ACE IT SIG Notes - :2007-07-17
From Extension Collaborative Wiki
Welcome - Ray Kimsey, incoming SIG Chair
Gary Kepka, outgoing SIG Chair
- Get Involved!
Floyd Davenport is incoming Vice-Chair
AGENDA
- Introductions
- Everyone introduced themselves... ACE members and lots of IT professionals who aren't members yet.
- New ways to communicate
- IT SIG info on the Extension Collaborative wiki
- IT SIG on Facebook
- Review Mission Statement
- no suggested changes
- Election of new Vice Chair Elect
- Nominations: Anne Adrian. Unanimously elected!!
- Three-Year Professional Development Plan for SIG
- Work collaboratively with eXtension to provide 30 Minutes professional development sessions
- Meeting in Second Life
- Brainstormed ideas:
- Facebook - Ray Kimsey
- Flickr
- Moodle or other LMS technology
- Open ID
- eXtension wiki
- VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
- Portable Disk Imaging
- topics that will engage broader spectrum of IT professionals
- Price model to use Adobe Connect is less expensive if using VOIP rather than typical long-distance telephone charges.
- Awards for IT C&A program
- SIG gets to announce Silver and Bronze award winners
- Class 37 – Interactive media program - No awards given.
- Class 38: Best Innovative Use of Communications Technology -
- Bronze - Lynette Spicer Iowa State University for her Civility blog
- Silver - Blair Flannin – Texas A&M University. "Producing Agriculture News for Mobile Devices."
- Gold Fred Piazza, Sandy Fiser, Sarah Johnston, Sam Razi, Megan Smith – Louisiana State University. “Louisiana Forest Industries Mapping.” (announced at banquet)
- Class 39: Web Site -
- Bronze - Melanie Eirich, Vishal Singh – University of Nebraska Power of Possibilities
- Silver - CC Chamberlin – NM State University. "Printshop: An online print job tracking system."
- Gold - Sarah Graddy, Marion Douglas, Liz Felter, Tracy Irani, Ashley Wood, Ligia Ortega – University of Florida. "New UF/IFAS Extension Web Site: SolutionsForYourLife."(announced at banquet)
- Class 40: Technology Education - No entries submitted.
- Look at C&A Award Classes
- interest in creating different classes for IT SIG areas
- something related to project development, planning, etc
- Floyd volunteers to spearhead this
- recommendations due to board by September
SIG Meeting Attendance:
Rhonda Conlon
Bob Rubyini
Gary Kepka
Anne Adrian
Beth Raney
Ray Kimsey
Floyd Davenport
Lynette Spicer
John Dorner
Jason Young
Ben MacNeil
James Robinson
