[Chapter-delegates] New go-live date for new AMS Chapter Portal: Tuesday, November 17th

[Lincoln McNey]

NOTE:  Apologies to anyone who receives duplicates from several  
mailing lists

All --

As planned from the beginning of the Association Management System  
project, we have wanted to involve chapters as much as possible before  
launching the new chapter portal.  So far we have had two online demos  
of the new portal, and as promised, the next step was a hands-on trial  
of a Beta system.

That trial is now complete.  About 50 chapter officers (and other  
interested stakeholders) from 35 different chapters were invited to  
participate in the hands-on Beta testing of the new ISOC Chapter  
Portal.  From October 1st to October 8th, many officers logged on and  
provided feedback to us regarding the proposed new portal.

Based in part on these Beta findings, and general feedback from the  
Beta testing group, it has been decided to move the AMS Chapter Portal  
go-live date from October 29th to November 17th.

While many members/officers saw value in the increased functionality  
of the portal, many others felt it still needed some work in some  
areas before it was ready to launch.  Based on analysis of these  
necessary changes, it was determined that an additional two weeks were  
required for the changes and testing to take place.

Therefore, please note that Tuesday, November 17th will be the new  
launch date for the portal.  We will be providing more instructions  
for you on the run up to that day.

Finally, we will be having one more round of Beta testing before  
launch, probably in the October 28th - November 4th timeframe.  All  
current Beta testers will be welcomed back.  However, if you are a  
chapter officer who has not been involved in testing so far, but would  
like to be, please contact us at ams-project at isoc.org and we will  
ensure you are included in the final round of testing.

Thanks -

Lincoln McNey and the AMS team









Lincoln McNey
Sr. Manager, Systems Solutions
The Internet Society
+41.7986.33390
mcney at isoc.org





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