HTML Team Meeting Minutes

Attendees

Neil Allen	  Charles Clarke    John Homan	      Kip Scholl
Hans Amann	  Dennis Godin	    Aaron Johnson     John Smith
Lisa Beal	  Thomas Gaucher    Roger A. May      Matthew Stein
M. Zaim	Beg	  Michael Goshorn   Darryl McBroom    Joe Watson
Loyd Berry	  Howie	Grapek	    Judy Putnam	      Mike Young
Terry Burton

CALL TO ORDER: 7:05pm

NO OLD BUSINESS

New Business

1. The date and time that attendees could attend an HTML the meeting was put to a vote:
   • Monday - 8
     
   • Tuesday - 13
     
   • Wednesday - 19
     
   • Thursday - 19
     
   • Friday - 3
     

   Meetings will continue to be held every second and fourth Wednesday at 7pm in the training room adjacent to the FortNet Communications office at 145 East Mountain Avenue.

2. A review of information providers was held:

   • The attendees offered several corrections, which are to be incorporated in the list:

     • Several providers were not listed as having email.

     • Some providers' web pages were not on the list.

     • The City of Fort Collins pages will be added to the list.

     • A notation will be added to each entry of the list, indicating whether the provider is for-profit organization or not.

   • The information provider policies were reviewed briefly.

   • A lengthy discussion about HTML procedures, quality assurance, and the role of sponsors took place.

3. The HTML QA Standard (http://www.fortnet.org/INFOPROVIDER/htmlqastd.html) was reviewed briefly:

   • HTML 3.0 will be allowed if the HTML document doesn't 'break' Lynx

   • The current button bar may be abbreviated to a FortNet icon linked to the FortNet homepage, per a board decision; FortNet-owned documents will continue to use the curent buton bar.

   • The HTML QA Standard will be printed, distributed, and reviewed at the next meeting (10/11/95).

   • The default navigation path from a provider's document must work in Lynx.

   • To subscribe to the HTML listserver group:
     1. Mail to html-request@fortnet.org
     2. Ensure the the message body contains the line:

        SUBSCRIBE

   • Email addresses (and their usage) for HTML QA are:

     • htmltodo@fortnet.org - describe new documents to be HTMLized

     • htmlqa@fortnet.org - notify webmasters of documents to be checked for HTML QA compliance and (if they pass the check) added to FortNet's web site.

     • webmaster@fortnet.org - notify webmasters of other problems, ideas, complaints, suggestions, etc.

4. Teaching

   • Sessions for upcoming meetings were suggested:

     1. Beginner's course in HTML [T. Burton, 10/11/95]

        getting started

     2. HTML tools [L. Beal, 10/25/95]

        what's out there

        platform comparison

        portability

     3. Graphics in HTML [future]

        how to use graphics

        standards

        tricks

     4. The HTML Process [future]

        end-to-end demo of the life of a web page

     5. Web page development on the PC [future]

        how-to demo

        portability issues

   • Those with interest in teaching should contact Lisa Beal (lbeal) or Roger May (ramay).

   • Small, informal groups may discuss one or more of these topics outside the meeting timeframe.

5. Roger May took questions to be asked of the two FortNet boards:

   Q1. How does the search engine work?

   Q2. When will FortNet get a T1 line?

   A2. [Neil Allen] We are still waiting on U.S. West to solve a switching problem between Boulder and Fotr Collins.

   Q3. Could the FortNet board supply a written list of directives that affect how the HTML QA standard will change?

6. Needs, wishes, desires:
   • It was suggested that the FortNet HTML group publish a monthly column via FortNet's newsletter.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:40 pm

Next HTML Meeting Scheduled:

145 East Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Wednesday, 10/11/95, 7 pm