[Evergreen-web-team] draft for irc report

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Jim,

I think we need to insert another block before the call to action that
explains our strategy for how we moving and/or editing content from the
existing site.



On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Jim Craner <jim at galecia.com> wrote:

> **
> For the past two years, members of the Evergreen Community Web Team have
> been working on planning for the future of the Evergreen website.  We've
> conducted community surveys, analyzed the existing website's usage
> statistics, consulted with key community groups such as developers and
> oversight board members, and issued repeated requests for feedback,
> comments, and volunteer assistance.
> ---
> You can learn more about the work that we've done, as well as see the
> results of our surveys and documentation efforts, at the Evergreen Web Team
> page:
>
> http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam
> ---
> Most recently, we've been working on a prototype website, located at
> http://drupal.evergreen-ils.com, which we'll use as a foundation for
> building the future Evergreen website.  This prototype is based on the very
> popular Drupal content management system, chosen because of its broad
> feature set, widespread support, and existing Drupal skill set in the Web
> Team.
> ---
> Right now, we're building a website that will help community members find
> the information they need easily.  On the back end, we're building a system
> that will allow as many community members as possible to become active
> contributors and easily keep Evergreen info up-to-date.  We're also
> exploring systems that will allow community members to communicate and
> collaborate with each other via the website.
> ---
> And we need your help!  We're working on making the first phase of our new
> website live this winter and the website is fairly large.  If you'd like to
> help us work on building a great new website for this community, just join
> the Evergreen Web Team mailing list here and introduce yourself:
>
> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team
> ---
> Questions?  Thoughts?  Concerns?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/12/2012 05:21 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote:
>
> Jim and Alexey,
>
>  Do you have a plan for the IRC meeting on Friday?  I'd like to make sure
> we have some blocks of text ready to deliver so the meeting goes quickly.
>
>  And FYI, at the Oversight Board meeting there was a general feeling that
> we should move this project along quickly.  Meaning...there isn't really
> any doubt about people wanting this to be the future of the Evergreen
> website.  So we probably need to think strategically about how we can most
> effectively move forward, get the bones of this website as close to ready
> as can, involve more people as much as possible, and start moving content.
>  The sooner this can be the face of Evergreen, the better....that's my
> impression.
>
>  Given that....what do we want to say, ask for, promise at the meeting?
>
>  Lori
>
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