Web Site Board Report July 2, 2010

A busy week for me since Dave Sumner, Allen Pitts and Katie Glass are all on vacation.  Nevertheless, work on the Web site continues to progress.

· Fixed a bug in the SM Certificate Maker that affected sections in the “0” call sign areas.

· The VUCC standings database has been restored and Bill Moore updated all of the data.

· The dates were removed from the Hamfest and Contest Calendar to avoid confusion with event times.  As I explained previously, this has been a problem since some times were in local time zones and others were in UTC. The events themselves remain on the calendar.

· Edited and updated content in the” About ARRL” Section of the site.

· The Club Data section has been updated but we are waiting to implement these changes until Norm Fusaro returns from vacation and he has an opportunity to review them.

· Staff for HQ and Fathom staff also spent a great deal of time working on permissions.  This still seem problematic in some areas and, although, progress was made in the last week, we are still working on creating a better  system for graining permissions in areas of the Web site.

· Fathom IT staff conducted the first training/documentation session with our in –house IT team so that our staff can eventually, take full control of the Site.

· I have been asked some questions about the compatibility of our new site with mobile platforms.   If you recall, Brent Robertson, President of Fathom, discussed this at the Board Meeting when he was asked a question about mobile compatibility.  The answer is that the site was not specifically designed for mobile use.  That would require creating a separate site just for mobile users.  We decided not to pursue this in the initial phase of the Web project since it would take additional funding and resources, and, in Fathom’s opinion, the market for mobile devices was still unsettled with the proliferation of devices and operating systems.  I can tell you that even though it was not specifically designed for mobile applications, it works well on my iPhone.

Pending:

1. VE Session Counts

2. CCE Database – Mentors and SMs access

3. Change Member Address on-line and other member profile features

4. New Amateur Reports

5. Integration of Store directly into Siebel

Happy a great Fourth of July!

73,

Harold

Harold Kramer

Chief Operating Officer

ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio

225 Main Street

Newington, CT 06111

(860 594 -0220