A JCL Guide For Webmasters, Secretaries, and CoCos July 2018 | Page 13

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The Internet is a powerful invention. It allows us to entertain ourselves with cat videos and contact our friends and family from across the globe. But, the Internet has a more important function: it allows us to spread information and publicize the ideas and topics that we care about. That is the power of the website, especially within the Junior Classical League.

Personally, I believe that the website is one of the most important duties of my JCL club (though I may be biased). It allows for communication between both the officers and the members of the organization, and it serves as a highly effective method of distributing information regarding both activities and our purpose of spreading knowledge of antiquity in the modern world.

Websites are easily findable and are an easy source of publicity and contact to the world, whether they know about the JCL or not. The website is powerful, more powerful than it is often thought to be within the chaotic atmosphere of event planning and fundraising.

As the Boston Latin School Junior Classical League Webmaster, I gained experience working on the website and interacting with my fellow board members to publish information regarding their work. I tried to create a site that was easy to navigate and always had the most recent information presented concerning all aspects of the organization. Being webmaster also is a really interesting job because it combines design with information, making it a very detail-oriented job. Through completing these tasks, I found myself enjoying my job more and more each day, being able to make additions to and improve my work both in design and content.