[MAPC-coord] Comm cmte report

[MAPC-coord] Comm cmte report

born-digital

email

yes

no

2001-11-15

Communication Committee Report

1) The database itself is constructed. Work on the Join form is continuing.
The free form fields of "other" for volunteer activities and "I belong to
the following groups" will not lend themselves to being queried against.
This means that anyone looking for specific information will have to read
through all the records in the db to obtain it.  The db can be initiated as
is, and we can look for a better solution later, when we are more able to
assess what query and information needs there will be.  Maintenance and
query tools also need to be created.  These tools will need password
protection.  Completing the db is the top priority for the Communications
Committee.

2) The committee mail list moderation is becoming cumbersome.  Emails
require moderation for 4 reasons. A) Porn (not a lot)  b) from someone not
on the mailing list c) too many addressees or d) trying to send too big a
file.  We had discussion on perhaps having each committee assign someone to
do their own moderation, or, turning moderation off altogether.  We decided
to leave it as is for now, and are looking into some other options that may
solve some of these problems.  New mail lists still need to be created for
the students and the yet unnamed world committee.  This should be done
shortly.

3) Website issues: We discussed some improvements needed.  A)  We will add a
page for Printable Materials, so the posters for events can be posted there
so members can get them and print them themselves.  The problem today is
everything is dropped off downtown or campus for pickup, and we are missing
opportunities for people to poster the outskirts on their own because they
don't want to go downtown to pick them up.  B) We will create a link on the
navigation bar for In the Press, and look to having articles about MAPC etc
scanned in and posted there.  C) We will look into password protecting some
of the Wiki pages, so they can't be changed once they're posted (such as
fundraising, meeting minutes, press releases).  D) We will work on FAQ
pages, both external (people wanting to learn about MAPC) and internal
(people in MAPC wanting to know how to do things - could be web related or
not - example, how to reserve a room in TITU).

4) We have a proposal: There is no contact info on the web site on how to
contact MAPC in general.  We are proposing to create an email link to
contact MAPC, and have this email go to the Coordinating Committee.  The CC
members could pick up and answer these emails as appropriate.  For example,
someone might ask about an upcoming event, and the outie of the committee
sponsoring the event could respond.

Peace,
X







_______________________________________________
coordination@madpeace.org
http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-cc

Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:49 PM

[MAPC-coord] Comm cmte report