NHASFAA Council Meeting 1/7/06

NHASFAA Website Committee Members Paula Currie, Plymouth State University Kim Dowd, Granite State College Crystal Finefrock, Plymouth State University David Goodman, NHHEAF Jason Graves, Chester College Lisa Lonigro, NHHEAF Jill Sikora, University of New Hampshire Nancy Tucker, Granite State College

First Website Committee Meeting 12/13/05 Agenda Goal of Discuss ‘free offer’ Secure vs Not Secure Welcome Page (Contents & Design) Secure Area (Contents & Layout) Releases (Content & Release Dates) Action Items (Assignment & Deadlines)

NHASFAA Website “Our Goal” Comprehensive Visible Current Functional Educational (resource, contacts) Useful to FA Professionals Useful to non-FA (student, guidance counselors) Communication tool (post articles, questions etc) Inviting (external and internal, user-friendly)

Website Free Offer NHHEAF hosts websitewww.nhasfaa.org is written in ASP.NETwww.NASSGAP.org NHHEAF does not have the environment to support.NET NHHEAF timeframe for upgrade to support.NET unknown Decided not to go with website offer due to time constraintswww.NASSGAP.org

Secure or Not Secure –No Security –Authentication: members have unique username and password, no sensitive data allowed on website –Encryption: very secure, hard to open, cost est. $800 ($400 per server – we are on two servers right now, 1 is a backup) – ie needed to implement online payment system –Authentication with Encryption: Can used combined approach

Welcome Page Contents Left Side Margin - Welcome Middle of Page Text –About the organization –Mission Statement –From the President –Most current newsletter Links/buttons on top of page –Membership List Institution Members List Associate Members Why become a member? (text) Membership Application Paying Dues –Speakers Bureau Right Side Margin –Login to secure area –List of Officers –Contact Us Information Member logo’s as banner scroll on bottom of the page

Officers CONTACT US Middle of Page Text - About the organization - Mission Statement - From the President - Most current newsletter

Idea’s On Secure “Look” TBD – did not have time to discuss

Contents of Secure Area - Member Database - Newsletters - Weekly FA questions and articles (read and comment) - Conferences (prior & upcoming – dates, location, agenda, copy of presentations, pictures) - NHASFAA by-laws - Training section (NHASFAA, EASFAA, NASFAA) - Helpful Links - NHASFAA Committee Section (members, minutes, mission, meeting schedule, committee list serve, document section) - Search Capability - Job Postings - Calendar - List Serve - Available Materials/Financial Aid Forms (document sharing)

Release Dates/Content Release 1 – February 17, Welcome Page – Lisa and David - Requirements Definition Doc - David - Speakers Bureau link – Kim - Membership Link – Chris - Officers (present and historical) – Clint Release 2 (Secure Area) – (TBD) - Member Database - Newsletters - Chris - Weekly FA questions and articles (read and comment) - Conferences (prior & upcoming – dates, location, agenda, copy of presentations, pictures) Lisa-Conference pictures show, Chris Presentation copies - NHASFAA by-laws Chris - Training section (NHASFAA, EASFAA, NASFAA) Jill - Helpful Links – Nancy - NHASFAA Committee Section (members, minutes, mission, meeting schedule, committee list serve, document section) Chris Release 3 (Secure Area) – (TBD) - Search Capability - Job Postings - Calendar - Jason - List Serve - Available Materials/Financial Aid Forms (document sharing)

Next Meeting: January 20 th, pm GSC