- 1982 Purchase IBM PC - partial funded by IBM grant (used to do first computer registration at New Paltz ATC conference
- Database ran on PC-FILE
- Accounting still on paper books
- ?? Converted Accounting to use early version of Quickbooks ( 1 or 2?)
- 1997 First web presense (with Ed Clarke on his servers)
- June 1997 Converted Accounting to use Cougar Mountain
- Late 1998 First real Tech Committee to cope with accounting disaster
- John Kolp, Dianne Muccigrosso, Auditor (Joe Whelan)
- Decided to convert back to newer version of Quickbooks
- Web Store opens (Dave Bertollo)
- ca 2000 Tech Committee looks at upgrading database
- Long list including eBase and Razer's Edge
- Selected eBase (mostly on cost for equivalent function)
- Peer to peer networking - first try at DSL (failed - too unreliable)
- Feb. 2001 Move to Mahwah (March 5 Ed arrives)
- Extensive wiring of building for phones and ethernet with John Grob
- Network using IDSL (slow)
- 5/17/2001 Tech Agenda
- Extensive development work on eBase (Maureen, et al)
- First server installed running Windows Server 2000 ( Help from David Day)
- Running Filemaker Server
- Running Filemaker Server
- 2/25/2003 Web policy approved by Board
- 2004 Planning for GIS startup
- Fall 2006 Online Registration for Ramapo 2007 (John Magerlein)
- Fall 2006 First use of Drupal on the web site for Ramapo 2007
- 2006 Upgraded Windows Server to new machine running Windows Server 2003 ( Help from David Day)
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On going conversions over much of the above time with Ed Clarke, Ron Rosen and Herb Chong about hardware and software problems.