<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>As mentioned during the recent webex sessions about the new website, the launch date is this T<b>hursday, 15 December.</b></div><div><br></div><div>For those of you who haven't had a chance to participate in any of these sessions, here's a quick summary of the new features:</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>New design and navigation architecture</li><li>New content including "What We Do", "Where We Work" and "Get Involved"</li><li>Story telling approach to content. A great example of this will be one of our lead stories on the hompage about the New York Chapter's efforts to bring the elderly online</li><li>Multiple pathways to reach content (Chapters will be linked to from many sections of the site)</li></ul><div><br></div><div>If interested, here's a recording of an overview of the new website I gave Internet Society staff last week: <a href="https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=55690547&rKey=f4e1a5ac6c5cb132">https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=55690547&rKey=f4e1a5ac6c5cb132</a></div><div><br></div></div><div>Here are some important things to know about the launch:</div><div><br></div><div><ol class="MailOutline"><li><b>Our domain name: </b>It's changing to <b><a href="http://internetsociety.org">internetsociety.org</a></b>. Yes, <a href="http://isoc.org">isoc.org</a> will still work as it, along with many other <a href="http://isoc.org">isoc.org</a> addresses, will be re-directed to its respective new address. For example, <a href="http://isoc.org/isoc">isoc.org/isoc</a> will be redirected to <a href="http://internetsociety.org/who-we-are">internetsociety.org/who-we-are</a>. </li><li><b>Not all content has been moved over to the new site</b>. However, all content will still be reachable. Our IT team has made a copy of the current site (<a href="http://isoc.org">isoc.org</a>) ensuring that we won't lose any content. If a page hasn't been moved to the new site, you will still be able to reach it on the old site (which will act as an archive).</li><li><b>How to provide feedback:</b> I want to ensure that the site is being improved upon on a continual basis. If you have any feedback about the site (comments, ideas...etc) please send it to <a href="mailto:webfeedback@isoc.org">webfeedback@isoc.org</a>.</li><li><b>Templates for Chapter Sites:</b> We have a WordPress version ready and the goal is to have a Drupal based one available in January. I'll be able to provide greater detail about these templates once we have completed the launch of the site.</li></ol><div><br></div></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">Dan Graham<br>Internet Society<br><br>Office: +41 22 809 0368<br>Mobile: +41 78 757 9943<br><br><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org">www.internetsociety.org</a><br>www.twitter.com/internetsociety<br>www.youtube.com/internetsocietyvideo<br><br><br></div><br></div></body></html>