Dorene Palermo - Chair

Sam Bryan

Helen Harrison

Bruce Keesee

Chuck Yarbrough

Technology Committee 

A church audit noted that the critical functions of the church were on PCs that were supported only by volunteers and that access to key operational data (finance, etc.) was difficult for some staff members. The audit recommendation was to install a server, move the key data to it, provide automatic offsite backup for the server, and to allow staff members shared access. The audit further recommended utilization of a consultant to provide technical support (while still utilizing some volunteers) for the “production” system and networks, and to consolidate the reporting of network and IT costs to enable more conscious management of the expense.    

The session accepted the recommendations and the Technology Workgroup was formed to plan and oversee the Server Project, to identify, prioritize, and implement ongoing computing needs of the staff, and to be responsible for oversight of the associated budget.  

The server project initial phase is on schedule to be completed in the first quarter 2008 and the “laundry list” of next items to implement awaits!