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Region 4 Communications CommitteeGreg Burk – Communications Committee ChairBob Parro – Communications Committee Member
Region 4 MeetingJanuary 22, 2011
Region Information Management Coordinators (IMCs)Each of 10 IEEE global regions has Region Information Management Coordinator (IMC)– Formerly ECC
Region IMCs are trained on vTools– vTools = Volunteer Tools– Online training available…vtools.ieee.org
One of Region IMCs roles – train Section IMCs– Section Chairs must designate Section IMC– Region 4 IMC (Greg Burk) will train them
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vTools Online…vtools.ieee.org
1. vTools Meetings and L31– Including credit card payment functionality
2. WebInABox3. Voting4. Web Conferencing
– DimDim now
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vTools Projects (Tools) in Production
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vTools Meetings
Meetings Posting– Collection of meeting data– Credit card handling
Available to R1-R7 sections with CB accounts R8-R10 support planned for 4Q11
– Complements family of products from Conference Services for larger events– Internet Conferencing– Meetings and Conferences Management– Teleconferencing
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vTools MeetingsFeatures– On-line meeting registration– Form for entering meeting info– L31 Meeting report (only need to add attendee
information)– RSS, iCal, and other feeds of meetings and L31s– Calendar support– Badge printing, meal tickets – Notice of meeting for display on a web site
without webmaster involvement – Feeds meeting information to myIEEE– Credit card support now available
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WebInABox
Simple web site creation– Wizard-like interface – Data driven and automatically updated
(set it and forget it)– Calendar for all units automatically
pulled from meetings tool– Automatically pulls officer data from
IEEE databases– Enables common look and feel– No webmaster involvement required– Stable, in Production
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WebInABox
Simple web site creation– Wizard-like interface – Data driven and automatically updated
(set it and forget it)– Calendar for all units automatically
pulled from meetings tool– Automatically pulls officer data from
IEEE databases– Enables common look and feel– No webmaster involvement required– Stable, in Production
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WebInABox
Generated section websites provide: – Home Page – welcome message, auto expiring
announcements, and a picture– Calendar Page - lists section events from vTools.Meetings– Officer Information Page - lists section officer
information* (Volunteers can specify what officers' information should be shown: name, position, e-mail, phone, etc.)
– Other Units Page - information on chapters, affiliate groups, student branches*
– Blog Page – pulls information from your blog on EWH or elsewhere
– Links Page - a number of IEEE links plus custom links specified by volunteers
* Data pulled from central IEEE data source as reported to IEEE.
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Voting
Simple ballot creation– Wizard-like interface – Available on demand– vTools.Voting is a Software As A Service
accessible via browser. No installation is required.
– No webmaster involvement needed– Secure, Stable, in Production
Dimdim Pro– Available since 2010– Dedicated ‘rooms’ for regions and sections– 50 attendee capacity– Just purchased by another company– Being end-of-life’d October 2011
Replacement solution analysis underway– Will be rolled out by Sections Congress 2011
in August
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Web Conferencing
Section Chairs ACTION ITEM
Send Section IMC contact information to Region 4 IMC Greg Burk– [email protected]
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