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Director's Comments
The first half of 2008 has passed rapidly as the CeCC Team has progressed online service projects ranging from national to local initiatives. The delivery of customised web solutions for the Australian Tourism Accreditation Program (capacity building for tourism enterprises), the Grains Research and Development Corporation (knowledge management) and the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (inter-operative web-based GIS) are just three examples of major projects being undertaken.
New projects which have been launched include websites for the Ballarat Region Seed Bank, Ballarat Symphony Orchestra, Interpath (Switzerland), Rotary 2009 Conference District 9780, UoB Council and UoB Technology Park. The Rural Law Online website has also undergone a significant redevelopment.
The 2008 CeCC Client Forum has been scheduled for 15 August 2008. We hope that many of you will be able to join us at the Forum and also join in the CeCC 10th Birthday Celebrations.
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Staff News
Welcome back to Rebecca Lubeek who has returned after three months leave. Rebecca is concentrating on CeCC marketing projects and learning the ropes of various IT projects.
Taryn Davies also joined us in February, to take on a Project Officer role supporting event management and other activities stemming from the Ballarat ICT cluster consultancy. We are very pleased to welcome Taryn to the CeCC Team.
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Client News
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New look for Rural Law Online
One of CeCC’s highest profile sites is sporting a revamped design. Much effort was expended to give the site a more contemporary look without impacting on the features which have made the site so successful. Functional improvements include navigational enhancements, content restructuring and many other minor updates. The revamped site was launched on the 29th of May and the feedback so far has been extremely positive.
To check it out for yourself click here (rurallaw.org.au)
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ATAP Project Attracts Media Interest
The Australian Tourism Accreditation Program (www.atap.net.au) is a Nationally based online accreditation system for tourism operators which has been developed by CeCC. The system is based on services which were successfully piloted through a University of Ballarat, AusIndustry funded pilot in Victoria.
For more information about this project click here
To read the ZDNet.com.au feature on the Australian Tourism Accreditation Program titled How Bloody Well Accredited Are You please click here
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The University of Ballarat Council invite its Council Members to visit their new website
On Tuesday the 22nd of April the members of the University of Ballarat Council were invited to visit the recently redeveloped section of the University website. The redeveloped site includes a member's only section with inbuilt document management functionality.
To check it out for yourself click here (http://www.ballarat.edu.au/vco/legal/council/)
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New University of Ballarat Technology Park (UBTP) Website
On the 20th of May UBTP launched their new branding including a redeveloped website at the Greenhill Enterprise Centre. The new site is rich in multimedia promoting the benefits of the Technology park and its tenants.
The new website is available at (http://www.ubtp.com.au/)
For the full story provided by the Ballarat Courier – click here.
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Research Activities
CeCC played a lead role in organising activities which launched the 2008 Alfred Deakin Lecture Series in Ballarat on 4 June 2008.
CeCC is actively involved in the organising committee for the Australian Conference for Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support. The 2008 conference will be held in Ballarat between 8-10 December 2008. This will be the first time the event has been held outside Melbourne.
In 2008, Helen has continued to contribute to the Monash Doing IT Better project through participation in the project working group. CeCC was one of the major sponsors for the Doing IT Better Conference which was held on 17 June 2008.
CeCC also contributed towards sponsoring a visit by a leading UK volunteering expert. During his time in Ballarat, Mr John Davies participated in three events - the UBTP and Ballarat IT Specialists Networking Event, a meeting with Ballarat Cares' Corporate Members and a workshop with Logon project participants.
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Google Developer Day 2008
In June Paul attended the Google Developer Day in Sydney. Paul investigated the use of new and existing Google technologies in CeCC developments such as:
- Google Web Toolkit - Making AJAX applications faster and more compatible.
- Gears for more advanced desktop integration , including the ability to continue working if a connection is lost.
- Google Maps - Extending CeCC's current maps usage to more advanced applications.
- OpenSocial for social networking developments
- Android -an open development environment for mobile devices.
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Upcoming Events
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CeCC Annual Client Forum
CeCC will hold its annual Client Forum on 15 August 2008. The forum aims to bring our clients together to facilitate the sharing of client innovations and successes. The CeCC team will also share information on our latest product updates.
More information will be distributed to clients prior to the event.
CeCC 10 Year Anniversary Dinner
CeCC also celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year. We will be holding a dinner in conjunction with this years client forum to celebrate our achievements and have some fun together with people we have dealt with over the 10 year period.
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Ballarat Tech Park & Ballarat IT Specialists Breakfast
The University of Ballarat Technology Park and Ballarat IT Specialists Breakfast brings together ICT professionals and other stakeholders from Ballarat and region. Breakfasts are held on the third Tuesday of each month during 2008.
Region: Ballarat
Location: Greenhill Enterprise Centre Conference Room - Ballarat Technology Park, Mt Helen
Contact: Taryn Davies Phone: 03 5327 6158
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Training News
The second quarter of this year saw a mix of both new and old client’s organising training sessions with CeCC staff members.
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Moorabool Community Online (MCOnline.com.au) Cultural and Historical Artifacts Database (CHAD) Training
The first session for the quarter was organised by the Moorabool Council for the CHAD project. This session was held on Wednesday the 9th of April at the Moorabool Council Computer Training room. The CHAD project is currently hosted within the MCOnline.com.au website and can be found at the following web address - http://www.mconline.com.au/chad/ .
Participants for this session came from the following organisations within the Moorabool Council; The Moorabool Shire Council, The Bacchus Marsh RSL, The Bacchus Marsh Blacksmiths Cottage, The Ballan Shire Historical Society and the Blackwood District Historical Society Inc.
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Fitzroy Legal Service (FLS) Content Management System (CMS) & Intranet Training
On Friday the 11th of April CeCC conducted an Introduction to CMS and Intranet training for a large number of the FLS staff. The session was broken into two parts. The first part consisted of a demonstration of the applications that make up the CeCC CMS, for example; The CeCC Webmanager, Content Builder, Helpdesk and Site Statistics. The second part of this session was a quick Introduction to the FLS Intranet. This part of the session was presented with the assistance of both Simon Roberts and Abby Ogada-Osir from FLS.
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Communities and Technologies (CAT) Workshops
The third and fourth sessions in the CAT series of workshops both fell in this quarter of 2008. The two workshop’s entitled “Site Builder and Local Directories” (held on Wednesday the 16th of April) and “News Headlines and Articles” (held on Wednesday the 28th of May) both saw good attendance from Moorabool Community members from the following towns; Mt Egerton, Ballan, Gordon, Greendale and Dales Creek.
For more information about this project please refer to the Moorabool Community Online website – www.mconline.com.au .
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Federation of Community Legal Centre’s CMS Training
As part of the Federation of Community Legal Centre’s (CLC’s) Conference 2008 CeCC conducted an Introduction to CMS training for CLC’s that missed out on the first round of CMS training sessions in the latter part of 2007. This session was held on Thursday the 26th of June in the Victorian Legal Aid computer training room Melbourne. The session was attended by members from; Moreland CLC, Wyndham Legal Service, Darebin CLC and the Loddon Campspe CLC.
For all CeCC training enquires contact Craig Briody (Web Developer and Training Officer) on 53279319 or email training@cecc.com.au
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Recent Events
BICT for Women - April Lunch
Ballarat ICT for Women held its first lunch for 2008 on Friday 18 April.
Dr Catherine Lang, Senior Lecturer at Swinburne University and Deputy Chair of VicICT for Women spoke about a mentoring program developed by VicICT for Women and explored the potential of tapping into this program at the local level.
Visit the Ballarat ICT website (http://www.ballaratict.com/women) to find out more.
Ballarat ICT Cluster - Maximising the benefits of innovation
New technologies are now an integral part of everyday business. This panel brought business owners and ICT professionals together to share their experiences and explore ways for maximising the benefits of innovation through progressively adopting ICT.
Visit the Ballarat ICT website (http://www.ballaratict.com) to find out more.
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Product Updates
Web-based Geographical Information System (GIS)
An interoperative web-based GIS which will provide a platform for the delivery of spatial and map-based services has been established. The first major project utilising this platform will be launching soon. Check the CeCC website for updates.
Docbook Manager
Version 3.0 of Docbook Manager which has been under development for over 12 months will be available in August. This much improved version of our single source publishing application will deliver many highly anticipated enhancements. Full details will be provided at the CeCC client forum on the 15th of August.
Resource Manager / Document Management system
Over the course of several intranet-based projects, CeCC has developed a highly functional document management system. This highly customisable solution will be available as an optional module within Content Builder to integrate intranet and resource management into a single interface. More information will be available at the CeCC client forum.
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