CII Minutes
September 6, 2005
11:30 pm

Introductions
~present: Ann Bishop (iLabs and CII), Karen Fletcher (IP Coor.), Paul Park (G.A. on Digital EsL), Cindy Welch (Jackie-Joyner Kersee Center outreach initiative), Mike Twidale (webpage usability), Paul Adams (Prairienet), Camilla Fulton (G.A. in pnet member services and CNI Training)
~useful websites: www.prairienet.org/pnetwiki, www.digitalesl.org, www.prairienet.org/helpcenter, www.prairienet.org/mailman, www.teensread.prairienet.org, www.inquiry.uiuc.edu

Tech Support
~more time slots for available help with pnet and ilabs suggested
~organized approach necessary
~set up meeting times with people for hands-on help (with whoever would be most helpful)

PNet Space
~renovations to the Prairienet space are underway! Be on the lookout for new computers, furniture, and carpeting...

CII websites coordination, intergration, usability, bugs...
~prob: webspaces not really integrated at the present
~K would like a place to highlight all of the current projects
~suggested to make up a profile of a group that would be better off with iLabs than a webhost
~K would like a more user-friendly way to set up pnet websites (Ann suggested looking at http://civicspacelabs.org)
~is there a way we can automate installation? can we give the organization complete flexibility over their website?

General
~suggested to offer a hands-on review of iLabs to CIC students
~start submitting events/news to the GSLIS website (i.e. Paul\\\'s upcoming trip to Africa)
~suggested to start adding "marketing" to meeting announcements
~CII Staff mailing list underway
~suggested to make a more rigorous way of documenting tasks (esp. G.A. tasks) so that there is no "loss" of crucial information whenever someone leaves

~close of meeting at 1:30pm~