[Utr] UTR webteam (was UTR on the web (long))

[Elena de Maisnilwarin]

Halima,

Yes, please - I'd like to be part of the UTR webteam.

Regards,
Elena


----- Original Message -----
From: doerksen at island.net
Date: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:04 pm
Subject: [Utr] UTR on the web (long)
To: "utr at tirrigh.org" <utr at tirrigh.org>

> UTR on the web (long)
> 
> After much discussion and consultation...
> 
> The Project Plan as given is:
> 
> No Task
> 
> 1.00 Technology Management
> 1.01 Create data base for student records
> 1.02 Create Data base for instructor records
> 1.03 Create Web page University
> 1.04 Management of Email List
> 1.05 Storage of New Comers Certificate material
> 1.06 Calender of UTR sessions
> 1.07 Create Section for Deans only - include UTR manual
> 
> Note that all my timelines are estimates only; our mileage -will-
> vary.
> 
> Note that all the people working on this seem to have jobs and 
> other  
> activities in their lives, so it is difficult to give dates 
> as  
> deadlines. (40 hours is a working week, but two months if only a 
> full  
> day per week.)
> 
> The database(s) will be the biggest chunk. In discussion with 
> John,  
> who created the Ithra site and database, some 38 tables may very 
> well  
> be needed. John suggested a book for designing databases, and 
> those  
> involved in our database creation may very well want to read it, 
> too  
> (mine is on order), so we have a common "language". Timeline: I 
> expect  
> 40 hours for the framework (please prove me overestimating, 
> but  
> several hours for determining all the fields required and where 
> they  
> should be stored, more time to determine how to sort and access 
> [index  
> fields], and more time to actually do the coding).
> 
> The web page is not -just- a page: it is a "site", and will 
> have  
> approximately a dozen pages. Timeline: approximately 30 hours to 
> set  
> up the templates, considerably shorter for further pages (maybe 
> an  
> hour-ish per, using the templates).
> 
> An email list, such as this one we are currently on, can 
> continue as  
> is. There should always be at least two moderators active 
> (online  
> frequently) to ensure people get onto it that should be, and in 
> a  
> timely fashion, and those that get on that shouldn't, get 
> booted, in a  
> timely fashion. We appear to have Lenora
> and Magdelena at this point, so timeline: done.
> 
> Storage of Newcomer Certificate material... If this is in the 
> form of  
> PDFs, we can have a directory set up and upload that now; we 
> can  
> quickly set up a simple page of links to make them 
> accessible.  
> Timeline: I might even get that set up today!
> 
> Calendar of UTR sessions... Do you want a calendar database, 
> ala  
> Ithra? That'll go into the database section. Timeline: as above.
> 
> Section for Deans only... I'm having trouble with the concept. 
> If it's  
> for discussions, we have the email list. If it's for manuals 
> and  
> how-to info, I think it should be public. Hiding info on what 
> Deans do  
> and how we do it reduces the number of people who understand 
> what we  
> do and why, and it reduces the number of people who might step 
> forward  
> to work as Deans thereby limiting our resources. Preventing 
> others  
> from being interested in being Deans contributes to our burn-out.
> 
> However (to continue the Deans-only thought), we -will- 
> want  
> Deans-only access for entering student data.
> 
> Now... To only slightly divert the topic...
> 
> The Tir Righ website is currently undergoing a conversion to a 
> Joomla!  
> interface, radically changing how the website is created 
> (currently  
> PHP). What makes it -most- interesting is that many people will 
> have  
> access to its creation according to the admin-levels assigned to 
> them  
> (at least 6, if I recall correctly).
> 
> I see this as a step forward, but it, too, will take time.
> 
> I want to see the UTR site as simple and clean as possible to 
> ensure  
> we can convert easily when the time comes.
> 
> At this point, it appears that Elena, Alicia, maybe Yrsa, 
> maybe  
> Caoimhe are on the UTR webteam. Would you all confirm this? I 
> would  
> also like to see John on the team; he created the Ithra website 
> and  
> database, and is interested in being part of this, but not able 
> to put  
> much energy in; I see him as a resource to prevent us from 
> doing  
> unneeded work, and to let us know when something ought to be 
> added  
> that he never got to. (Cor! Do I need to break down my 
> sentence  
> structure?) So... Your thoughts?
> 
> 
> Halima
> P.S. The show was great! No costume failure. Our insecure 
> dancer  
> acquitted herself well. No one tripped. All errors of 
> choreography  
> went unnoticed. The audience -loved- us!
> 
> -- 
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> 
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