Hi Robert, I am interested in helping!
So you know what you're dealing with, here's a short list of my qualifications (or lack thereof): * lots of old-school experience writing HTML from scratch (this is still my preferred way of creating Web pages) * I manage and author a large percentage of our in-house Web pages (using Interwoven TeamSite) and Wikis (Confluence) for documenting our collections management system. * We just recently went through a complete re-design of our Intranet site. I didn't work on the actual redesign part, but I did provide input along the way and did lots of work proofing and converting pages from the old format to the new * I have created Web pages for extracurricular groups (like the Getty Community Service volunteer group and my old knitting guild) * some (limited) experience creating graphics. Nothing terribly fancy--tarted up images, navigation buttons, etc. What I don't have a lot of experience with is the integration of more interactive/programmatic elements of community Web sites and this sounds like a good opportunity to learn! If you think I might be of assistance with this project, please do count me in. Best, Brenda ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~ Brenda Podemski Business Applications Administrator Collections Information The J. Paul Getty Museum www.getty.edu v. +1 310-440-7087 | f. +1 310-440-7752 | e. bpodemski at getty.edu >>> Robert Stein <rstein at imamuseum.org> 11/5/2009 1:50 PM >>> Hi Everyone, The MCN website (http://www.mcn.edu) has served us well for a number of years now, but in the interest of providing a better level of service to the community and for moving towards an open source platform, the MCN Board and the Electronic Services Committee (ESC) have agreed that it's time for a *redesign *of our beloved MCN website! :) Aside from simply reworking the site in a closed fashion, the Electronic Services Committee (ESC) would like to take this as an opportunity to engage the MCN community in the process. - Are you an experienced web developer who'd like to give back to the community and engage more deeply with your peers? - Are you someone who'd like to learn more about how a web redesign works? - Perhaps you're a non-technical museum staffer who's charged with updating your museum's website. - Maybe your a graphics designer with an itch exercise your creative juices. *WE NEED YOU ALL!!!* The ESC team would really like the process of building the new website to be a *barn-raising* of sorts, as well as a professional development opportunity for our members. Come collaborate with a talented team of professionals to learn, contribute, and create an important resource for our community! If you're interested in helping please contact me directly: Robert Stein CIO - Indianapolis Museum of Art rstein at imamuseum.org For those of you who will be in Portland for the Conference the ESC team will be meeting on Wednesday evening for drinks and conversation about the web redesign. Come join us! *(ESC)APE TO THE BAR!!! - Wednesday 11-11-09 9:00 PM PST @ MCN2009* Please RSVP so we'll know to expect you! Thanks in advance for your help with this community project!!! Sincerely, The MCN Electronic Services Committee (Rob Stein, Rob Lancefield, Ari Davidow, Richard Urban, Perian Sully, Christina DePaolo, Tim Au Yeung, Margaret Kendrick) _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
