Ive been building websites for nearly 20 years and in pretty much every case involving a 'club' the same things come up.
1. They wont spend the money to have a professional design and build it mistakenly believing it will cost thousands. Or they have been stung in the past by someone who charged them thousands and messed it up.
2. They believe once it's built the job is done. They never factor in maintenance and never consider it will need a refresh every 2/3 years.
3. They think something like Wix, Weebly or Squarespace will do the job which can be compared to taking your Ferrari to some bloke a mate of a mate found on Facebook who works from his back garden and owns two spanners and a screwdriver. If you are serious about your website, just dont.
4. They'll find an enthusiastic volunteer who says 'how hard can it be?' That volunteer then makes basic mistakes in terms of implementation and design and they lose interest once they realise just what's involved to do it properly.
5. The club rarely has a plan other than 'we want a website'. They have no idea what content they want on the site and almost certainly don't update the site anywhere near as regularly as they intended.
6. There is NEVER a contingency if the person who sets it up leaves. How many of you with your own websites own the domain name, or know the passwords to log into the hosting ? What about backups ?
The thing is, it doesn't have to cost thousands to build a half decent site. With a plan in place any club site can be made to be successful. But in order for that to happen you have to PAY someone who knows what they are doing and lets be honest, that's not the Kiwi way.
Don't get me wrong, not all clubs and businesses are like this. Some are lucky enough to have someone who is properly tech-savvie on the committee or as volunteers. But in my experience, most of them fill almost all of the above.
Dont get me started on the Fox/Sportingpulse sites. I wouldn't wipe my arse with them.
Now, back to lurk mode :)