Annual General Meeting 2005
Information Technology Report

In 2004 to present day, the LSPC has continued to stay at the forefront of technology. For any modern office it is absolutely necessary to have the tools available to empower us to keep in better communication with the community we serve.

We have added a mailing list to our website and use this in conjunction with CIRC's broadcast fax service to alert our members about current events, updates from the LSPC and general information regarding the community and social planning. Our email updates are sent out a few times a month and reach over 200 citizens in the Northwest.

Our website continues to grow considerably and now has over 250 pages of information including resources for seniors, online ordering for the CIRC Directory, our newsletters, information on all of our projects, an events calendar and much more. Our site is receiving increased visits and generates traffic on many keyword searches through your favourite search engines.

We have started to use the powerful data management program called CIOC (Community Information Online Consortium). This program is a welcome update and will make the process of updating our database more streamline. Currently we are using this as a internal tool but will eventually launch it under the 211 initiative giving the public access to search through over 1500 community and government agencies.

As the LSPC continues to grow and diversify so does the need to have adequate technology. It's been a pleasure and a challenge working with the LSPC to meet these needs and I look forward to helping the LSPC become a community leader in technology.

Respectfully submitted
Mark Walther
LSPC/CIRC Manager of Information Technology