ROCKNET MEETING MINUTES
September 9, 1999
Present: Mike Cannon, Stan Klein, Erik Granered, Bob Ekman
Meeting called to order at 7:45 pm by Bob Ekman.
1. Minutes of the 8 July meeting were tabled due to the lack of
members from that meeting. There was no meeting in August.
2. Reports:
a. The city is seeking applications for the web administrator
position. They have received some resumes, but would like
more. They will Post an ad in the Washington Post. Bob Ekman
agreed to help with interviews.
b. Statistics from the web sites are not available. There was
discussion on the possible products that produce statistics.
Erik Granered agreed to establish a process, including
selection of the appropriate tool.
c. Chris Medley will continue to help with web pages until a
new administrator is hired.
3. RockNet received a letter from the Maryland Department of
Assessments on Personal Property Returns. The letter will be
forwarded to Bob Skinner.
4. Web Server
a. The issue of server backups was discussed. Mike Cannon will
review the issue with Ray Pecora.
b. The new server is up and running well. RockNet intends to
grant several new accounts to help with the creation of web
pages.
c. The need for a better connection to the Internet was again
raised. The City is waiting on the StarPower agreement. It
could be several or many months. The City may look into
using a DSL service in the interim.
5. The plans for the new web server include the following tasks.
a. Bob Ekman will work on setting up the Index Server. We will
work to have two separate search results -- one for RockNet
and one for the City.
b. Erik Granered will work on setting up the process for
dropping files on our server. We are currently using FTP
which is not real secure.
6. City Elections
a. The City is planning to post results from election night
directly to their web site. The web site results will be
the basis for the report on the cable channel.
b. Roald Schrack has agreed to help with the RockNet election
web pages. It was felt that candidate positions on subjects
of interest to Rockville citizens should be posted.
7. Increased participation in RockNet was discussed. It was
suggested that we place an article in Rockville Reports. In
order to describe what we mean by participation, it was
decided that we post a list of possible RockNet projects.
8. The Gaithersburg web site was reviewed. Their web cam was
considered as a possible project for Rockville.
9. The Y2K articles in Rockville Reports was discussed as to
whether it focused too much on it as an emergency.
10. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Ekman
301-340-9696
524 Carr Ave.
Rockville, MD 20850
