Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists
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Council on Information Technology The Council on Information Technology (COIT) met by conference call on July 14, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. (Central). Participating were Drs. Richard Savage, Chair, William Engilman, Ronald Jacobson, Joseph Janowski, Gary Kloberdanz, Gary Opin, Kirt Simmons, and Lawrence Wang, as well as Dr. Donald Joondeph, Trustee Liaison, Ms. Linda Gladden and Mr. James Pearson, AAO Staff Liaisons, and Steve Ruch, AAO staff. Not present was Dr. Gary Kloberdanz.
GENERAL COIT PROJECTS Braces.org redesign:
Dr. Savage said that the project will consist of three members from the Council on Communications (COC) and three COIT members. COC will assist COIT in the budget development and COC will provide input on content and appearance. The development process will be the same as the member web site redesign and include a planning session in St. Louis, layout reviews, and a development/testing phase. There is no money currently budgeted for this project. COIT will submit a budget motion to the AAO Board of Trustees’ for their August 2005 meeting.
Constituent Web Sites Program
A conference call with interested constituents was held on May 11, 2005. The California Association of Orthodontists web site was reviewed and input was provided regarding the needs of the interested constituents.
The final draft of the constituent web site master template is in process through the AAO. Once approved, the AAO will begin setting up sites. It is anticipated this will begin in October, 2005. The three constituent groups who are still interested are GLAO, MSO, and RMSO.
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES The Orthodontist as CEO®
COIT has submitted their selected speakers and topic descriptions to AAO for placement in the conference program. The conference is scheduled for February 10-12, 2006, in Scottsdale, Arizona. The COIT subcommittee members for this program are Richard Savage, Chair, William Harrell Jr. (consultant), and Larry Wang. COIT 2008 Technology Conference
The AAO Board of Trustees has approved this program; however, they have not yet selected a venue. Dr. Joondeph stated that Las Vegas is currently the front-runner.
The COIT subcommittee members for this program are Richard Savage, Chair, Joe Janowski, Gary Kloberdanz, Gary Opin, and Larry Wang.
INTERNET SERVICES PROJECT UPDATE Redundant Web Site Project This project provides server failover for AAO web servers, and some AAO internal systems, if a server goes down or needs to be taken off line. When this system goes live, AAO web site visitors will have no knowledge when a primary web server is unavailable.
Status: The project is in its final phase. Expected Completion Date: May 12, 2005
Web Server Move to New Hosting Environment On March 18, 2005, the AAO web servers were moved to a new hosting company. The new provider offers the AAO with lower costs and more services than our previous provider. The move was a large undertaking by both AAO staff and outside vendors, but through mutual cooperation by all, the entire project went smoothly.
Status: Completed
WEBSITE PROJECT UPDATE Ortho Locator This project will update Orthodontic Locator on braces.org and add the same mapping functionality to the AAO members.org site. The member site will feature member-oriented searches (e.g. slot size, technique, etc.).Status: The public site, which makes up the core of this project, is almost completed; work is progressing on the Member site. Expected Launch: Before Annual Session
Develop An Online Testing System For The AJO/DO Test This is an online version of the test that appears in each issue of the AJO/DO. The majority of the work was done in-house by Steve Ruch. This test will tie into the AAO’s CE Credit Manager System which was also developed by Steve.
Status: Project is in the final stages. Expected Launch: Week of May 9, 2005
Library Enhancements This project expands the current online forums for members, and provides more automation and more integration with other AAO systems.
Status: Specifications are being defined and a request for proposal (RFP) will be sent out in May. Expected Launch: Summer 2005.
NEW PROJECTS Personalization Services Since the AAO Board of Trustees is very interested in this project, Jim Pearson has started research on it. Based on his research, we can get news, weather, and stock quote services for free.
CommonSpot Upgrade The January 05 CommonSpot 4.5 upgrade provides content authoring in Macintosh OS X and support for Mozilla-based browsers (Firefox and Netscape). The first service pack was recently released and the upgrade is tentatively scheduled for June 2005. |