don't be shy about submitting your own Boo Boo as well as those of your flying buddies (especially your flying buddies).
Should you have a suggestion for a new category or section, please feel free to email the designer. With the variety of interests displayed by our members, we feel that all can present something for everyone, be it Powered Airplanes, Sailplanes or Helicopters.
Check the News Page for the latest newsletter as the Newsletter will no longer be emailed to members. You will receive an email link to this website. Also, check the Media/Gallery Page from time to time for the latest photos submitted by our intrepid photogs. Again, if you are submitting anything, please read the Formats section below.
Wanted -- Editorial and Content Contributions
We realize that our club members have a lot of experience and knowledge concerning the R/C hobby as well as being quite clever (with certain exceptions). We need to tap this vast resource. If you have any ideas related to any of the topics on this web site, please feel free to submit these ideas.
Although we strongly support the U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment (and some of the the other ones too), we request that good taste and above all, common sense, will be displayed by all.
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Photo Formats
When submitting photos, please use the 640 x 480 format on your camera. All photos must be unedited and uncompressed (I'd rather do that myself). Submissions must be the property of the submiter. No photos that were downloaded from the web PLEASE, and, of course, captions are a must. Up to Seven photos will be selected per submission. |
Video Formats
Video submissions are a bit more complicated. There are as many video formats out there as there are players to play them. WMV or AVI formats are preferred formats and most other formats can be converted. Screen sizes and lengths should be 320 x 283 (or less)and no longer than 1-1/2 minutes.. Contact the webmaster for more information. |
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Drawings / Plans
Plans and drawings should be submitted in AutoCad DXF or PDF format. Objects should be unfilled and a scale of inches should also be visible on the drawings. If you have Corel Draw prior to and including Corel Draw 11, those will work very well and can also be exported to DXF formats. Submissions will be screened for accuracy and quality.
All submissions must be original work. No copied files from the internet, PLEASE. |
Editorials / Soap Box
Editorials should be written by an officer of the club whereas the Soap Box section is available to any member who has some nagging thought to impart to the membership or to the R/C community in general. Please, no personal attacks, slanderous or libelous comments. I know we are asking alot in some cases. |
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Kudos
There are some club members who go above and beyond the call of duty to bring a bit of extra 'heart' to our club. These good people should be recognized, branded as such and run off the property, because they give the rest of us a bad name. |
Site Designers' Comments
The web designer will attempt to insert as much content into this site as possible in order to fill empy voids. Members are encouraged to submit as much additional content as is possible. After all, this is your web site. I will try to get out to the field as often as possible to take pictures and videos. |
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