Paperless, Efficient Board Meetings Dallas Area Rapid Transit 1
OVERVIEW Board Support Role Nancy Johnson Board Member Use Randall Chrisman, Immediate Past Chairman, DART Technology Allan Steele CIO, DART and Rido Park, Web Developer, DART 2
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN PROCESS FROM THIS TO THIS 3
Benefits and Adoption Adoption by the Board of Directors Initial training and hand-holding Ease of members adapting to it User Friendly Familiar Layout Speed Efficiency Flexibility Cost savings IT Support @ each meeting 4
Quotes Documents were stacked everywhere - - I was running out of space to store the mounds of papers we were receiving almost weekly. Finally paperless. All I need is my laptop. I m able to review, research, make notes and simply store electronically and out of site! For me, the transition from paper packets to electronic delivery has cut the amount of prep time for board meetings by more than half. - Faye Wilkins, DART Board Member Saving by going. William Tsao, DART Board Member 5
Principles of the System Easy to navigate using icons user friendly Content is the same as the paper packets Additional material e.g. key presentations Confidential sections for President and General Counsel Red Envelopes Add your own sticky notes as reminders for questions, clarification etc. Email/Internet Access 6
DART Committee Structure 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of Each Month 4th Tuesday of Each Month EO & Diversity Committee Administrative Committee Operations Committee Revenue Committee Committee of the Whole Board Meeting Audit Committee Rail Program Committee Planning Committee Budget & Finance Committee Committee of the Whole Board Meeting 7
Contents of Meeting Materials Agendas Minutes Agenda Reports (Information/Briefing Document) Resolutions Attachments Maps Key Presentations (Power Point) 8
Administration by Board Support Explanation of how Board Support uses it Scanning Committee materials and uploading Once uploading is complete email Board and Staff that information is ready for review No more photocopying, collating, courier service needed Individual Log-in and Password Protection 9
Demonstration Board member, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Randall Chrisman 10
BOARD PORTAL HOME PAGE 11
DART Board Portal Login Instructions 1. Establish a WiFi connection with your laptop by either of: a. From within your browser, connect to the hotel WiFi network by following the connections on the screen (five connections only) OR b. Right click on the network connection icon in your system tray and click on Connect to a network.. c. Find either of the two following networks and connect using the password shown d. Overdrive-244, password 31090 e. Overdrive-650, password 41062 f. Open your browser 2. Go to URL: http://www.dartnet.org 3. Log in with user I/D: 40009999 PWD: password1 4. This will take you directly to the DARTNet Board Home Page 12
Test Drive for Yourself We will provide connection URL, user names and passwords Time permitting Mock Board Meeting Meeting protocol using the Board Portal 13
Environment Technical Overview Allan Steele, DART CIO Dell laptop, model XPS M1330 Any Windows based laptop will work We do not allow other applications to be loaded, to minimize support Wireless connectivity WiFi inside DART, 3G broadband outside Portal is accessible via the internet No need to be on DART s secure network IT Technician on hand at committee meetings 14
Technical Overview Application Custom built by DART web development staff Uses standard web tools and Windows utilities Uses Oracle database but can run on any DBMS Available under license as a framework for adoption into other agencies Requires some IT developer skills to implement (not like off the shelf software) Continuous enhancements 15
QUESTIONS??? 16
Appendix 1. Server/component diagram 2. Database tables 3. User levels 4. Files 17
SERVER/COMPONENT DIAGRAM 18
BOARD PORTAL TABLES BOARDLINKS EMPLOYEE URL NAME DELETED ID BISPUBLIC 19
BOARD PORTAL USER LEVELS Board Support Admin Has access to add/remove any files on all sections Agenda Planner Admin Has access to add/remove agenda planners General Counsel s Packets Admin Has access to add/remove general counsel s packets General Counsel s Packets Red Envelope Admin Has access to attach/remove red envelopes to general counsel s packets President s Packets Admin Has access to add/remove president s packets President s Packets Red Envelope Admin Has access to attach/remove red envelopes to general counsel s packets DART KPI Admin Has access to add/remove KPI documents Key Presentations Admin Has access to add/remove presentations 20
BOARD PORTAL FILES boardnotetop.asp shows PDF control menu constants.asp contains constants used throughout the portal default.asp main page doccontrolframe.asp show PDF control menu embedpdf.asp used to embed PDF for non-ie browsers framenote.asp Outer frame: frameset page functions.asp contains main subroutines generalfunctions.asp contains secondary subroutines note.asp frame for sticky note uploadredenvelope.asp call back page to upload red envelopes 21