Transcript Welcome to the IGCS TEST Conference Call

Welcome to the IGCS Council
Conference Call !
Monday 08-JAN-2007
16:00 ET (21:00 GMT)
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Educational Resources: Update 1
• Lecture Slide Presentations
– 17 lectures have been uploaded, including Bast (IGCS Award)
and Dargent
• Case Discussion and Rare Tumors
– To be moderated by Nick Reed (Sheffield, UK) via GCIG and
Alison Brand (Sydney, Australia)
– ? Relationship to GCIG and ESGO
• Tumor Board
– Awaiting first new case presentations with voting for March
– Primary moderator Karl Podratz (Mayo Clinic, US)
• Journal Club
– Awaiting first new articles and discussion
– Primary moderator Martin Gore (Royal Marsden, UK)
Educational Resources: Update 2
• Newsletter
– Coordinate content with Adriana Bermudez (Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
– Highlight new articles on home page
• Regional Calendars for Meetings and Events
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Planning in process
Multi-language user preferences under development
Location for regional newsletters and links to other societies
Collaboration with Fernando Gorosito (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• IJGC
– Request to Kavanagh for discussion to clarify goals
• Public educational resources
– No active development
Council Resources
• Sharing of Committee Reports to Council
– Posted after each Council meeting
• Conference Calls with Web Desktop Sharing
IGCS Financial Transactions
• Software Status
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Testing in progress
On-line payments should be available 01-Feb
Incorporate new members and renewing members
Utilize existing IGCS membership categories
Email verification and reporting capabilities
• New Members
– Application  Review  Acceptance  Dues
• Renewals
– Notification  Payment
IGCS Web Development
• Initial functional specifications and development
– Two-phase contract with Piehead, work completed, paid in full
– Request for expanded billing functionality (Kyube), one-time
charge for supplemental software development at $2500
• Ongoing monthly expenses (next page)
• IGCS staffing to support web development
– Michael Bookman
– Erica Riley
– Part-time position for content management, when ready to begin
multi-language editing and other new materials
IGCS Web Maintenance
• Ongoing maintenance and support
– Hosting of entire website at $10 per month through
hostexcellence.com
– Domain name services and certificates purchased
– Software license for content management system (Simplify|CMS
via Kyube) $100 per month
– Volume-based pricing for widgets (web tools), approximately $25
per month
– Basic support from Kyube for “bug-fixing”, etc.
• Enhanced support for new functionality
– Per-hour development, estimated at $200 per month for the first
6 months