Required Features

Here's a list of required features given to our developer ProMotion Arts.

• Comprehensive calendaring system, allowing list view and calendar view
• Beautiful, up-to-date layouts and images
• Clean layout
• Elegant natural colors
• As few "menus" as possible (while still being able to navigate easily)
• Light text on each page (too much text causes lots of scrolling, clicking is more fun)
• Page layouts, fonts, layouts should all compliment and flow from one page to the next
  
• Members Only section where members will have access to:
• Membership Directory
• Access to Soundings archives
• Document Library (ability to share non-copyrighted documents, usually firm forms and chapter forms)
  
• Goal of "Three Clicks or Less" to find what you need
• USEFUL Search feature
• Job Bank (formerly known as Employment page)
• Ability to pay for meetings and membership renewals online
• User friendly Photo Gallery
• Ability for Section leaders to post and edit their own sections of the website
• Finding information should be obvious
• Auto updating site map (when pages move, are deleted or are changed the site map automatically updates to reflect changes)
  

Other Features (Bells & Whistles)

Here's a list of possible additional features discussed with the developer ProMotion Arts

• Blogging (similar to an online publication with articles where readers can post comments)
  
• Podcasting (audio and/or video recordings of meetings)
• Ability to email HTML based messages from the website (a la "electronic newsletter")
  
• RSS Feeds (subscribe to content, get notifications of updates to particular sections of the site)
• Live Streaming Video (possible to have sponsor video special meetings to broadcast live videocast online)

(This list will continue to grow)

Mockups - Round 2

Timeline of PSALA.org Development

• February 25, 2008 - Web Committee delivers first Outline with narratives to ProMotion Arts
• February 7, 2008 - Mock-up Image #2 presented to PSALA Board
• February 7, 2008 - Mock-up Image #2 presented to Web Committee by ProMotion Arts and posted at PSALA Picasa Mock-ups
• February 5, 2008 - Web Committee meets with ProMotion Arts to see Mock-up Image #1
• January 3, 2008 - Web Committee Announces to ProMotion Arts that they have been selected as the developer by PSALA Board per Web Committee recommendations
• January 3, 2008 - Web Committee asks for Board vote to decide between the four prospective developers (with estimates from each developer) to PSALA Board for consideration
• December 17, 2007 - ProMotion Arts is asked for references based on Board questions
• December 6, 2007 - Web Committee presents four potential web developers for consideration. The Web Committee made its recommendations. Board asks for references and due diligence.
• August to November 2007 - Bidding process begins
  
• July 2007 - Confirmation that the committee would investigate options
  
• June 2007 - Initial idea discussed
  
• (To be continued)