the webcomm open call
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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!!