Chapel Hill Technology Advisory Committee

[Terri Buckner <tbuckner AT ibiblio.org>]

Steve,

The issue of the link to the enabling legislation and the searchability 
relate to the document control standards the web strategy committee 
raised more than a year ago. How documents are created now impacts their 
functionality in the future. The longer we go without addressing the 
issue, the more retrofitting work will need to be done in the future to 
provide targeted links and functional searches.

The empty slot is Karim's. I didn't know he resigned either. He hasn't 
asked to be removed from this list.

Terri

Steve Irving wrote:

> Bob,
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> Congratulations!!
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> Whatever work remains to be done, you and your staff have made great 
> strides on this project and your efforts are appreciated.
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> A few comments and observations …
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> On the Technology Committee page 
> (http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.asp?NID=44):
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> The updated roster is nice to see. (Am I the only one surprised to see 
> that we have a vacancy?? Maybe that’s what I get for missing a meeting 
> and I should be glad it’s not my seat.)
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> The agenda link does not work, as Gregg has already noted. Also, the 
> generic naming of this link (/ABC/agendas/technologyagenda.htm) makes me 
> wonder whether we will be able to maintain (or ever have maintained) 
> historical agendas for future reference, online search and other purposes.
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> It is also nice to see the “Enabling Legislation” section at the bottom 
> of the page, but the link to Resolution 98-3-23/R15 goes to the 98-4-6 
> Council minutes, in which one must search for Resolution 98-4-6/R-10 to 
> find the origin of our current incarnation. I could not locate a 
> Resolution 98-3-23/R-15 anywhere.
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> Regarding News Releases (http://townofchapelhill.org/index.asp?NID=671):
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> There appear to be only very recent news releases on the site. Is there 
> a plan to bring forward historical information or to forward old links 
> to their new address?? I encountered this when trying to link from the 
> Orange Politics discussion of the web site makeover to the original news 
> release earlier this year. The old link is 
> www.townofchapelhill.org/news/2004-05/websitemakeover.htm 
> <http://www.townofchapelhill.org/news/2004-05/websitemakeover.htm>
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> Regarding the search function:
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> Both standard and advanced searches for “wireless” return no results, 
> yet this word appears in the strategic plan presented to Council on 
> March 23, 2005. Could this be because the Council agendas and their 
> attachments are on the “townhall” server??
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> Congratulations, again, and I hope the Town will find a way to publicize 
> this development and generate some citizen interest as well. Perhaps in 
> this Sunday’s TownWeek feature??
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> Regards,
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> Steve
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