Welcome to the Front Desk of the E.I. Website

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This is where you find all you need to know about getting your information on the E.I. website.

Who:
The main contact for website content and pictures is the webmaster, Peter Larsen, who can be reached best by email: Click to email the webmaster or on the phone at 425 844 9212. Please include your email and telephone number in any communication so I can get back to you for additional information. Business member advertising and Flying Changes submissions are all handled by Cinda Peters (please see below for details).

When:
The main publication dates of new website content is every Monday. Content is expected to be in the hands of the webmaster (Click to email the webmaster) the Friday before. Unless content is received in a timely manner it will have to wait another week. Content that require major changes to the website will have to be handled as special cases and more time may be required.

How:
To ease the burden of converting content, the website has certain restrictions on acceptable formats:

Text: Textual Content is currently accepted as plain text, Microsoft Word for Windows or Macintosh or html (which is often the case for e-mails).
Images: Images are accepted in most main stream bitmap formats including jpg/jpeg, png, gif, tiff. Formats that are not accepted include ps (postscript), vector formats or special application specific formats that require proprietary software.
Keep in mind the different needs for web content and printed content. When you supply images for the website the resolution does not have to exceed 72 DPI, but when you submit content for Flying Changes or E.I. printed documents you must supply images in at least 300 DPI and preferably 600 DPI.

Contact the webmaster (Click to email the webmaster) if you have special data conversion needs. Please see the publication policy below


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Business Member Display Advertising:
As an E.I. business member, you will have expanded coverage for your individual profile page on our website complete with photos of your products, services, farms, etc. You may submit timely advertising of special promotions and we will link directly to your website if requested. With a database of approximately 400 members, the E.I. Website is a terrific vehicle for reaching your market. Electronically submitted ad copy and artwork must follow the guidelines outlined at the Front Desk

Mail/E-mail ALL business member photos and ads to the webmaster:
Peter Skjøtt Laren
13228 314 Ave NE
Duvall WA 98019
Click to email the webmaster

Tell us Your Equestrian Story:
Your fellow riders would be trilled to hear your story! - you might have adopted an abused horse and brought it forward as a show pony, you might finally have had that elusive training epiphany and can tell us how! or you might have done that dream horse vacation bringing home wonderful pictures. We want it all. The stories will all be published here on the E.I. Stories Page.
Send articles and electronic pictures to the webmaster: Click to email the webmaster. If you plan on sending physical pictures by snail-mail and you want them back, you should include a stamped self addressed envelope:

Peter Skjøtt Laren
13228 314 Ave NE
Duvall WA 98019



Equestrians’ Institute e-Flash:
Do you have announcements you would like considered for E.I. e-Flash? - The e-Flash goes out to every E.I. member who have registered an e-mail address with our membership directory. Only official E.I. business is a good candidate for the E.I. e-Flash, please fill out this form: e-Flash Form with content. you can find archived versions of the e-Flash here.

Flying Changes & Web Site Articles:
Due to size restrictions in Flying Changes, please edit them for reasonable length. Send your files to the Flying Changes Liaison, Cinda Peters (see address below). All articles should be sent NO LATER THAN THE 5th of the MONTH prior to the issue date. (Example: January 5th is the deadline for the February issue). Please try not to submit copy in the body of an e-mail message attach as a Word document.

Pictures:
Photography is most welcome and encouraged to accompany any article. Be sure to include captions identifying the subject and instructions for cropping, scaling and grayscale conversion. Please identify the article with which they are to appear.

Calendar:
All calendar information will appear in the Flying Changes publication.

Send all entries to:

Mail/E-mail ALL Flying Changes Photos and content to:
Cinda Peters at cinda@cpetersdesign.com
2506 W. Lk. Sammamish Pkwy. SE Bellevue, WA 98008
425-652-8709





Help on viewing the E.I. website:
On this website we publish documents in a couple of formats which your web-browser may not be able to display directly:

Adobe Acrobat (or PDF): You can download a reader here.

Microsoft PowerPoint: You can download a reader here.

We regularly test the website with the following browsers:

Internet Explorer
Netscape
Firefox
Opera
Browser Security
Depending on which browser you use, the default security settings may prevent the E.I. webpage from functioning correctly. In Internet Explorer, you may see a bar across the top of the page that says “To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer. Click here for options...” If you click, you are presented with a dialog asking you if you want to trust content from this website. When you do, you may be prompted once more. Once you have accepted trusting the E.I. webpages, you will be able to see the menus functioning correctly and the ‘anti-spam’ email address appear correctly.
Web Site Beta
As major changes are staged for the website the new version is hosted in a special area for review. Staging happens once in a while and there will not always be a beta website available. Remember! its going to be work in progress so don’t expect too much, this is mainly designed for internal testing and review, but if you are interested you xcan go here:

http://www.equestriansinstitute.org/beta/index.html

Web Publication Policy:
All content is subject to current policies of the E.I. website which may change over time. The webmaster reserves the right to modify, reject and remove content that is deemed incorrect, outdated or inconsistent with the current charter and spirit of Equestrians’ Institute.

Any content submitted to the E.I. website must be the property of the person submitting it. Pictures or content borrowed from other sources without clear ownership will not be published. A submitter of content to the E.I. website implicitly gives the E.I. website rights to publish the submitted information.

While the webmaster makes every effort to publish correct information, errors do occur. The E.I. webmaster will seek to immediately correct any mistakes in published material when the error is found and brought to the attention of the webmaster: Click to email webmaster

Listing of community organizations on the E.I. Pages

New entries can be added to the E.I. community page if all of the following criteria are met:

Organization is Proposed by a board member and voted in by the board
Organization is a 501c non-profit
Organization relates to Equine (vs. other animals) matters.
Organization is based in the Local area
Organization has a good reputation – based on our organizational knowledge
Entries will be removed from the E.I. community page if any of the following criteria are met:

An official from the organization requests their entry to be removed
The Organization is proposed removed by an E.I. board member and confirmed by a board member vote.
(Issues that can result in such action includes but are not limited to: Business failure,
Change of focus, such as to non-equine work or non-community work, Change in activities, operation, etc. that create a negative impression in our community, Involvement with other organizations that we could not support directly (ie. political, extreme, etc.))