How do You Join the World HHH Database Project?
Hashes and Local Hash Webmasters: Your hash can join simply by providing us with your contact and hash information updates on a regular basis. The directory is self-service now, so it is most important that hashes appoint at least one person responsible to see that your hash and contact data are correct in the database. It is so easy! All you have to do is look your database up in the directory, then click on the links to the hash update form or contact manager as needed. Have your webmaster demonstrate your hash's support and get a neat search tool for your hash's web site. Simply copy the code at the the page for the search tool linked above and paste it into your hash's home page. Above all, encourage your hashers to purchase directories and other publications and haberdashery from the Global Trash marketplace whose sales help support the costs of maintaining the free services of this project.
Regional/National/Continental Hash Site Webmasters and Directory Keepers: You can join by adding the search tool linked above to any web site you have and entering any updates you receive. If you already have a directory on your site, we would be glad to offer you a facsimile page with the same look and feel on the HHHWeb.com, but accesses the world database most of the hashes and hashers update directly. We ask only that you also include forms to update the world database from your site, again that we can provide with the same look and feel of your site. We also ask that any manual or emailed updates you receive be entered into the world database as well.
What's in it for you? We can provide you with a facsimile on-line directory in the image you now have it, completely automated from the world directory real-time updated! All you will need to do is link to it from your national or regional site domain or redirect to it from there. It will cost you nothing and save you a lot of work.
Why support the World Database Project in this manner? With everyone updating the same database for the Hash House Harriers:
The Goals of The Worldwide HHH Database Project Are: Build and maintain a world directory of hashes and hash contacts in a centralized database with multiple backups separated geographically. Make all data available to everyone, free of charge, on the worldwide web and through data dumps to directory keepers and interhash events who require it for non-commercial, hash-related purposes. Publish a complete hardcopy directory book at least annually (usually twice a year) and provide data for contact lists published semi-annually in Global Trash supported periodicals. Price these directories at reasonable price deemed necessary to recoop costs of the publishing and support of the Worldwide HHH Database Project and its services. Provide a free hard copy directory in every goody bag for the world Interhash event so that Interhash funds and sponsorships will be spent on the event and not on the egos (and the pockets of at least one) of the hosts OR to appease the disgruntled desires of the anti-GT organization called HPA. In otherwords, Interhash should be supporting the this project much in the way they used to support Harrier International when it published a directory, instead of competing against the world database project that furnishes directory information free to hashers the other 23 months between events. Only Global Trash will publish their directory FREE if they agree to distribute it exclusively - not the HPA or any other fringe group of hashers who seem to have way too much political influence over Interhash hosts in their efforts, in the words of the HPA founder, "to kill Global Trash". If you agree it is time for Interhash Hosts to put on Interhash and leave the directory to the professionals - members World HHH Database Project and Global Trash - then write them and tell them: "Hey, why don't you take up the free directory offer from Global Trash and quit wasting time and money on a duplicated effort!" Provide free mailing labels to hosts of national or higher interhash events for their region. Provide mailing labels at cost to all other local interhash weekend hosts. Coordinate with regional or national directory keepers to allow exchange of updates received by all, as well as support them in their effort at providing a local/regional view of the world directory. Provide a search tool that can be easily added to every hash related webpage and hash home page for easy access of their readers to the World HHH Directory. This has been very successful as hash, national and higher sites have placed the world HHH directory search tool on their pages. Click on the link above to the HTML source code for that tool to add it to your hash's web site and offer your readers ready access to the World HHH Database.