PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILE & PRE-REQUISITES
This seminar is open to men and women working with the federation on either a paid or volunteer basis. Personnel selected to attend should presently use or be likely to use the Internet for communications on behalf of the federation. They should speak the language of the RDC or English.
CONTENT
· Status of the IAAF Worldwide Network Project – Phase 1 e-mail
- Worldwide, by area
- Focus on the area
- Analysis Federation by Federation (presentation by each MF representative)
· Analysis of the minimum requirements
- Hardware
- Computers, printers, fax (average life, updates etc)
- Renting versus Buying equipment
- Software
- Operating systems (windows2000, XP)
- Applications (Office2000, XP)
- E-mail (Outlook, Outlook express etc..)
- Antivirus (types, updates)
- Free software (Acrobat reader etc..)
- Outsourced services
- What is outsourcing, why and what to outsource
- Internet connection
- Modems, routers, firewalls
· How to use the IAAF e-mail system
- Via pop
- Via web (size, maintenance, tricks)
- Via imap
- Shared folders
- Address book
· IAAF Historical Database overview
· Entry system for IAAF events overview
· Future developments (extranet etc)