Electronic Information

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Electronic Information
January 12, 2004
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Electronic Directory

• Ian Gresham has done an excellent job in
  maintaining and updating the list!
• MTT-S directory now HTML based
• www.mtt.org - Member Services - Directories

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Electronic Directory
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Electronic Directory

• SPAM issues
• Email addresses can be obtained from robots
• Question
• Post email addresses by permission?
• I.e. send email stating that it will be posted
  and if you do not want it posted, reply?
• Post email addresses as image rather than text?

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Electronic Directory

• Thanks to Jenshin Lin for updating and revising
  the web site and electronic access for the MTT-S.
• Thanks to Takao Inoue for work in creating and
  maintaining the RFIC and RAWCON web sites.
• Tim Lee is the new MTT-S web master.

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MTT Web Report

• Timothy Lee
• tt.lee_at_ieee.org

January 12, 2004
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Updates

• Domain Names
• Website
• Email accounts
• Plan for future

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Domain Names

• Ims20xx registered thru 2021
• Rfic20xx registered thru 2010
• Domain names are reserved 20 years out
• Domain names for current conferences are
  registered at least 1 year following conference
  to allow debriefing activities

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IP Addresses

• MTT Transaction database backup site added. Owner
  is MTT-T Editor Michael Steer. 2GB requested.

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MTT Website

• Conference Calendar updated for 2004
• HTML version of Adcom Directory added to
  Membership Services
• Updated MTT Handbook posted to AdCom site
• Still need more inputs for TCC webpages
• More chapter web links added.
• New design for homepage in progress by Takao
  Inoue
• And something very exciting

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Electronic Forum Being Developed

• Need Electronic Forums for members of MTT-S to
  share information
• Discussion threads are recorded for those who
  cannot attend meeting to read, comment and for
  incoming committee members to gain corporate
  knowledge
• Unified interface for mtt.org information
• No heavy advertising found on Yahoo or MSN groups
• Organized into four sections
• General discussions Feedback
• TCC topics
• Symposia
• Adcom committees
• Located at www.mtt.org/forum

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Forum Organization and Access Control

• All users must be registered
• Automated email verification activation system
  for registration
• TCC forums will have moderators assigned from
  each committee
• Symposia and Adcom forums will be private and
  managed through ACLs

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Bulletin Software

• phpBB 2.06 (open-source, phpBB.com)
• mySql database
• Web-based administration
• Access control levels
• By group or individual
• All, Registered, Private, Moderator Admin
• Forums can be public, registered, private and
  hidden

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MTT Web Directory Structure
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Secured FTP Site

• Password-protected FTP site for committee members
  to share/transfer large electronic database.
  Avoid large email attachments or mailing CD.
• Instructions
• Upload FTP server name mtt.orgusername
  xftppassword
• Download http//www.mtt.org/xftp/ username
  xftppassword
• Please remove your files after the job is done.

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Email Accounts

• POP
• Forward
• Webmail

750MB max.
150 max.
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New Homepage design

• Need to make MTT homepage more attractive and
  informative for both long time and prospective
  members of the society
• Takao Inoue has taken a lead to help re-design
  the hompage
• Gathering best ideas
• From other engineering society sites
• From your suggestions

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Plan for future

• Multilingual websites Ryan Miyamoto is
  translating into Japanese version. Need more
  volunteers on other languages.
• Requesting suggestions for the forum before going
  live
• Please register on the forum area at
  http//www.mtt.org/forum
• I will be contacting the TCC and Adcom chairs to
  assign moderators and IMS Conference chairs for
  their requirements

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Acknowledgement
Thanks to all webmasters and everyone
contributing to the web contents or
givingsuggestions!