<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Hello all:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This is the July update for the ongoing ISOC AMS project.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">AMS Chapter Portal Demonstration</span></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The ISOC AMS project reached a major milestone this week with the live, online demonstration of the alpha-version AMS Chapter Portal. This is an early version of what will be deployed in October, and the primary reason for the demonstration was to reach out to the Chapter Steering Committee and actively solicit feedback on the system as it stands today. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Here is a snapshot of what was demonstrated on July 21st:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">1) Member self-sign-up (including sign-up for a Chapter)</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2) Chapter officer reviewing and approving Member application</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">3) Chapter officer adding Members (and resulting real-time duplicate checking)</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">4) Chapter membership renewal workflow</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">5) Self subscription management (subscribe/unsubscribe)</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">6) Chapter officers create meetings for chapter</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">7) Reporting capability for chapters</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Of the features above, only 1) and 2) are currently possible in the current Q portal. The other points are all new functionality with the new AMS Chapter portal.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">It was a lively online session, and attendees provided good feedback on where the group sees the portal (and the AMS itself) needs improvement. However, it was generally accepted that this portal is a significant step forward from the current portal, and offers better underlying technology.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Another demonstration of the updated portal will be scheduled for late August, for a wider chapter audience.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">AMS Project web page</span></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In addition to the demonstration, a few new web pages have been set up for the AMS project:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Project Overview</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">: <a href="http://www.isoc.org/membership/AMS/">http://www.isoc.org/membership/AMS/</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Project FAQ:</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> <a href="http://www.isoc.org/membership/AMS/faq.shtml">http://www.isoc.org/membership/AMS/faq.shtml</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Screenshots of the new portal will be added to the AMS Project web pages soon.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Overall Project Progress</span></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Besides the chapter portal demo and project web page, here are the highlights of this period:</span></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Shift in project focus from back end of Aptify to web portal</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Opportunities and other Salesforce.com data imported into system</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Initial Drupal/Aptify Proof-of-Concept meetings are successful; show good interoperability</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* German Moreno (new ISOC DBA/Developer) attends Administrator and Developer classes</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Fields and Products sufficient to accept Donations are configured in Aptify </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* Initial discussions around portal training for chapters begun</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* Initial UAT with Membership group for workflows and dashboards</font></p></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">And coming up for August:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Focus on eBusiness localisation for next period</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Test server becomes only platform until October</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Lincoln probably back in Reston early August</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Primary UAT for Aptify back end (workflows and dashbords) begins</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Second portal demonstration to wider audience</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">* Concerted planning for training begins </span></font></div><div><br></div></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 56.0px; text-indent: -56.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">As before, please write to <a href="mailto:ams-project@isoc.org">ams-project@isoc.org</a> for more information.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 56.0px; text-indent: -56.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 56.0px; text-indent: -56.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Thanks --</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 56.0px; text-indent: -56.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 56.0px; text-indent: -56.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Lincoln</p></div><div><br></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>Lincoln McNey</div><div>Sr. Manager, Systems Solutions</div><div>The Internet Society</div><div>+41.7986.33390</div><div><a href="mailto:mcney@isoc.org">mcney@isoc.org</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>