Many affiliated societies do not have a website due the cost and time necessary to keep a full-blown site operational and updated. Some societies are blessed with having members among their ranks with the skills necessary to construct a web presence for the organization. Still, the expence and effort necessary to maintain an entire site has kept many societies from proceeding further.

Hopefully, the BSI website can help to fill this need by providing affiliated societies with a simple method to obtain a web presence and an easy means to update and maintain their content. Representatives from societies which would like to set up a web page through the BSI should contact the webmaster@bsi.org to get started. Ideally, the representative responsible for updating the web page would have ready access to a computer connected to the Web (through home, work, or library). No knowledge of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or other web authoring skills is necessary although a basic understanding of some of the more simple HTML tags can improve the overall look of the web page.