Hi Janice,

Regarding what to do with all those great ideas, it seems as though the 2011 
committee has started a wiki page to gather ideas.

http://mcn2010.pbworks.com/w/page/31852717/2011-Conference-Ideas

Richard Urban
rjurban at illinois.edu

On Nov 4, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Janice wrote:

> Great MCN conference! While we are all charged up with all these ideas from 
> this conference, it is time to apply that energy to next year's program. 
> Let's not think about next year's travel budget and just throw out some ideas 
> of what you would like to organize, what you would like someone else to 
> organize, or general ideas. Maybe if we get started now, we can pull a couple 
> things together.
> 
> The sessions generate a lot of nuts and bolts discussion over 
> lunch/dinner/drinks. Everyone is generating lots of content. What do we do 
> with it? How do we deliver it cost effectively? How do we integrate different 
> systems? Storage, backup, integration, virtualization, wireless solutions. 
> There was some requests for more nuts and bolts IT sessions. Is this a 
> general consensus of others?
> 
> The IT sig has some great conversation at our meeting. One thing that was 
> mentioned was the possibility of a half-day workshop format the day before 
> the conference. We could come up with the three major issued faced by IT 
> Directors in Museums, and have an open discussion around those issues. 
> Perhaps getting someone (or more than one) who has a good solution to 
> demonstrate their solutions.
> 
> So, I am throwing this out there. Let's get some discussion going before we 
> lose momentum over the holidays or get wrapped up into other projects that 
> take all our time.
> 
> Janice Craddock, MN IT SIG Chair
> 
> Information Technology Manager
> Amon Carter Museum of American Art
> 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ft. Worth, TX 76107
> t. 817.989.5152  f.817.665.4333
> http://www.cartermuseum.org
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