August 12, 2002
To:
Mayor Steven M. Brown and Lincoln Park City Councilpersons: Mariano DiSanto; Jeanne Hancock, Mark Kandes, Donald Mandernach, Virginia Mondon, Thomas Murphy, City Clerk: Donna Breeding
From:
Robin Lyson, MMSi Marketing Services - Web Development
Michael R. Myers, MMSi Marketing Services - Sales
Subject:
Response to Mayor Steven M. Brown’s presentation re: www.govoffice.com and its use by the city for the official web site.
Request:
That you consider our proposal as an alternative to paying for:
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Setup Fees
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$2800 to $3400
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Setup Fees
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Free
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Monthly Costs of ISP
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$ 90
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Monthly Costs of ISP
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Free
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Adobe Acrobat (1 license)
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$249
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We use Acrobat for you
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Free
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Search Engine Submissions
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$250
(one time)
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Search Engine Submissions
(Every 7 days)
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Free
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City Employee man-hours
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Unknown
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MMSi man-hours
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Free
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City Liability
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Full
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City Liability
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Limited
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Compare Services offered:
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Service Description
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Govoffice.com
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YourLincolnPark
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Customized Web Site
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Yes
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Yes
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Interactive Community Feedback
Publish Community Feedback outside of the City site
*Filters for undesirable info are in place and all posts are sent to Webmaster for review to ensure COPPA is not violated).
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Yes
No
No
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Yes
Yes
Yes
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Detail important policy issues including links, side-bars and photos
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Yes
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Yes
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Publish Current News
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Yes
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Yes
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Publish Current Events in a list
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Yes
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Yes
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Publish Current Events in a Calendar viewable by day, week month
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No
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Yes
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Conduct citizen surveys and publish results instantly
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Yes
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Yes
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Create special sections for elected officials with biographies, photos, audio and video greetings and unlimited content
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Yes
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Yes
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Search Site by key word or issue
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Yes
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Yes
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Post employment opportunities
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Yes
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Yes
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Site complies with COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
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Up to City
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Yes
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SafeSurf Organization approval
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Up to City
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Yes
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Section 508 Compliance
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Up to City
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Yes
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**Unlimited Email Forwarding for City and Citizens
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No
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Yes
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Free Classified Ads on site for Citizens
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No
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Yes
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Service Description
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Govoffice.com
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YourLincolnPark
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Lincoln Park School District Event Calendar and protected forums for teachers to post assignments, class happenings, etc.
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No
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Yes
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Free Custom banners
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No
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Yes
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Free On site training on interactive features
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No
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Yes
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Free Calendar for Citizen’s to post Events
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No
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Yes
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In summary, we believe that we are offering the better way to get started on the Internet for the city. We have excellent search engine placement, thus we would bring more traffic to the city site and I believe, with our experienced sales staff, we would obtain more business sponsorship of the site.
We are offering this because we care about the City of Lincoln Park and want it to have the most utilized site of all of the Cities in the country.
Our original desire was to give the teachers a communication tool with the parents, enabling them to post homework assignments and school events on the website.
This is not a large potential profit center for our firm.
Respectfully,
Robin Lyson Michael R. Myers
* It is our understanding that if the City were to host a Citizen’s Forum, you would have to post each and every unedited entry, where under MMSi’s control, we are able to filter these posts for undesirable content (COPPA).
** Email forwarding allows a user to have an address such as “Mayor @YourLincolnPark.com” and have all of the messages automatically forwarded to your regular Email account at the City or home.
