[aklug] Re: OT:? CMS at ASD

Wait, now I feel really stupid. This is Drupal? They are going to pay =
$140k+ for a proprietary version of Drupal when half the schools already =
run Drupal in some form locally on site? For real? At Highland we had =
three different Drupal systems running, one for kids, one for teachers =
and one open to everyone at one point.

Next year, can I just take my tax dollars and burn them in a fire so I =
can at least enjoy the pretty flames when it all gets wasted?

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Grober [mailto:marc@interak.com]=20
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:52 PM
To: aklug@aklug.org
Subject: [aklug] Re: OT:? CMS at ASD

Scott, your figures would be off, as ASD will still pay someone $20K+
to manage the CMS locally... the $140K is for licensing and maintenance
and corporate support only..... And it does not include content
management, just structural management.

So, yes, if we divide the $140K by 5 and add $20K I would be happy to
manage Drupal to do the same thing.... and have done the equivalent in
the past - lol. Thats about $48K/yr which is damn good pay for a half
time job ;=3D} (I think I was paid some $50K plus benefits to provide =
the
equivalent service and it took a good deal less than 20 hours a week... =
)

I did post to the ASD facebook site this comparison:
http://www.cmsmatch.com/compare/content-management-systems/1191%201068%20=
11%20787

And this is for the District, Jim.... The unions are quite a ways from
being able to handle any substantive web 2.0 technology - lol - AEA
still freaked out by Lyris ;=3D} The IT BRT argued against zangle and =
for
investing in open software expertise before ASD purchase zangle, and the
mess that zangle currently is was largely predicted by the BRT.

On 2/21/11 5:35 PM, Scott Carnahan wrote:
> So, since I have not replyed in a long time...
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> How many folks on this list would be willing, for only the published =
=3D
> amount that the school district is going to pay ($140,423), to set =
this =3D
> up and be the admin for ASD using nothing but open source?=3D20
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> I am not really up on CMS, but from chatting with a few folks about =
this =3D
> I began to wonder how many of us would be willing, and could actually =
do =3D
> this, and would be willing to do it for $23,403 (approx) a year for 6 =
=3D
> years.
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> Scott
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Gribbin [mailto:jimgribbin@gmail.com]=3D20
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 4:07 PM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] Re: OT:? CMS at ASD
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> So. Are we buying this for the school district or the union?
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> I looked at their website. Most of their case studies ar for
> universities, large corporations, and the government sector. They do
> have one for haw they can help your union's organization.
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> I saw nothing about schools or school districts, let alone how it can
> help students.
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> Jim G
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> On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 09:06 -0900, Marc Grober wrote:
>> Chatting with Mike Fleckenstein at ASD about issues with iCal
>> subscriptions to ASD's WebEvent installation he mentioned that ASD
>> hadn't upgraded WebEvent because they were going to a new CMS with
>> calendar. Sniffing about I discovered that ASD had approved a =3D
> contract
>> for CMS in September. While I thought it unfortunate that ASD chose
>> TerminalFour for its new CMS, I didn't realize just how unfortunate =
it
>> was when taken in liht of the argued budget shortfalls..... $140,000 =
=3D
> or
>> five years. Why oh why-o? Take a gander at the technical =
requirements.
>> =3D20
>> ******************
>> =3D20
>> 9. ASD Memorandum #17 =3DE2=3D80=3D93 Award of Contract: Web Content =
=3D
> Management System
>> It is the Administration=3DE2=3D80=3D99s recommendation that the =
School =3D
> Board approve
>> and authorize the Superintendent to award a contract to TerminalFour =
=3D
> to
>> provide a Web Content Management System (CMS) as follows: =3D
> Implementation
>> costs and software license in the amount of $80,738 for FY 2010-2011;
>> maintenance and support renewal in the amount of $11,937 for FY
>> 2011-2012; maintenance and support renewal in the amount of $11,937 =
=3D
> for
>> FY 2012-2013; maintenance and support renewal in the amount of =
$11,937
>> for FY 2013-2014; maintenance and support renewal in the amount of
>> $11,937 for FY 2014-2015, and maintenance and support renewal in the
>> amount of $11,937 for FY 2015-2016 for a total contract amount of
>> $140,423.
>> =3D20
>> See, Board Minutes for September 13, 2010
>> =3D
> =
http://www.asdk12.org/School_Board/Archives/2010-2011/Minutes/20100913R.p=
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> df
>> approving Memorandum 17 on Agenda for September 13, 2010.
>> =3D
> =
http://www.asdk12.org/School_Board/Archives/2010-2011/20100913/H09M017.pd=
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> f
>> based upon RFP2009-605 which requires in pertinent part.....
>> =3D20
>> Technical requirements
>> 1) Uses Active Directory for authentication and authorization.
>> 2) Supports a testing/staging and production server environment with
>> sync capability between the tiers.
>> 3) Robust API for custom development.
>> 4) SIF 2.0 compliant with preference for certification.
>> 5) Compliant with SSL, preference for selective SSL for portions of
>> content.
>> 6) Back-up utility with ability to bring the system back to a =3D
> particular
>> point in time.
>> 7) To be hosted on Anchorage School District servers in the following
>> preferred environment:
>> i. Windows 2003/2008 64-bit
>> ii. ASP.net 2.0 and 3.5
>> iii. IIS 6+
>> iv. SQL server 2005/2008
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