Sharon Harrison, Jonathan Lindsay, Noel McHugh, Susan Bustetter, Rip Heminway, Scott Elliott
The group discussed the charge and the goals of the Portals Workgroup. There was consensus that there seem to be two different needs and goals that really have not worked well within the current group configuration. The first group, made up primarily of Advancement, has constituency needs that fall outside of the scope of work of C&C and have identified several third party vendors that would meet the Alumni On-Line Community needs. The second group, made up of mostly internal offices, have been unable to find third party software that works well for their purposes and rely on C&C to develop pathways using My.Evergreen. Due to the conflict in the nature of the work and needs the following recommendations were made.
- The Portals Workgroup as it is currently configured (and charged by Administrative ITCH) should be disbanded.
- A new workgroup should be charged from Core ITCH that would 1) define guidelines for My.Evergreen and 2) provide strategic direction for My.Evergreen for the future.
- Advancement will chart a parallel track by continuing to engage in an internal strategic IT process and, once that has been outlined, engage members of Admissions to review current third party software demonstrations. Sharon Harrison and Susan Bustetter will work with Admissions through this process.