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1 Washtenaw. February 1 2007 Superior Township Hall. Agenda. Superior Welcome How to Get Good Grades on your Website Presented by Nisha Erinjeri Local Unit of Government Presentation City of Saline--Mickie Jo Bennett, Treasurer Updates Email—James McFarlane, Network Manager

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  1. 1 Washtenaw February 1 2007 Superior Township Hall

  2. Agenda • Superior Welcome • How to Get Good Grades on your Website • Presented by Nisha Erinjeri • Local Unit of Government Presentation • City of Saline--Mickie Jo Bennett, Treasurer • Updates • Email—James McFarlane, Network Manager • WebTrends to Webalyzer--Brenda Kerr, Web Lead • Fun in the County this Spring • Websites—Charley Wolfe, Web Content Coordinator • GIS Update - Kimberly Wraight, GIS Coordinator • Professional Development—Linda Wicks, Professional Development Coordinator • Photo Contest—Judy Foy • Meet 1Washtenaw—Nina Johnson, 1Washtenaw Coordinator • Looking Forward—Andy Brush, Knowledge Manager

  3. How To Get Good Grades On Your Website What can we learn from the study?

  4. About the Rankings • Study conducted by National Policy Research Council (NPRC) in collaboration with Computerworld Magazine • Reviewers visited 11, 227 official websites and awarded points on 25 features in 7 categories

  5. Some of the Top Sites

  6. Were the rankings fair? • Separate scoring based on population • 250,000 was the dividing line • All judged on same criteria • Some questions are more applicable to larger governments • Taxes/Bills/Fines paid online • Bidding and procurement done online

  7. Study Criteria • Site Usability • Citizen Responsiveness • Disability • Information and Information Tools • Procurement • Payment Services/E-permits • Human Resources • **Navigability

  8. Site Usability

  9. Citizen Responsiveness

  10. Disability

  11. Information and Information Tools

  12. Payment Services/e-permits

  13. Procurement Bid Award Notification on Website

  14. Human Resources

  15. The Extra Credit: Breadth & Navigability

  16. Email Update Content

  17. WebTrends to Webalyzer • Add /webstats to your URL to see the Webalyzer reports (e.g. www.sharon-twp.org/webstats). • Your old reports are still available (if you had them set up) at /test/stats • Multiple URLS are reported separately (e.g pittsfield-twp.org. www.pittsfield-twp.org, twp-pittsfield.org, and www.twp-pittsfield.org) • We are looking at ways to get all data reported together (including testing Google analytics on Pittsfield Township)

  18. WebTrends to Webalyzer • Things to look at: • Pages • Visits • Top URLs • Code 404 – Call us if you have a lot and we can look at the logs

  19. What’s Happening In Washtenaw County • Summer, fall, and winter articles with community events • If you have an event that you would like to appear on eWashtenaw send information to Nina Johnson

  20. Website Updates • New Sites: • Bridgewater Twp • Dexter Area Fire Dept. • Manchester DDA • Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority • Ypsilanti DDA

  21. Website Updates • 1Washtenaw Aggregated News • http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/1washtenaw

  22. Website Updates • I.E.7 vs. Epoz • Inserting images • Making internal links • Solutions: • Uninstall I.E.7 • Install Firefox Mozilla

  23. GIS Updates • March 1 will launch new Community Development Website • Intended to help Community Development better assess how to best distribute redevelopment funding. • Will provide access to Census Data and Census Mapping & Zoning layers online. Can also link to your Zoning ordinance if you have it available online.

  24. ArcGIS Upgrade • County will be upgrading the GIS software we use from ArcGIS 9.1 to 9.2 • Will be completed by Feb 27 • New Parcel files will be available to LUGs by March 1 then again after BOR • If you use ArcGIS – let us know.

  25. GIS Professional Development • 2007 GIS Class Schedule Available! • New Classes Include: • Using Census Data with GIS • Cartographic Principles in ArcGIS 9.2 • Working with Labels and Annotation • Redesigned Online Mapping Class • Also will be scheduling demos for • ArcExplorer (new free GIS tool) • Google Mash-ups • Pictometry

  26. New software for PD catalog & registrationhttps://w3.pcesecure.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WTM Guest login available – contact PD Staff for free individual account login & password Self-service registration and online catalog of classes Individual PD Transcript Waitlist options Professional Development

  27. Professional Development • Upcoming Opportunities of Special Interest! • Dale Carnegie: Fun & Fearless Speaking: 3/20/07 • Effective Presentations: 3/26/07 • Cash Handling Training: 4/19/07 or 5/7/07 • Enlightened Leadership with Melanie Mills: 5/11/07

  28. Washtenaw County Landmark Photo Contest

  29. Washtenaw CountyLandmark Photo Contest • Launch: March 1, 2007 • Information mailed and e-mailed to all Local Units by Tuesday, February 20 • Published Articles - eCentral, eWashtenaw, 1Washtenaw February 21 • News Release – February 22

  30. Purpose of this Contest To solicit photographs that represents Washtenaw County landmarks to be showcased in Washtenaw County buildings and publications, and to highlight and promote local talent.

  31. A few specifics… • Photos for the the contest must be taken and electronically submitted from March of 2007 to March of 2008 • Anyone may submit , including Washtenaw County employees. • Top 50 entrants will be honored. Top 10 entrants will receive a $50.00 gift certificate and a framed copy of the submitted print will go to Washtenaw County, the entrant and the landmark jurisdiction.

  32. The Judges • Panel of Judges (Tentative): • Commissioner Barbara Bergman • Freedom Township’s Ray Berg • Professor Don Werthman

  33. What’s Your Landmark?

  34. Meet 1Washtenaw • Pat Kelly, Dexter Township • Ron Mann, Manchester Township • Joe Zurawski, York Township • William McFarlane, Superior Township • Who’s Next?

  35. Next Meeting • Washtenaw County eGov Strategic Plan • RSS, Wikis & MashUps, oh my!

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