DBA is managed by a small board of volunteers elected by the membership each year. The Board meets formally 4/5 times a year via Zoom and we chat by email between meetings.The main task of a Board member is to share their expertise and experience with other Board members to consider how the Association is to be run. Hence we highly value diversity in age, gender, geographic location, vessel type, cruising lifestyle and so forth. This helps us best represent you and your fellow members. In addition, after settling in, a Board member may take on responsibility for an area of ongoing activity such as managing our representation activities, supervising events such as our rallies or activities like just keeping the booklist organised on the website. 

DBA - The Barge Association is run by volunteers who are your fellow members. How about considering joining them? We find that volunteers appreciate the opportunity to exercise their talents and skills and that they enjoy other members' recognition of the value of their contribution. The time commitment is relatively small and it's flexible. We don't tend to do much during cruising season!

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If this is your first Joomla! site or your first web site, you have come to the right place. Joomla will help you get your website up and running quickly and easily.

Start off using your site by logging in using the administrator account you created when you installed Joomla.

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All components are also used in the administrator area of your website. In addition to the ones listed here, there are components in the administrator that do not have direct front end displays, but do help shape your site. The most important ones for most users are

• Media Manager
• Extensions Manager
• Menu Manager
• Global Configuration
• Banners
• Redirect

Media Manager

The media manager component lets you upload and insert images into content throughout your site. Optionally, you can enable the flash uploader which will allow you to to upload multiple images. Help

Extensions Manager

The extensions manager lets you install, update, uninstall and manage all of your extensions. The extensions manager has been extensively redesigned, although the core install and uninstall functionality remains the same as in Joomla! 1.5. Help

Menu Manager

The menu manager lets you create the menus you see displayed on your site. It also allows you to assign modules and template styles to specific menu links. Help

Global Configuration

The global configuration is where the site administrator configures things such as whether search engine friendly urls are enabled, the site meta data (descriptive text used by search engines and indexers) and other functions. For many beginning users simply leaving the settings on default is a good way to begin, although when your site is ready for the public you will want to change the meta data to match its content. Help

Banners

The banners component provides a simple way to display a rotating image in a module and, if you wish to have advertising, a way to track the number of times an image is viewed and clicked. Help

Redirect

The redirect component is used to manage broken links that produce Page Not Found (404) errors. If enabled it will allow you to redirect broken links to specific pages. It can also be used to manage migration related URL changes. Help

The contact component provides a way to provide contact forms and information for your site or to create a complex directory that can be used for many different purposes. Help