AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 2 – News / Updates from the Association CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 29 of 237 AFVOA Website Story – From ‘Brick & Mortar’ to ‘Click & Enter’ Figure 1: AFVOA Website - Stages of Progression Do you believe in the power of a ‘corridor conversation’? We do. It was on Feb 02, 2020, during our last in-person bi-monthly meeting in PGAOI that the seeds were sown for this project. The subject of discussion was the automating the birthday / anniversary greetings through eMail and WA. The basic requirement being the development of a database for making it happen, restricting the use of the database only for the greetings seemed like succumbing to the temptation of plucking the low hanging fruits and leaving out the larger goal of wider reach for a mature organization like AFVOA. It was then articulated among the members of the Managing Committee with a co-opted IT Member that AFVOA should be forward looking and go for the digital milestone and spread its footprints and signature not just internally but to the outside world as well, by launching its own website. The time is just right and propitious for an organization that has reached its Silver Jubilee. Ideation 02 Feb 2020 Brainstor- ming 11 May 2020 Wireframe & Sitemap Review 12 Jun 2020 Design Review 12 Jul 2020 Website Launch 07 Aug 2020 Brick & Mortar Click & Enter