http://www.fai.org/hang-gliding-and-paragliding

It's been a difficult site to navigate in for as long as I can remember (but
then it is difficult to find a specific article in the Oz Report out of the 10's
of thousands there). This is the second major change that it has gone through.
Just try to find the results of the recent CIVL Bureau meeting.

Fred Wilson <<ftlwilson>> is not
happy and writes:

Cor Blimey but the new FAI + CIVL Website is a mess or what?
http://www.fai.org/. 
Missing documents and broken files everywhere you look. Slow, slow loading.
Exasperatingly difficult and time consuming searches to find even the most
simplest files.. Scads of drop down lists and files you cannot link to directly.

Why oh why on earth would they move every last single file into an entirely new
folder on their website? It will take them years to repair all the links at this
rate, if ever. Can anyone suss out what software the site is built with? It will
be on my banned list for life for sure!

Their new FAI TV Channel looks like a promising idea though:
http://www.youtube.com/airsportschannel

We should petition to get
http://www.JeanBaptisteChandelier.com video Runaways added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo0apv6jwM0  - a glimpse into the total
Joy, Passion, Beauty and Exhilaration that is free flight as a sport.

Not to mention Brett Hazlett's masterpiece
http://www.vimeo.com/29700177

Think of the first time visitor dropping into this mess. Some young hotshot that
wants to get into the Category 1 (or Category 2) game as an organizer (or
competitor.) Pretend you are him or her and try to see how long it takes you to
compile the vital links. Tear your hair out frustrating, and I know exactly what
to look for. What about the poor guy that does not have a clue?

I went looking for the document that tells you how to apply for
Category 2 sanctioning. I couldn't find it, until I wrote to Loiuse Joselyn, who
is the volunteer in charge of the CIVL web site content. Thanks Louise.

Fred continues later:

Less than a day after pointing out the error, the link is up.
http://www.fai.org/civl-events/organising-events. Still no quick find for
the Organizers agreement, is it possible they junked it? Built in
elsewhere now?

http://www.fai.org/fai-documents has improved dramatically just today.

The new web site looks like a big improvement and I hope that all
the little problems get cleared up soon.