A short summary of our Goals and Resources (G&R).
Resources
- professionals and others on the CLUUC web team
- professionals assoc with other UU’s in the area, River Road UU & Arlington UU
- professionals assoc with UUA nationwide, Shai Sachs, San Mateo UU
- ChUUG
- the world of OSS
- formation of a regional web/tech team
- WebCon2009
Long term goals:
Integrate all our IT & website needs into a single system managed by a competent, capable, all-volunteer team that’s led by an experienced web/IT professional who’s also a member of the church staff.
Create a vibrant, new interactive (Web 2.0) website that not only serves information to the friends, members, and does outreach like the current website does, but also
Provides
- distributed content management, no funneling of content through a single person
- modern social networking & interactive with members & friend
- tools for RE & AP & group collaboration
- podcasts of sermons, talks, music, & lectures
- blogging by ministers and lay leaders
- forums for committees, youth & others
- hooks to UU presence on Facebook, Youtube, etc.
and importantly:
- better support for church staff & integration with our existing DB, do more, spend less
- on-line contributions, on-line event registration, & on-line member information update
- From the web team, create a true IT team that can support the church in all its IT needs.
- enhance pastoral care
- Support for small churches.
Short term goals:
- Do a site-layout design session at the end of August to establish basic layout/sitemap
- Kickoff graphic design team
- Get a prototype up ASAP (end of September / early October)
- Meet with committees to gather requirements and ideas
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