Welcome to the IGCS Council Conference Call !

Monday 08-JAN-200716:00 ET (21:00 GMT)

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Educational Resources: Update 1

• Lecture Slide Presentations– 17 lectures have been uploaded, including Bast (IGCS Award)

and Dargent

• Case Discussion and Rare Tumors– To be moderated by Nick Reed (Sheffield, UK) via GCIG and

Alison Brand (Sydney, Australia)– ? Relationship to GCIG and ESGO

• Tumor Board– Awaiting first new case presentations with voting for March– Primary moderator Karl Podratz (Mayo Clinic, US)

• Journal Club– Awaiting first new articles and discussion– Primary moderator Martin Gore (Royal Marsden, UK)

Educational Resources: Update 2

• Newsletter– Coordinate content with Adriana Bermudez (Buenos Aires,

Argentina)– Highlight new articles on home page

• Regional Calendars for Meetings and Events– Planning in process– Multi-language user preferences under development– Location for regional newsletters and links to other societies– Collaboration with Fernando Gorosito (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

• IJGC– Request to Kavanagh for discussion to clarify goals

• Public educational resources– No active development

Council Resources

• Sharing of Committee Reports to Council– Posted after each Council meeting

• Conference Calls with Web Desktop Sharing

IGCS Financial Transactions

• Software Status– Testing in progress– On-line payments should be available 01-Feb– Incorporate new members and renewing members– Utilize existing IGCS membership categories– Email verification and reporting capabilities

• New Members– Application Review Acceptance Dues

• Renewals– Notification Payment

IGCS Web Development

• Initial functional specifications and development– Two-phase contract with Piehead, work completed, paid in full– Request for expanded billing functionality (Kyube), one-time

charge for supplemental software development at $2500

• Ongoing monthly expenses (next page)• IGCS staffing to support web development

– Michael Bookman– Erica Riley– Part-time position for content management, when ready to begin

multi-language editing and other new materials

IGCS Web Maintenance

• Ongoing maintenance and support– Hosting of entire website at $10 per month through hostexcellence.com

– Domain name services and certificates purchased– Software license for content management system (Simplify|CMS

via Kyube) $100 per month– Volume-based pricing for widgets (web tools), approximately $25

per month– Basic support from Kyube for “bug-fixing”, etc.

• Enhanced support for new functionality– Per-hour development, estimated at $200 per month for the first

6 months