the webcomm open call

The WEBCOMM

The EGEA Website and Communication Committee

What is the WEBCOMM?

• The committee is the working group of EGEA members that take care and develop the main tool of communication in EGEA: THE WEBSITE

How does the WEBCOMM work?

• Structure• Speaker, that will represent the

committee in EGEA, coordinate the activities and the goals and plans. And will coordina the report of the activities done.

• Members. Eventually, members can be organised in Tasks Groups.

How does the WEBCOMM work?

• Tasks• Moderating the current website• Developing New Website: webmaster tasks• Defining the new Website structure, contents and

visibility. Hot topics here are:• Front page• Thematic Groups• Entity pages• Congress pages• Member pages• Design• Publications section• ...

How does the WEBCOMM work?

• Tasks Groups • Editors Team

• Collecting information about EGEA (protocols, committees working papers, etc) and editing it for online publication

• Deciding about the edition of scientific/geographic articles in different sections of the new website

• Geotechnologies Team: Thinking group of how to implement the new technologies in geography and maps in the website (ex. gadgets,e tc..)

• New website testers• Teaching new WEBCOMM members to gurantee

the continuity of the commitee

Goals of the WEBCOMM

• Some realistic goals will be defined in the WEBCOMM during next meeting.

• Existing goals• Analyzing necessary functionalities • Collecting proposals from users • Manage the website creation• Training Egeans to deal with Drupal* in

different levels. • Have a live meeting before the end of 2008

* Drupal is the system it is going to be used in the new website

WEBCOMM Motivations

• Egea website needs a renovation not only technical but conceptual.

• A big challenge comes for the webcomm: the construction of a new website

• Make Egea website more suitable for egea needs.

• WEBCOMM implies it is not only limited to the website but compromises the whole egea communication strategy.

WEBCOMM

• If you believe that Egea Website can be a better place, more functional, better ordered, giving a better image of us... JOIN US!

• If you believe that some contents of the current website need more information, and have some clue of which one is missing... JOIN US!

• If you have ideas about the new website and would like that those ideas turn to be facts... JOIN US!

• If you see the importance of moderating the forums and you wanna give a hand in taking care of it (killing spammers, reminding to use english, moving posts, etc)... JOIN US!

Recruiting WEBCOMM members

• If you know something about google earth, web 2.0, web3.0 and would like to implement it in the forum... JOIN US!

• If you want to have a website/blog made by you, and you don’t know where to start, and EGEA websitepage can be a good environment to learn it... JOIN US!

• If you are only enthuasiastic ... JOIN US!

Recruiting WEBCOMM members

JOIN US!

Benefits of joining WEBCOMM now

• The satisfaction of helping the main tool of communication in EGEA.

• Developing editor skills• Getting experience in online communities

management.• Belonging of a new group in action, where

new ideas are very welcomed and easier to change the schema.

• Joining the WEBCOMM live meetings!!

... and more!!!

WEBCOMM FAQ

• Q: I don’t know anything about programming, is it a problem?• Unless you wanna develop the new

website, those skills are not needed. The new website can be managed without having to script anything.

• Q: How can I join the WEBCOMM?• Write in the contact form of the website

what you could / would like to do!

THANK YOU!

Any doubts do not hesitate in contacting us!!