Subject: Re: Ewb goals

From: [2009 EWB Webmaster]

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:27:52 -0600
To: "Dutta, Sumit" <sdutta3@illinois.edu>

ok thanks! I will see you later then

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Sumit Dutta <sdutta3@illinois.edu> wrote:
[2009 EWB Webmaster],

1 PM today should work. I'll give you a call around that time.

-Sumit

[2009 EWB Webmaster] wrote:
> lets meet 1 pm today wednesday. call me at 815-298-4823. I have plenty
> of time this wednesday, 8-10 am I work and 12-12:50 pm I have classes
> Later dude!
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Sumit Dutta <sdutta3@illinois.edu
> <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
>
>