March 20 , 2008
The meeting was called to order by Brett Williamson at 10 a.m.
Attendees
Brett Williamson, Johnson County, Ks.
Chris Audano, City of Overland Park, Ks.
Kati Bernard, City of Overland Park, Ks.
Rich Lovett, City of Kansas City, Mo.
Randy Ellis, City of Overland Park, Ks.
Andrew Patterson Kansas State School for the Blind
Eric Gruber, City of Lawrence, Ks.
Susan Waters, Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
Daniel Davis, Jackson County, Mo.
Jeanne Koontz, City of Prairie Village, Ks.
Jamie Roberts, City of Shawnee, Ks.
Sonya Fendorf, City of Shawnee, Ks.
Anthony Oropeza, Johnson County Ks.
Welcome and Introductions
Brett Williamson, President KC MAGWeb
Presentation: An introduction to Drupal
Eric Gruber (see handout)
- What is Drupal
- Who Uses Drupal
- Why Use It
- General Features
- Friendly URLs
- Modules
- Online help
- Open source
- Personalization
- Role-based permission system
- Searching
- Other Features
- Polls
- Templating
- Threaded Comments
- Version Control
- Platform
- Apache or IIS, Unix/Linux/BSD Solaris/Windows/Mac OS X
- Database independence
- How do I get it
- Where can I learn more
- Online
- Books
NAGW Update
Chris Audano
Officer Elections
Results:
Brett Williamson was re-elected president. Susan Waters was elected secretary.
Next MAGWeb meeting
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 10 a.m., City of Overland Park Police Station, 8700 Antioch, 1st floor.
Note: If you would like to volunteer to lead a presentation for the next meeting, please e-mail Brett Williamson (brett.williamson@jocogov.org) or call 913-715-1514.
Motion to adjourn meeting: Brett Williamson; seconded by Daniel Davis. Approved by voice vote.
Minutes submitted by Daniel Davis