Technology Committee

The Technology Committee maintains the UMCF Web site, listserv, and membership database, looks for ways to enhance and leverage the use of technology to support the mission of the Forum, and advises the Forum on technology-related topics. The committee works to maintain an attractive, content-rich, easy-to-navigate Web site that includes committee and membership information, communications resources for members, program announcements and notes, conference information and registration, and more.

Experience or Skills Required
Because of the technical nature of many of the duties of the Technology Committee, we ask that volunteers have some basic skills. Specifically:

Ability to update a remote Web site via Dreamweaver.

Currently, the majority of the site pages are coded in html. Familiarity with php is not necessary but would be needed to update the dynamic areas of the site.

Experience using css and div tags.

Liaison Arrangement
Designated members of the Technology Committee will act as liaisons to the each of the other UMCF committees and to the board of directors. Liaisons are responsible for the following duties as they relate to their assigned committees:

Attending assigned committee meetings as needed based on the workload of the committee and time availability of the liaison, recognizing that this is voluntary commitment.

Coordinating updates to the Web pages related to the committee and its work. This may include working with other members of the committee to obtain photos, written statements, or other materials to be posted to the Web site.

Updating in a timely manner those Web pages related to the committee and, if necessary, asking for assistance from other members of the Technology Committee.

Interested? Contact Lani Payette at payet003@umn.edu.

Committees

The Communicators Forum has five committees. As a committee member or chair, you'll have the opportunity to work with other talented individuals across the University while lending your skills to make the Forum an exciting and vital volunteer organization.