[Chapter-delegates] [Csc] Online demonstration of new ISOC Chapter Portal (Beta version) - Wednesday, September 9th

[Eduardo Diaz]

UTC 20:00 better for me

Eduardo Diaz
ISOC Puerto Rico

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Lincoln McNey <mcney at isoc.org> wrote:

>
> *Dear Chapter Delegates, Chapter Steering Committee, and AMS PoCs:*
>
> The “alpha version” of the new ISOC Chapter portal was demonstrated July
> 21st to members of the Chapter Steering Committee (CSC ), and all those who
> had previously indicated an interest in the portal.  Thanks once again to
> everyone who provided feedback during and after that session.
>
>  We have now incorporated many changes suggested, and would like to extend
> an invitation to the CSC, the AMS Point of Contacts, and to members of the
> Chapter delegates mailing list to review the Beta version of the portal.
>
> This Beta version of the portal will have many enhancements, several driven
> directly by the feedback from the last session, including:
>
>  1)  Better look and feel overall (including updated terminology to more
> closely match ISOC processes)
>
>  2)  Sign-up for Chapter membership more prominent earlier in the sign-up
> workflow
>
>  3)  More member types available in the system
>
>  4)  Ability for zero-value memberships to automatically renew
>
> In order to accommodate the greatest number of participants globally, this
> time around we will be hosting two separate sessions:
>
> *September 9th:  UTC 11:30 and the second at UTC 20:00   *
>
> *With these two scheduled demos we are hoping that everyone will have the
> opportunity to choose a suitable time.*
>
> *About the Chapter Portal*
>
> ISOC is still in the process of implementing a new Association Management
> System  (AMS). The software package called Aptify will be the central data
> holding and management platform for all data on ISOC Chapters, their
> members, ISOC individual members, organizational members, and events.
>
> The ISOC Chapter Portal will be the interface through which chapters will
> interact with the new system.  The portal to be demonstrated on September
> 9th is still the "Phase II" Chapter portal - it is intended as a replacement
> for the Q/GoMembers portal currently deployed, but it is NOT the open-source
> platform portal that is the ultimate goal for the long-term AMS project.
> (The Phase III open-source version will replace the Phase II version in
> 2010.)  Therefore, there may be limits to what feedback & requirements
> gathered from this session can be incorporated into this portal to be
> launched on October 15th.
>
> As before, please reply to this email if you are interested (and which
> session is best for you), and I will send out a Webex invitation to each
> participant.  Webex is screen-sharing software that supports most browsers &
> operating systems, including many open-source:
> http://support.webex.com/support/system-requirements.html .  We will also
> provide local toll-free voice.conference numbers to most countries for this
> session, via our ISOC conferencing service.
>
> Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you --
>
> Lincoln McNey
>
>
> Lincoln McNey
> Sr. Manager, Systems Solutions
> The Internet Society
> +41.7986.33390
> mcney at isoc.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Csc mailing list
> Csc at elists.isoc.org
> http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/csc
>
>


-- 
NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only
for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If
you have received this communication by error, please notify us immediately
by e-mail, and delete the original message.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/chapter-delegates/attachments/20090825/75448ceb/attachment.htm>