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Attendees
Paul and Jeff met with Brian Smith, Alton Chin and Mike Wynne.
What We Disucssed
Paul and Jeff presented some options for the next enhancements to EAS (see below).
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Brian mentioned the Citydex application (like Rolodex) and wanted to know if it makes sense add a module to EAS that does what Citydex is supposed to do (todo: get links to docs or reqs). He also mentioned that some other folks at DT had been working on it with Daniel Homsey. We subsequently talked with Richard Isen at DT about the state of the Citydex application. He said that while some data has been collected there is no real application and the effort has stalled. Here is an email from David Geller explaining the state of the Citydex project as of Jan 27 2012.
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Hi
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Paul,
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I
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asked
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Richard
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and
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he
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assured
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me
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that
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the
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project
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was
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not
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dead
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but
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he
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also
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mentioned
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that
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it
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may
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have
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some
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issues
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based
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on
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the
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project
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sponsor.
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I
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am
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not
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sure
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how
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much
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background
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you
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want
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on
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the
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project
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and
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realize
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that
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I
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can
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only
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give
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a
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historical
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perspective.
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The
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project
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started
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as
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a
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request
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from
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the
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City
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Administrator’s
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Office
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to
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the
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Innovation
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Office
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in
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Department
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of
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Technology
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to
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help
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find
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a
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software
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product
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that
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will
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allow
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the
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sharing
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of
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contacts
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between
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departments.
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Contacts
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would
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be
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neighborhood
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groups,
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other
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organizations
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(business,
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churches,
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etc.),
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and
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individuals.
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The
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goal
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was
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to
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create
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a
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database
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that
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would
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allow
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a
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single
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view
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of
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the
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contact’s
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main
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information
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such
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as
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Name,
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maybe
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address,
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maybe
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phone,
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maybe
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email,
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related
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associations
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and
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Interests.
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The
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vision
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was
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then
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for
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each
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department
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to
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store
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individual
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metadata
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on
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the
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contact.
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The
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contact
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would
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have
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the
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ability
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to
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change
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their
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main
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information
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and
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each
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department
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could
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change
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their
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stored
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metadata
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on
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the
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contact.
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When
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this
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project
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kicked
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off,
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it
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was
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stated
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in
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the
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proposal
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that:
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•
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Application
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content
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will
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be
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maintained
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by
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GSA.
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•
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The
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online
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database
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will
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require
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a
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partial
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FTE
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to
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maintain
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after
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delivery
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And
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•
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Funding
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by
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Members
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of
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the
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Working
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Group
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The
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funding
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was
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to
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be
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used
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to
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hire
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consultants
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that
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would
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manipulate
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the
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open
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source
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product
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named
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CiviCRM
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to
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fit
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our
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usecase.
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The
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fact
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that
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the
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funding
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was
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never
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secured
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meant
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that
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I
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continued
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to
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work
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on
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a
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proof
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of
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concept
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but
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a
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final
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product
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would
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likely
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never
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come
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to
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fruition.
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As
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you
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know
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I
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have
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l
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left
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the
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innovation
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team
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and
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have
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handed
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off
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the
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project
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to
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Phebe
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Wang
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and
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Richard
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Isen.
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I
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don’t
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believe
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there
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has
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been
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much
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progress
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on
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the
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project
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and
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I
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have
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reiterated
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to
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them
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that
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the
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project’s
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success
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is
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contingent
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on
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it
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being
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funded.
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As
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far
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as
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I
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know,
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that
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has
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not
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occurred.
And then we got this email from Richard Isen
Citidex is about to be launched in a much scaled-down version. There is no geocoding of any of the information however, addresses and contact information for many neighborhood associations is in the database including what neighborhoods and supervisor districts associated. We expect MONS to continue to update the info.
If that’s useful to you, we certainly share the data
Action Items
Jeff and Paul will provide Alton with an EAS derived replacement for the Assessor data - by Feb 15?
Jeff and Paul will take this information with them to meetings with other EAS stakeholders - to occur by the end of February.
We all need discuss (and debate) whether a Citydex module belongs in EAS - conclude debate by Feb 8?
Proposed Enhancements
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=460
Enhance the address change notification messaging to notify an arbitrary list of clients when changes occur. This would provide subscribers real time updates to their local addressing system. For example, DBI is required to notify the Fire Department when addresses change. This is currently done manually by DBI and would be automated with this enhancement.
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=405
Make it easy to discover the block and lot number from the map.
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=168
Add aerial imagery to the map.
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=217
Auto approve certain types of change requests: Certain city processes require relatively rapid action (e.g. sewage spill response). The change request process slows things down too much in these cases. A solution is to automatically approve change requests that meet certain criteria. For example, if a change request is not retiring an address component it would be a good candidate for an auto-approve.
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=396
Provide mail-merge functionality. Numerous agencies want to be able to specify a location on the map, and generate USPS mailing lists for residents and/or owners within N feet of the pin or containing parcel.
http://code.google.com/p/eas/issues/detail?id=226
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