Recreational Angler's Network of South Australia

Introduction

One of the objectives that fishSA.com strives to achieve is to bring to you, via the web, any and all information pertaining to recreational fishing in South Australia. It also tries bring together, on a unified front, the collective voices of its Members, allowing it to publicly raise and pro-actively address issues about Recreational Fishing in South Australia.

Given the diversity and vastness of South Australia’s coastline, which in turn offers and abundance of opportunities for recreational fishing and boating, the undertaking to bring information relevant to your locale, and more importantly of current content to you electronically is an extremely logistical exercise.

A huge task in itself, the strategy offers to the average fisher, an invaluable resource on the Internet, pertaining to recreational fishing in South Australia. It also allows the Recreational Fisher to become a part of a unified fraternity, providing a medium for that Fisher to voice concerns or debate issues.

The Collective

Web Sites, and more importantly Discussion Forums, offer to every visitor or member, the opportunity to join, debate, argue and agree on various topics, whether they pertain to recreational angling or otherwise.

Forums also offer the opportunity to find degrees of commonality, and to unify under a strong front to address any issues or concerns that may adversely impact upon the Recreatioanl Angler.

The concept of a Collective is a powerfull thing.

Web Sites

Sites such as PIRSA & BOM do offer valuable information in so far as Departmental and Governmental Strategies & Policies have to play, but their charters unfortunately exclude provisions and activities such as Surveys, Polling, Forums, Competitions, Business Listings, Advertising and General Fishing Information.

RANSA is Born

To this end, RANSA is born, the Recreational Angler's Network of South Australia, so as to foster and promote a network of WebMasters, Forums and its Members, sharing their specialized interests and skills towards HTML Authoring, and dedicated towards promoting Recreational Fishing, endeavoring to bring to you all the latest that’s happening in South Australia Recreational Fishing & Boating.

In essence, the strategy is to build web sites with fishing content targeted towards geographic locations, allowing for the dissemination of information pertaining to the relevant areas in question. It is also designed to focus on Member's needs, and to act collectivley and on behalf of its members in addressing reactional fishing issues within South Australia.

Geographical Representation

Two such web sites already exist, fishSA.com and fishEP.com.

Maintenance of these web sites is a never-ending and time consuming affair, but achieved with a passion for both fishing and html authoring.

fishSA.com caters for the general populace in South Australia, offering a broad overview of Recreational Fishing for the average fisher.

fishEP.com has been designed to specifically cater for and target areas within the Eyre Peninsula.

Exposure

Such a network of fishing web sites could, and to some degree already does, offer great opportunities for businesses, boat charter services and operators and accommodation patrons to advertise their core commercial ventures.

It also provides an electronic medium in promoting tourism in various parts of South Australia.

Dynamics

The state of South Australia is subdivided into numerous regionalized areas, of which constitute the boundaries that govern each RFC's influence in the State. From this, we can potentially differentiate the areas of focus for each WebMaster to center his or her web content.

Those areas are

Invitation

The table below highlights those areas that are regionally catered for via the Web. Also highlighted are some proposed names for those areas where information is deemed as not readily available or forthcoming on the Web.

Given the proposed concept, interested parties or individuals are sought after, in becoming WebMasters towards servicing the above vacant regions. The desirable prerequisites in such an undertaking are

• Reasonable Skills in HTML Coding
• Must own and register DNS name
  • .com Domain Name is suggested as opposed to .com.au for the following reasons:
    • Keeps in line with the concept of "SA Fishing" .com sites.
    • a .com Domain Name is considerably cheaper to own than a .com.au Domain Name.
    • An ABN Number is NOT required with .com registration as it is with a .com.au.
      (for hobbyists as opposed to a business venture).
• Web Space on the Internet (5 - 10MB recommended), preferably with CGI-BIN functionality (most Web Hosting Sites have this functionality)

Advantages in becoming a WebMaster and RANSA member are

• Your Site Logo is advertised prominently on other Member's site.
• Able to rely on other Member's expertise in HTML, scripting & Content/Template Layout.
• Provides opportunities for you to actively promote local Businesses and Tourism within your Regional Area. (potential Money Spinner !)
• Effectively provides an electronic medium to put forward your passions in Fishing.
• The Internet Surfer benefits in having timely, accurate if not relevant information about Fishing in your Region.
• Become part of a unique if not revolutionary Network of Fishing Web Sites never before seen on the Internet - can only happen in South Australia !

Conclusion

The website content that you choose, its fishing theme, or its name for that matter is up to you. The content that you may write is normally classed as intellectual property, and is solely yours to edit, modify and disseminate, with, benefit to you, the standard accompanying copyright and disclaimer notices.

RANSA can however give you the opportunity in sharing ideas, helping with your content, or for that matter RANSA Members learning from you.

If you have an infatuation with fishing, and posses the interest, inclination if not determination in hosting a Fishing Website, then RANSA can definitely help you. Maintaining a web site is no easy task, must be deemed as a definite labour of love, and does at times take a toll on one's nocturnal habits.

Given such minor drawbacks, the benefits and rewards in being a Web Master and Owner of a Fishing Web Site are numerous.

To this end, RANSA is ready, willing and able to assist you.