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TO: Greg Abbott
FROM: Paul Young and the students of Com 213
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 site design 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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