Web Design Team

Our original website was developed in 2005 by a parishinor to serve our Knights of Columbus council's needs. In 2007, Richard Miga of Synergistic Solutions donated his time and expertise to assist the parish in developing our custom site to include information about all groups and activities within the parish and our volunteer web design team. Our parish website is developed and maintained by a team of volunteer parishioners. The Faith Formation department » (a.k.a. Religious Education or Catechism) website is separately developed and maintained by Faith Formation staff.

Helping hands are always needed to continue to develop and update the site. If you are interested in learning about web site development and maintenance, working with our web design team is a great way to learn and serve your parish at the same time.

Our design team meets periodically, but we do most of our work through email and other online resources. We are constantly striving to improve the site, so we welcome your ideas, suggestions, and contributions! To voluneer your talents or give us feeback, please email our Web Team Coordinator at feedback@SaintPriscilla.org. Thank You.

Current members:

	Jim Kennedy (Web Team Coordinator) Jim joined the team in 2007, he helps update content (i.e. text, graphics), programming, and photography. Jim is the owner of Help Key Communications, specializing in technical communication, website design/hosting and consulting. He is active in a number of parish ministries, including: EME, Parish Council, Knights of Columbus Officer (Chancellor), Education Commission, Men's Fellowship, and parish photographer. He is also discerning a call to the priesthood.
	Mary Merz Mary joined the team in August, 2009. As a member of the Web Team for the St. Priscilla website, Mary provides graphics wherever needed. She also volunteers as a member of the Choir and the Parish Council. Mary graduated with a BA degree in Fine Arts from Marygrove College. Before retiring, Mary was as an Advertising Artist (graphic designer) for the Observer & Eccentrics newspaper group, and she served at St. Maurice for 27 years as the Music Director. Mary has a very active family life as the mother of seven children and grandmother of 12. She also enjoys serving as newsletter chair for the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Michigan Water Color Society.
	Mark Parkin Mark joined us in April, 2010. He helps by updating content (i.e. text, graphics), adding new areas of the site, programming, fixing bugs (errors) and other tasks. Mark is employed by IBM as a website troubleshooter. He is a member of the Education Commission and the Knights of Columbus.
	Doug Kane Back in 2005 Doug was "the" original Web Team-of-one, creating simple web pages for our Knights of Columbus group. He works as an Electrical Engineer and programmer at Michigan Scientific Corp. in Milford. Doug & his wife Barb have been participating in RCIA since the late ninety's, and they have two daughters.
	Tim Flaherty (Staff Rep. Coordinator) Tim became the Staff Rep. Coordinator in July, 2011, taking over from Jeanne Marie Laframboise. His purpose is to oversee the Web Team's activities and guide us, as needed. Tim manages the separate Faith Formation (FF) website. For several months, our Web Team has talked about migrating to a CMS (Content Management System) (i.e. Joomla, Drupal) to more easily update the site. In July, 2011, the team decided to merge the parish & Faith Formation sites back together using the eCatholicChurches.com CMS that FF uses.

Past Contributors:

	Jeanne Marie Laframboise Jeanne Marie was the Staff Coordinator for the Web Design Team from 2007-2011. She was the liaison between the staff and team to communicate ideas and request content for further development. She coordinated updates, organized design team meetings, and maintained constant contact with the team to assist with updates and developments, managed differences of opinion, and coordinated the group’s efforts. She initiated new development on the site, wrote material as needed, managed the graphic designs and photos that have been contributed, reviewed and edited all submitted material and new developments, and proofread the site. Any requests made through the webmaster contact at feedback@saintpriscilla.org were also coordinated through Jeanne Marie.
	Richard Miga Richard is the owner of Synergistic Solutions. As an Information Processing Architect, website architect/developer/designer, Richard architected the existing site. Beginning in 2007, as Richard worked with the staff to determine the parish needs and goals regarding a website to serve the entire parish. Richard volunteered as a pro bono consultant to help us sort through the issues such as site evolution; processes to develop and maintain the site; selecting and implementing technology; and related issues such as privacy, copyrights, maintenance, function, limitations, and cost. He assisted in regularly maintaining and updating the site, assisted in building a team of volunteers, and trained other volunteers to use the existing technology.
	Maria Doty Maria joined in March, 2011 to help with programming and updates. She works as an RPG programmer.
	Melissa Arondoski Melissa contributed to the parish website using her skill as a professional photographer. Her beautiful photographs are seen throughout the site. She works at Fox Studios (Ferndale, MI).