The Observation Deck

The Lakewood Observer Advisory Board's Annual Meeting will be December 19th. If there is ANYTHING you think we should be discussing please email it to me, DL, or drop it in a suggestion box.

It will be discussed along with...

The complete overhaul of the Lakewood Observer Online

The complete overhaul of The Lakewood Observer in print.

The movement towards making the Lakewood Observer, non-profit.

Citizens Steering Committee

PLEASE SPEAK UP.


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Make it easier to input photos on the website.

Rhonda

Rhonda loje wrote:Make it easier to input photos on the website.

Rhonda

Rhonda

This is in the works for next spring. We are looking at a totally new way to handle images, pdfs, mpgs, and wmvs.

If you have found a better way to display, catalog, etc. Let me know.


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I got an idea...how about your last issue something like the Time Magazine last issue with person of the years and a look back about the year in review. The good things that happened to the city and the challenges that we have ahead and who are the people/businesses/organizations that are posed to lead these challenges.

Just and idea. I think it would fill the mission on the the Observer.

Rhonda

Rhonda loje wrote:Just and idea. I think it would fill the mission on the the Observer.

Rhonda

Great idea that we will get on. We have kicked around many "awards" but with the number of photos, stories, and great people it could should be added.

Also we have the city's finest four color printer around, and we should see what he has to throw in.

The board meeting went very well. We actually agreed on many things, this rarely happens. All will be unveiled after the first of the year, but I think everyone will be very happy with some fo the moves.

FWIW


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The Lakewood Observer Advisory Board



Clockwise from bottm left; Steve Davis, Heidi Hilty, Jeff Endress, DL Meckes, Dan Ott, Debra O'Bryan, Kenneth Warren. Not in the photo, Dan Slife, Steve Ott, Lauren Fine, and Jim O'Bryan.


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Is Jeff getting ready to reach over and smack Dan?

Jim O'Bryan wrote:All will be unveiled after the first of the year,
but I think everyone will be very happy with some fo the moves.
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When will that be? What are some of the moves?

Joe Ott wrote:Is Jeff getting ready to reach over and smack Dan?

Jim O'Bryan wrote:All will be unveiled after the first of the year,
but I think everyone will be very happy with some fo the moves.
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When will that be? What are some of the moves?

Joe

Actually I believe they were talking about Boy Scouts and tents. Other end of the table not sure.

This meeting discussed the finishing of this version of the deck and the launch of the new version. About 25 things will be addressed in the coming months, including: photo blogs, videos, pdfs.

The Advisory Board, will now become the Board of Directors, and a new Advisory/Executive Editorial Board will be formed. The addition of two new people to the Board, Lauren Fine and Steve Ott. Lauren could best be described as the Mick Jagger of print media. The number one print media analyst in the world for 11 of the past 22 years, working for Merrill Lynch out of New York. Steve a long time Lakewoodite, and involved in many various committees, and your brother.

Events for the coming year, parties, writers meetings, event meetings, concerts, field trips etc.

It turned into a starting point, as we reform and recommit with the long term commitments from some of our advertisers. How can we turn this project over to the residents and businesses of Lakewood, and still meet the very real deadlines of putting the paper out.

A look at the need for a school reporter and city hall reporter.

Most of what we did was look to clean up loose ends so that the new board could hit the ground running. Biggest topic to get out of the way, can members self moderate on the Observation Deck.

That would be a quick overview.

Part two of the meeting, without Ken Warren, was the business side of Observer, Inc., and AGS Software, and our look for a CEO.

FWIW


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Just to be clear, we are looking to add more coverage of city hall...