Hello, Thursday Nov. 19 is just two weeks away. What should we schedule for our topic(s)? My notes include these past suggestions: * Drupal showcase - demos and tips re. this popular open source WCM platform * UThink showcase - demos and tips re. this U Libraries blogging and publishing tool, which uses the Movable Type platform * Google Search Appliance * Best practices in form design * 2009 university web templates - we're nearing the end of their first year of adoption; who's using them and what have we learned? And, more recently: * 3rd party web tools, and informing university policy about their use (Sound familiar? Our recent list thread tipped me about this one!) e.g. YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and many others. * Google Analytics --- I don't mind contributing to this discussion sometime soon, but my most recent implementations should have more time to collect data so that my demos could be more meaningful * Unit and department web and database hosting needs (it would be great to invite some OIT service providers / strategic planners to such a mtg.) I'm sure there's plenty of other topic possibilities. Please let me know whether I should make an online form for voting on topics, or whether we can come to a decision via the list itself. Or, other ideas? (Remember, I'm winging it here --- your advice is needed, not just on topics but how we run this continuing education and networking effort) Thanks for your help and suggestions! Kris Layon U of M Web Standards & Accessibility Workgroup Kristofer D. Layon Director of Web Design & Online Collaboration 612.624.4545 : [log in to unmask] : http://blog.lib.umn.edu/layo0002/work/ - - - - - - Office of the Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration University of Minnesota Twin Cities http://www.academic.umn.edu/system/