Webmaster Annual Report - 2004-2005

Objectives:

Maintain two organizational listservs: one for MDMLG members and other interested individuals, and one for the MDMLG Executive Board members.
Maintain an informational web site for MDMLG.
Publish the 2004-2005 MDMLG Directory in HTML format.
Publish the MDMLG News in HTML format.

Committee Member:

Valerie Reid

Accomplishments:

Four issues of the MDMLG Newsletter (September 2004, November 2004, April 2005 and June 2005) were published on the MDMLG web site in conjunction with the MDMLG Communication Committee (http://www.mdmlg.org/members/news.htm).

The Announcements for each of the MDMLG Programs were put on the web site, along with the maps / directions to each location and the Evaluation Forms (http://www.mdmlg.org/meeting.htm).

The Meeting Minutes for both the General Membership Meetings and the Executive Board Meetings were mounted on the Members-Only portion of the web site (http://www.mdmlg.org/members/minutes.htm). In addition, the Treasurer's Reports for this fiscal year were included on the Members-Only portion of the web site (http://www.mdmlg.org/members/treasurer.htm).

The MDMLG Directory was updated initially in August with current information obtained from the MDMLG Membership Committee, and subsequently updated as needed (http://www.mdmlg.org/members/directory.htm). In addition, the mailing labels file was updated and uploaded monthly.

Many other web pages were added to the MDMLG web site: Announcements for the CE classes sponsored by MDMLG, Biographical Sketches for the Elections, Compensation & Benefits Committee Resources, Committee / Board Member web pages, Executive Board / Committee Chair Goals and Objectives, MDMLG Scholarship information, and the Site Index. The Job Bank web page was updated as needed.

All current MDMLG members were added to the MDMLG-L listserv.

The entire MDMLG web site is link-checked and updated on a monthly basis.

The MDMLG Username and Password for the Members-Only portion of the web site were changed in the fall after the membership renewals were completed. Each current member was notified.

The entire MDMLG web site was archived on CD ROM and submitted to the MDMLG Archives. This procedure will be continued once a year.

Work Yet To Be Accomplished:

None.

MDMLG Web Site Information:

Location: http://www.mdmlg.org
Web Hosting Company: ProvideNet
Number of web pages: 623 (483 last year)
Average number of hits per day: 421 (316 last year)
Average number of hits per month: 12,728 (9,468 last year)

MDMLG Listserv Information:

Hosting Server: L-Soft list server at UIC -- LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Number of subscribers to MDMLG-L: 153
Number of subscribers to MDMLGBD-L: 17

Submitted By,

Valerie L. Reid
MDMLG Webmaster
May 11, 2005