Board Blog

Hello folks,

Thank you for all the interest that has been expressed in the RFP for the IxDA.org Redesign project. We received a lot of very intelligent questions about the RFP and requirement documents, and we've done our best to provide thorough answers. Please refer to these Q&A materials which we've published at:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rh7ToAunTuGtC4B2jdp0F8g&output=html

We're pleased to publish a request for proposal (RFP) in order to engage with an experienced Drupal development partner for the redesign of the IxDA.org website.

For more information on responding, please refer to the page http://www.devise.com/ixda/index.html, where you will find the RFP document as well as four reference documents provided for scope assessment.

Some notable dates from the RFP include:

* Due date for questions about this RFP is May 29
* We will provide public responses to all questions by May 31
* Due date for proposals is June 6

Hi folks,

I would like to let you know that, after selecting Drupal as the platform, the team is now looking for a partner.

This partner could be either a technical advisor or a resource to help us finish our prototype. Additionally, the same person/company can help us on the maintenance of the site.

The team is also starting to prototype, based on the document Liz made available for you.

Cheers,

Amyris

Hi folks,

We wanted to share publicly the Conan release plan that we recently finalized along with our final selection of Drupal as our technology platform. This material helps clarify our goals and intentions with respect to the infrastructure effort, as it clarifies our decision-making process plus the data and personas behind our decisions.

Hi folks,

I also want to share the news that our IxDA infrastructure initiative has selected Drupal to provide the technical platform for our website redesign project.

My name is Amyris Fernández, and I am a new IxDA Board member. I also am the project manager of the IxDA Infrastructure project (code-named Conan).

On behalf of the Conan team, I would like you to read the results of our survey research about the existing IxDA website. They are available here: SurveySummary_02162009.pdf

At this time, we would like to solicit any design inputs, ideas and suggestions. We're especially eager to receive wireframes and concrete interaction design concepts that could benefit our community of practice. Please email them to: fernandezamyris@gmail.com.

Hello IxDA Members,

This is an update from the IxDA Conan infrastructure team about the results of our recent online survey about IxDA.org which we conducted at the start of February. Firstly, thank you very much to the over 200 folks who responded! We really appreciate your time. Your inputs are guiding the scope of work definition for our next-generation system even as I type this message.

We have placed a summary document with all of the survey results online for anybody to review. It's available at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df6bq4tg_7g86kdvck.

Dear IxDA members,

I'm pleased to provide a progress report on the Infrastructure initiative. This project, for which I am the project manager, aims to significantly update the IxDA.org website, most particularly in the areas of local groups, an events calendar, member profiles and improved discussion tools.

Hello All,

I'm very pleased to be able to announce your new Board of Directors Officers for 2009.

Last week, the newly appointed Board of directors of the Association met to select officers for the coming year. According to our bylaws, our Board is required to seat four officers: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

For 2009, our officers will be:

Dear IxDA Members,

As an IxDA Director, I’m pleased to be able to use our new Board Blog to publicly re-launch an initiative dedicated to delivering next-generation infrastructure for IxDA.org.