1 Washtenaw

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1 Washtenaw

• February 1 2007
• Superior Township Hall

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Agenda

• Superior Welcome
• 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
• EmailJames McFarlane, Network Manager
• WebTrends to Webalyzer--Brenda Kerr, Web Lead
• Fun in the County this Spring
• WebsitesCharley Wolfe, Web Content Coordinator
• GIS Update - Kimberly Wraight, GIS Coordinator
• Professional DevelopmentLinda Wicks,
  Professional Development Coordinator
• Photo ContestJudy Foy
• Meet 1WashtenawNina Johnson, 1Washtenaw
  Coordinator
• Looking ForwardAndy Brush, Knowledge Manager

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How To Get Good Grades On Your Website

• What can we learn from the study?

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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

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Some of the Top Sites
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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

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Study Criteria

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

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Site Usability
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Citizen Responsiveness
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Disability
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Information and Information Tools
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Payment Services/e-permits
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Procurement
Bid Award Notification on Website
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Human Resources
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The Extra Credit Breadth Navigability
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Email Update

• Content

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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)

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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

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Whats 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

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Website Updates

• New Sites
• Bridgewater Twp
• Dexter Area Fire Dept.
• Manchester DDA
• Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority
• Ypsilanti DDA

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Website Updates

• 1Washtenaw Aggregated News
• http//www.ewashtenaw.org/government/1washtenaw

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Website Updates

• I.E.7 vs. Epoz
• Inserting images
• Making internal links
• Solutions
• Uninstall I.E.7
• Install Firefox Mozilla

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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.

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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.

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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

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Professional Development

• New software for PD catalog registrationhttps/
  /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

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Professional Development

• Upcoming Opportunities of Special Interest!
• Dale Carnegie Fun Fearless Speaking 3/20/07
• Effective Presentations 3/26/07
• Cash Handling Training 4/19/07 or 5/7/07
• Enlightened Leadership with Melanie Mills
  5/11/07

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Washtenaw County Landmark Photo Contest
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Washtenaw CountyLandmark Photo Contest

• Launch March 1, 2007
• Information mailed and e-mailed to all Local
  Units by Tuesday, February 20
• Published Articles - eCentral, eWashtenaw,
  1Washtenaw February 21
• News Release February 22

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Purpose of this Contest

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

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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.

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The Judges

• Panel of Judges (Tentative)
• Commissioner Barbara Bergman
• Freedom Townships Ray Berg
• Professor Don Werthman

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Whats Your Landmark?
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Meet 1Washtenaw

• Pat Kelly, Dexter Township
• Ron Mann, Manchester Township
• Joe Zurawski, York Township
• William McFarlane, Superior Township
• Whos Next?

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Next Meeting

• Washtenaw County eGov Strategic Plan
• RSS, Wikis MashUps, oh my!

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