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2010 Technology Committee Overview and Plan. January 26, 2010 Presentation to Board Content revised 2/8/2010 based on Board input. Agenda. Ask for Board approval of the charge to the Technology Committee Present an overview and current plan. Charge.
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2010 Technology CommitteeOverview and Plan January 26, 2010 Presentation to Board Content revised 2/8/2010 based on Board input
Agenda • Ask for Board approval of the charge to the Technology Committee • Present an overview and current plan
Charge Across all Trail Conference activities the Technology Committee: • provides steering and implementation expertise as needed for information technology and telecommunications needs. • ensures that the TC Web presence supports and enhances our overall mission. • fosters technological solutions to streamline TC operations.
Committee Composition • Steering Committee • Chair(s) • Staff representative(s) • Outside representative(s) • Teams (experts, projects) • Liaisons to other committees
Steering Committee • Establishes long term direction • Develops annual plan • Meets quarterly to review plan, assess progress, and adjust priorities • Develops annual budget recommendations • Recruits experts for projects
Proposed Steering Committee • Ann Gruhn (Co-chair, liaison to Board) • Walt Daniels (Co-chair) • Josh Howard (Staff – operations) • Development Director (Staff – development) • John Kolp (outside expert) • Steve Marano (outside expert)
Teams The work of the committee will be done by teams of recruited experts. • Web team (Ann project manager) • Site management (Walt tech lead) • Content management (joint with Communications – Georgette) • Analytics and theming (Doug Cleek) • CRM team (forming) • Other (see 2010 plan)
Liaisons • Each TC committee is to appoint a liaison to the Tech Committee • Each liaison will be assigned to a steering committee member as their contact/advocate • That steering committee member will act as our liaison to the assigned TC committee
2010 Plan – Major Projects • Drupal upgrade from Version 5 to Version 6 • Merge membership lists for ebase and Web • Project plan for ebase replacement (with a Constituent Relationship Management database that is Web-enabled) to be funded and implemented in 2011
2010 Plan – Other Projects • Identify bulk email tool to replace emailnow, capwiz and email from the Web site • Improve social networking capabilities of the site • Work with other committees to develop Web capabilities that enable them to achieve their objectives (e.g. Pubs, Volunteer, Trails) • Darlington phase 2 – ensure tech needs met • Streamline back office processing • Ongoing refinement and support of content on web