TO: Greg Abbott
FROM: Paul Young
SUBJECT: METCAD Web Site redesign
DATE: January 17, 2001
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to submit some recommendations
for a new METCAD web site. The following is a summation of our
discussion held Monday, January 17 concerning the new web site
design.
BACKGROUND: Founded in 1979, METCAD is a consolidated dispatch
center for all emergencies, or 9-1-1 calls, in Champaign county.
METCADs twenty-nine staff members are responsible for making
sure that the police, fire department, ambulance, or any other
rescue service responds immediately to the locations where they
are needed. Although the current METCAD web site is able to convey
safety and useful information about METCAD, it is felt that the
site needs to be updated. While, at the same time, redesigned
to accommodate any future web technologies that appear on METCADs "wish
list."
TARGET AUDIENCE: Although it is felt that the current audiences
are high school and college students, the new design should appeal
to everyone. The mission statement of METCAD is "Public
Safety Through Quality Service." This service applies to
all that need the valuable safety information that the METCAD
site contains.
CHARACTER OF THE NEW WEB SITE: The new WEB DESIGN I should
be warm, friendly, professional, sensitive, strong, dependable,
open, and trustworthy. It should instill a sense of a competent
agency that will know how to handle any emergency. Anyone visiting
the site should leave with a greater understanding of what METCAD
is, when and when not to dial 9-1-1, and have a greater knowledge
of the dedicated dispatchers at METCAD.
APPLICATION: The new web design will be optimized for at 800
x 600 resolution monitor. The site will be accessible to anyone,
young or old, so it must have the functionality to be user friendly
to any standard or non-standard browser. It will include all
text contained within the original web site. Although all of
the information must appear in the new design, we are allowed
to reorganize it into a more easily read format. The design should
be flexible in order for any future changes to be accommodated.
The METCAD logo will also be incorporated into the site. The
new design should also serve users with non-standard or text
only browsers. And finally, care should be taken to keep download
times to a minimum.
Thank you for your time. We are looking forward to presenting
you with our concepts in the near future. Please feel free to
contact me at 398-1923, with any questions you may have.
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