Rainy day projects.
I see members repeatedly searching the fleet list by dock. The search field was designed to only take a boat name or partial boat name. (The prompt was added to make that clear.) But it seems there must be a need, so I spent an hour or two implementing search by dock.
You will see a new drop down to specify BOAT NAME or DOCK.
You can enter just ‘R’ to see all the boats in that basin. Or the exact dock number. Remember that on the database docks numbered 0 through 9 have a leading zero. That’s so they sort correctly.
e.g. Y2 will find all the docks Y20-Y29. Y02 will find only that one dock.
You can also use the Dock Mapping Tool to find a boat and member if you know the boat’s location in the basin.
The Member search in the directory pages was only designed to find members by member name. It was not completely dumb: if you searched for “John” it would find Elton John, John Lennon or Boris Johnson.
But we saw members searching for members by boat name. Presumably they knew a boat name but not who owned her.
The logic will now search for either.
We also saw a member desperately searching for a boat by its dock. To implement this would be a bit more work. Is it something you need? Remember, if you know approximately where a dock is in the basins, you can use the dock mapping tool. Hover over the dock, left click. See here.
A weather widget has been added to the web site. It’s below the menu.
I chose a Tempest station near Johnson Harbour on the east of the bay. The station near Hibou is off-line. If it comes back on line, I’ll select it instead.
The current one has wind speed in km/h. It’s what the owner chose and I can’t change it to knots.
Back in 2015 we included a members forum in the web site. It had two categories: “Buy and Sell” and “Tech Tips.” Buy and sell hasn’t been used for over a year. Tech Tips was never used.
I have deactivated the forum. It no longer appears in the menu. If there are no objections, I’ll remove it completely.
I have added a link to John Bryja’s weather station in Leith.
Actually – two links. The “Grid” takes you to a page with live wind speed and direction.
Both are on our links page.
I have reworked the on-line, printable fleet list to be very similar to the one Joseph produced for sail past.
You can find it here: members/directory/fleet-list.
Unlike your paper version it will always be up-to-date – that is – assuming the database is current.
Members can maintain their own contact details by logging in and visiting their profile. Boat details are maintained by mooring or membership.
It is now possible to include members’ spouses in the lists of those serving on committees.
This means that when directors send out mail to their entire committee, they no longer have to rely on the member passing on the mail to their spouse.
Members:
If your spouse serves on a committee and has their own email address, please login and enter the address in the new profile field “Spouse Email.”
Let Membership or Communications know which committee(s) your spouse is on.
When that’s done, the My GYC / MY PROFILE page will list your committees and those of your spouse so that you can verify it’s all correct.
Directors:
When you use the “Mail to Committee Members” link on your committee’s page, it will include the spouse’s email address. If none has been entered, the email will go to the member’s address.
Note:
Spouses will not receive regular club email and do not become “users” on the website.
At the suggestion of our Communications Director, Joseph, I have added “Boat Image” to a member’s profile. The image will appear on the boat detail popup.
If you already have an image of your boat as your profile picture, consider making that your “Boat Image” and upload a portrait. We display your profile picture on the member detail popup.
As a logged in member you can view a summary of all of the data Membership and Mooring have stored on you and your boat. Just navigate to My GYC and click on the My Profile button.
The page has been enhanced to warn you if your insurance is expired or if you have a boat at the club but don’t have the requisite two emergency contacts.
It also lists the committees that you serve on (according to Membership’s records).
You can manage your own contact details, email address, phone numbers, etc.
If anything is missing or incorrect, please contact Membership or Mooring.
