> <mailto:
sdutta3@illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
> [2009 EWB Webmaster],
>
> Here are a few comments on your goals.
>
> > My goals:
> > January - Familiarize with Drupal interface and other integrated or
> > complementary software.
>
> You seem to have the basics of Drupal down now. Here are some integrated
> software we should discuss when we meet:
> - how we let projects store files
> - how we distribute our newsletter
> - how we organize our calendar, etc.
>
> > Update content. Begin helping executive officers
> > become familiar with the information technology that EWB uses.
>
> You'll find out about some of the board's needs during the transition
> meeting.
>
> > February - Finish helping executive officers become more familiar with
> > the information technology of EWB. Start helping other members become
> > more familiar with the IT of EWB.
>
> Are you thinking of working with projects individually or hosting a
> Website Utilization Workshop as I did last semester?
>
> > March - Finish helping other members to become more familiar with
> IT of EWB.
> > April - Improve the system - making communication faster, more
> > efficient, less work, and producing more results
>
> You could make this more specific as you realize where our current
> drawbacks are. One issue that comes to mind is that our Google calendar
> retriever sometimes shuts our entire website down. That is, when Google
> fails to send a calendar when called by the PHP on our website, our
> website also returns a PHP error. We could fix this by simply creating a
> cache that our website pulls from on-demand.
>
> > May - Better improving the system (finalizing corrections) and
> updating
> > the tutorials
>
> Tutorials is also ultimately important.
>
> [2009 EWB President] wants us to meet individually at some point, so I was wondering
> what works best for you. My schedule is all over the place, but I'm free
> from 1 to 3 PM every day except Thursday. We could also meet after 4 PM
> if needed. This meeting will be very important since I need to provide
> you the password for our server as well as teach you about our
> integrated software.
>
> -Sumit
>
>