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Board Docs and iPADS : The Board Goes Paperless?. May 7, 2013 Dr. Kathy Hart. BoardDocs. BoardDocs is Software that can “improve communications, reduce costs and ease the process of producing board meeting packets.”
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Board Docs and iPADS: The Board Goes Paperless? May 7, 2013 Dr. Kathy Hart
BoardDocs BoardDocs is • Software that can “improve communications, reduce costs and ease the process of producing board meeting packets.” • Software that can move the College to a “state-of –the art paperless solution” for preparing, disseminating, and archiving the Board’s agendas, board books, and policies.
BoardDocs • BoardDocs • Is used by over 700 organizations, including 13+ California Community Colleges and many California school districts. • Provides initial set up and training • Can be used for policy development and publication among many other customizable features: calendar integration, document annotation, automated minutes generation, etc.
Cost • $1000 initial set up and training that includes travel for trainers • $9000/year for BoardDocs service for unlimited users, 24 x 7 technical support, and unlimited software enhancements and updates
Other Benefits to BoardDocs/iPADs • Duplicating Center Staff are free to do other college work or paid duplicating jobs. • General Services Workers are not pulled away from their regular work to deliver books. • Savings on gas & mileage; reduces carbon footprint (President’s Climate Commitment) • Conserves paper (President’s Climate Commitment)
Concerns • Security of documents/data (cloud services)