[iaoa-infrastructure] Finalizing the new website: help needed

[Laure Vieu]

Dear all,

In order to open the new website next week, there are a few things still
to do, for which the EC contribution is needed in addition to that of
the infrastructure committee.

First, you may want to have a look again at the current architecture and
contents. Please visit http://188.166.12.201/ and send feedback to
iaoa-infrastructure at ovgu.de
Note that the member's area and all the scripts (joining form, renewal
form, password reset form) are not online yet.
You will also see that a few pages have still missing contents (marked
with **stars**). The missing link to the members' area utilities will be
updated once the access will be finalized.
A notable case is the (end of the) "Resource" page where links to IOS
Press publications are missing.
If you know (or just have suggestions) what to add there, please tell us.

We hope to be able to have a fully functional website next week, but
there are still many things to test to put these scripts online.
If we fail, we will open the website anyway, with a temporary page for
all such scripts explaining what to do to register manually in time for
FOIS. I strongly hope we will not fail this strong deadline as we failed
all previous ones. Valter is actively working on the scripts, and the
decision regarding this will be taken next Monday August 27, in a
reduced infrastructure meeting.

In any case, a last important thing is needed, and for this we also need
your input:
We need to publish a post to appear on the landing page instead of the
obsolete "IAOA newsletter 2015/2016"
(http://188.166.12.201/index.php/2016/02/25/iaoa-newsletter-20152016/)
I suppose such a letter should welcome the new members finally able to
now join the Swiss IAOA and celebrate the new website, made to be more
interactive and with more information such as the Events and Deadlines
calendars.
Who is willing to draft such a letter? (Michael, Frank? or should I
start myself?) Perhaps there is already a draft of a 2018 newsletter
that only needs to be updated?

Final note: it would be good to have the Events and Deadlines calendars
up-to-date by then (in particular it seems there are no upcoming
deadlines). You can send suggestions to those who can edit these
calendars: Frank, Roberta and myself.

Thanks for your help,
Laure