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== Our Contact ==

Tom Dent

Adobe Education Sales, TX

tdent@adobe.com

PH: 817-371-0399

[http://www.adobe.com/ Adobe Contribute]

== From the Meeting ==

Requesting powerpoint...

[http://uweb.tamu.edu/media/cms_showcase/ContributeGuide.pdf Contribute Guide (1MB)]

[[Adobe - Minutes from the Meeting]]

== Contribute online resources: ==

[http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/contribute/ Documentation]

[http://www.adobe.com/support/contribute/ Support Center]

[http://livedocs.macromedia.com/studio/8/exploring/08_ct_admin.html Quick Guide]

== Purchasing Adobe Products ==
With any decision to purchase Adobe software consideration should be given to include Upgrade Protection, adds about 1/3 extra cost. This ensures all updates through December of 2007, when your present Adobe contract expires. In January of 2008, you can choose to re-purchase only the upgrade protection that will last through December of 2010. Bottom line is you never pay the full license price again. 

== References ==
The best local reference is the use of Dreamweaver   Contribute at the Vet School. Justin Flynn said he is more than glad to answer questions, provide access to their sites, and explain how they arrived at choosing their software to automate and standardize their templates and procedures for updating individual contributor pages.

== Handouts ==
There is a Total Training DVD series on the Adobe web software. If you're interested in checking this out, contact Kendra Beasley (kbeasley@science.tamu.edu). We will look into keeping this somewhere central (like the library) as a shared physical resource.

== Demo ==
We're (Vet School) planning on setting up a test site and Contribute Connection Key for those interested in test driving the application with our implementation. Feel free to contact Justin Flynn or Marc Bollinger.

== Survey Results ==

1= BEST FIT / 5= WORST FIT

=== Averages ===

a. (1.75)	Ease of use

b. (2.15)	Centralized support and hosting

c. (2.00)	Integration with external systems

d. (1.72)	Cost for acquisition or purchase

e. (2.10)	Version control and archiving of content

f. (1.85)	Scalability

g. (2.50)	Access to source code

h. (2.06)	Web based client access

i. (1.90)	Content management workflows

j. (1.95)	Ability to host multiple independent sites

k. (1.65)	Support for multiple delivery platforms

l. (1.65)	User management

m. (1.55)	Template driven interface

== Questions / Comments ? ==
 Excellent Presentation!

 Implementation of Contribute is WAY easier than the presentation suggests. 
 we have had great succes implementing Contribute at the College of Veterinary Medicine

 Love the handouts

 Very easy to use, very scalable, not overly restrictive

 Have connections setup before presentation

 Workflow/permission setup will take time. 
 And it looks like it will be per site. 
 Making templates will take time but is editable

 great full-function suite of software


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