1 Washtenaw

February 1 2007 Superior Township Hall

Agenda

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Superior Welcome

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How to Get Good Grades on your Website

 Presented by Nisha Erinjeri

Local Unit of Government Presentation

 City of Saline--Mickie Jo Bennett, Treasurer

Updates

 Email —James McFarlane, Network Manager  WebTrends to Webalyzer--Brenda Kerr, Web Lead   Fun in the County this Spring Websites —Charley Wolfe, Web Content Coordinator     GIS Update - Kimberly Wraight, GIS Coordinator Professional Development —Linda Wicks, Professional Development Coordinator Photo Contest —Judy Foy Meet 1Washtenaw —Nina Johnson, 1Washtenaw Coordinator  Looking Forward —Andy Brush, Knowledge Manager

How To Get Good Grades On Your Website

What can we learn from the study?

About the Rankings

 Study conducted by National Policy Research Council (NPRC) in collaboration with Computerworld Magazine  Reviewers visited 11, 227 official websites and awarded points on 25 features in 7 categories

Some of the Top Sites

Were the rankings fair?

 Separate scoring based on population  250,000 was the dividing line  All judged on same criteria  Some questions are more applicable to larger governments  Taxes/Bills/Fines paid online  Bidding and procurement done online

Study Criteria

 Site Usability  Citizen Responsiveness  Disability  Information and Information Tools  Procurement  Payment Services/E-permits  Human Resources  **Navigability

Site Usability

Citizen Responsiveness

Disability

Information and Information Tools

Payment Services/e-permits

Procurement

Bid Award Notification on Website

Human Resources

The Extra Credit: Breadth & Navigability

Email Update

Content

WebTrends to Webalyzer

 Add /webstats to your URL to see the Webalyzer reports (e.g. www.sharon-twp.org/webstats).

 Your old reports are still available (if you had them set up) at /test/stats  Multiple URLS are reported separately (e.g pittsfield-twp.org. www.pittsfield-twp.org

, twp pittsfield.org, and www.twp-pittsfield.org

)  We are looking at ways to get all data reported together (including testing Google analytics on Pittsfield Township)

WebTrends to Webalyzer

 Things to look at:  Pages  Visits  Top URLs  Code 404 – Call us if you have a lot and we can look at the logs

What’s Happening In Washtenaw County   Summer, fall, and winter articles with community events If you have an event that you would like to appear on eWashtenaw send information to Nina Johnson

Website Updates

 New Sites:  Bridgewater Twp  Dexter Area Fire Dept.

 Manchester DDA  Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority  Ypsilanti DDA

Website Updates

 1Washtenaw Aggregated News  http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/1was htenaw

Website Updates

 I.E.7 vs. Epoz  Inserting images  Making internal links  Solutions:  Uninstall I.E.7

 Install Firefox Mozilla

GIS Updates

 March 1 will launch new Community Development Website  Intended to help Community Development better assess how to best distribute redevelopment funding.

 Will provide access to Census Data and Census Mapping & Zoning layers online. Can also link to your Zoning ordinance if you have it available online.

ArcGIS Upgrade

 County will be upgrading the GIS software we use from ArcGIS 9.1 to 9.2

 Will be completed by Feb 27  New Parcel files will be available to LUGs by March 1 then again after BOR  If you use ArcGIS – let us know.

GIS Professional Development

 2007 GIS Class Schedule Available!

 New Classes Include:  Using Census Data with GIS  Cartographic Principles in ArcGIS 9.2  Working with Labels and Annotation  Redesigned Online Mapping Class  Also will be scheduling demos for  ArcExplorer (new free GIS tool)  Google Mash-ups  Pictometry

Professional Development

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New software for PD catalog & registration https://w3.pcesecure.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WTM Guest login available – contact PD Staff for free individual account login & password Self-service registration and online catalog of classes Individual PD Transcript Waitlist options

Professional Development

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Upcoming Opportunities of Special Interest!

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Dale Carnegie: Fun & Fearless Speaking: 3/20/07

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Effective Presentations: 3/26/07

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Cash Handling Training: 4/19/07 or 5/7/07

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Enlightened Leadership with Melanie Mills: 5/11/07

Washtenaw County Landmark Photo Contest

Washtenaw County Landmark Photo Contest 

Launch: March 1, 2007

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Information mailed and e-mailed to all Local Units by Tuesday, February 20

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Published Articles - eCentral, eWashtenaw, 1Washtenaw February 21

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News Release – February 22

Purpose of this Contest T

o solicit photographs that represents Washtenaw County landmarks to be showcased in Washtenaw County buildings and publications, and to highlight and promote local talent.

A few specifics…

 Photos for the the contest must be taken and electronically submitted from March of 2007 to March of 2008  Anyone may submit , including Washtenaw County employees.

 Top 50 entrants will be honored. Top 10 entrants will receive a $50.00 gift certificate and a framed copy of the submitted print will go to Washtenaw County, the entrant and the landmark jurisdiction.

The Judges

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Panel of Judges (Tentative):

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Commissioner Barbara Bergman

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Freedom Township’s Ray Berg

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Professor Don Werthman

What’s Your Landmark?

Meet 1Washtenaw

 Pat Kelly, Dexter Township  Ron Mann, Manchester Township  Joe Zurawski, York Township   William McFarlane, Superior Township Who’s Next?

Next Meeting

 Washtenaw County eGov Strategic Plan  RSS, Wikis & MashUps, oh my!