March 15 , 2007
Location
Overland Park Police Department, 8500 Antioch,
Overland Park, KS.
Attendees
Brett Williamson, Johnson County
Dan Davis, Jackson County, MO
Randy Ellis, City of Overland Park, Ks
Chris Audano, City of Overland Park, Ks
Amy Drayer, Johnson County Library
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Brett Williamson at 10:10 a.m. Motion by Magweb Chairperson Brett Williamson to approve minutes from last meeting. Seconded by Daniel Davis; approved by voice vote.
Presentation
Joomla – Open-Source Demonstration
Brett Williamson demonstrated the Joomla open-source CMS.
- Introduction to Joomla
- Demonstration of the user features
- Discussion of the ease of use
- Building a test web site
Discussion Topics
CMS Project Update
- Stage 1 and 2 pilot project review
- Discussion of a future Joomla project
- Going forward
NAGW Update
- Jay Crutchfield, East Region, has resigned from the NAGW board.
- Hotel rooms for the 2007 Conference are down to $139.
- GovQA CMS is now offering a discount rate to NAGW members. The National Association of Government Webmasters has partnered with GovQA (www.govqa.com), the leader in Citizen Request Management (CRM), to offer a 15 percent discount off the monthly fee of the GovQA CRM service for NAGW members.
MAGWeb Meeting Attendance and Participation
- Ways to increase member attendance were discussed
- Survey of members to determine upcoming meeting topics
- Increasing outside support and partnerships with other groups
- Increasing speaking opportunities for vendors and industry leaders.
- Active recruiting of web professional s from more local governments. Dan Davis will be contacting more cities in Missouri .
Next meeting
Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m., Overland Park Police Department, 8500 Antioch
Road.