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JASIG NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2011
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JASIG ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Jasig 2011 Elections - Call for Nominations
- Jasig Website Makeover
- Jasig Announces Phase I Completion of uMobile
JASIG PROJECTS
Central Authentication Service (CAS)
- phpCAS Release Announcement
uPortal
- uPortal 4.0 is almost here!
Bedework
- Bedework 3.7 Released
- Bedework Futures Survey
Jasig Project Incubation
- Incubation News
AROUND JASIG
- Jasig Celebrates Successful Annual Conference in Denver
- Kuali Days 2011 - Call for Proposals
- Grouper Survey - Invitation to Participate
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The Board is the group that manages strategic direction and policy for the entire organization, oversees all projects and events, provides shared infrastructure, and takes responsibility for the licensing and protection of intellectual property. The board also ensures that project management is consistent with the organization's organization’s mission, and makes sure that Jasig operates within its fiscal resources.
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Potential candidates should be aware of ongoing plans to pursue a corporate consolidation with the Sakai Foundation. If/when this occurs, a new set of bylaws will govern the newly merged organization and any Jasig Board incumbent's incumbent’s term will be terminated. Steering committee positions will likely carry over into the new organization.
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Jasig is pleased to announce the Phase I completion of uMobile. With uMobile, a new open source mobile initiative, institutions can expedite the delivery of campus applications, content, and data to everyone using mobile devices. Phase I of the uMobile project involved framework development, software updates, and the first public implementation of the project: conference apps for Jasig '11 ’11 and Sakai '11’11.
The conference apps were designed to keep conference attendees informed and connected. The apps assisted users in tailoring a personalized conference experience and networking with each other via an attendee directory; news feeds; maps, including recommended dining locations; weather reports; calendars of conference events; social networking feeds; and video content.
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