From: "Mike Lyman" <mlyman@west-point.org>
To: <corps@west-point.org>
Subject: WP-ORG: New Team Collaboration Service from WP-ORG
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:05:19 -0700
You support WP-ORG because you value the services it provides. Well, it is
time to announce a new service. Has your class, West Point society or
parents club ever needed a place to collaborate on a project? Share contact
lists? Put up a calendar? Assign tasks? Discuss things? Share documents?
Conduct a survey? Well, now you can at WP-ORG. on a pair of Windows 2000
servers (soon to be Windows 2003) running Microsoft's SharePoint Team
Services.
For those of you not familiar with SharePoint Team Services, they are a
framework for providing all those functions outlined above BUT, they require
no programming skills from the webmaster of the site. Through a simple point
and click interface, you can create all those features. Need to coordinate a
reunion? Write a new class constitution? Elect new officers? Coordinate that
all online via this new service.
For a demonstration see:
http://ozark.west-point.org/sp/demo/
AOL users: <a href="http://ozark.west-point.org/sp/demo/">
Share Point Demo</a>
The userid is spdemo and the password is WP-ORGdemo. These are case
sensitive.
Along with providing these new SharePoint Team Services, having the Windows
servers available means we can now support web sites that make use of ASP
and ASP.Net. On the backend we have SQL Server and MySQL databases
available. We have had requests to support that in the past but our old
Window server was not up to the job because it was on very old hardware. The
new servers are built on hardware donated by Derek Gilbert '82. Thank you
Derek!
These are new services with a new support model. There may be a few hiccups
along the way as we get used to them but we promise to work through them as
quickly as possible. If you have Windows 2000/2003 administration
experience, ASP, ASP.Net or SharePoint experience and would like to
volunteer to help provide support for these new Windows based services,
please contact feedback@west-point.org.
And finally, if you value the services provided to you by WP-ORG, we ask
that you show your appreciate by donating to our fund drive. While the
services are provided free of charge, they are not free to operate. We could
easily charge a membership fee to make use of these services but we have
never seen the need to do so. Members who value the services have always
provided the financial support needed to keep WP-ORG in operation so we
continue to operate on donations.
As in previous drives, you may make a secure donation by using your credit
card at:
https://www-secure.west-point.org/donate
<a href="https://www-secure.west-point.org/donate/">
Donate to FD13 by Credit Card</a>
Or you may donate by check made payable to WP-ORG and sent to:
WP-ORG
PO Box 595
Floyd, VA 24091-0595
Please be sure to indicate your affiliation and year on your check.
Regardless of the method you use, WP-ORG, Inc., is recognized by the IRS as
a 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Organization. 100% of your donation is tax
deductible. For those who may need it, our EIN number is 51-0387132.
The authorization may be found at:
http://www.west-point.org/publications/501SUMMARY.PDF
<a href="http://www.west-point.org/publications/501SUMMARY.PDF">
Authorization</a>
Thank you for your support! You are WP-ORG. Your donations make WP-ORG
possible.
Mike Lyman
USMA 1987
mlyman@west-point.org
On week two of this fund drive, Jack Price told you about the WP-ORG Ward
Book application. Some of you have attempted to log into it with your WP-ORG
username and password without success. This new application requires you to
reset your established password prior to being able to gain access. You can
do that here:
http://lazarus.west-point.org/wporg/change_passwd
<a href="http://lazarus.west-point.org/wporg/change_passwd">
Change Password</a>
If you don't have a username and password for the various free services
provided to graduates, please write to feedback@west-point.org and request a
username and password. Please provide your cullum number and/or class year,
when you make your request.
The answer to John Greiman's trivia question last week:
The answer is: The Class of 1919
The winner is: Freddie Odisho '02
The summary of all participants:
http://www.west-point.org/family/bicent/trivia_photos/answers.html
<a href="http://www.west-point.org/family/bicent/trivia_photos/answers.html">
Summary</a>
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WP-ORG gratefully recognizes the Army Air Force Mutual Aid
Association (AAFMAA) as sponsor of WP-ORG's Fund Drive 13. Please take a
look at their homepage: http://www.aafmaa.com