Middlebury and Monterey select White Whale as Web makeover partner

We are pleased to announce that we have chosen White Whale Web Services (http://whitewhale.net/) of Oakland, California, to be our design and information architecture partner for the Middlebury Web makeover project. We believe White Whale has the right combination of skills, experience and vision to meet our demanding requirements. Their process and resulting products have [...]

V is for vendors: Web makeover finalists visit 3/16-20

The Web makeover team has selected four vendors as finalists for the Web redesign project, and they’ll be in Middlebury next week, March 16-20, to make presentations. Each of the four will be here for one day. Here’s where and when they’ll be presenting:
— Tellart, http://www.tellart.com
Monday, March 16, Axinn 100
Public presentation: 10:30 a.m. to noon (1-hour presentation; 1/2-hour [...]

Deadline for proposals extended to March 2

Due to some technical problems with last week’s conference call on the Middlebury RFP (not everyone was able to join the call) we are extending the deadline for Web redesign and restructure proposals.
Proposals are now due in electronic form by Monday, March 2, 2009, at 5 p.m. EST. Please send proposals to Tim Etchells, director of [...]

Follow-up phone call on Web makeover RFP: 02/23, 2:30 p.m.

Because of some technical difficulties in the call on Friday, 2/20, we’re scheduling an optional follow-up call on Monday, 2/23, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Anyone unable to get into Friday’s meeting, or who has questions still unanswered, is welcome to take part. Use the link below to register for the Web meeting and find the [...]

Vendor questions and Middlebury answers: 02/21/09

CATEGORIZED QUESTIONS FROM POTENTIAL PARTNERS;
ANSWERS IN ORANGE BOLD.

PROCESS

Will there be one main contact for managing the chosen vendor? What role does the contact (or contacts) have within the redesign effort?

What kind of access will the vendor have to other stakeholders at Middlebury? For example, how will students be involved in the redesign [...]

Platform Committee Update

Created a system inventory and identify dependencies.
Generated a list of platform requirements.  These would be in addition to what is found by the Requirements Committee.
Based on discussions, we identified three strategies for building a new presence.

An Aggregator Home Page with no central CMS, content authoring and managing would be done through multiple systems
Central CMS for [...]