Los Angeles, Calif. -- AMULET Development Corp. has been selected as exclusive Web site design and database developer for the new UCLA Events Online site. The system is a secure campus intranet application enabling UCLA department representatives to initiate campus event reservation requests online. The working title will be called UCLA Events Online and is being established for the purpose of coordinating the production of University events.

These events are estimated at over 2,000 annually include the following: World Class Performing Arts Programs, International Academic Conferences, Student Activities, Athletic Events, and Fundraising Functions. All of these events are organized and divided into three units; schools, venues, and events planning department.

The system is both a database of event requests and a series of program actions that define how the request is treated based upon the data supplied. The system provides uniform campus information to the applicant regarding campus facilities, rules, regulations, and special conditions affecting their event request.

The fully developed system will include the following functions:

• Explanation to the applicant of University Event Policies via hyperlinks to the written policies.
• Explanation to the applicant of event production procedures in the form of a system generated checklist which will be customized according to the event specific information on the application.
• Automatic e-mail notification to the required signatories and campus service providers.
• On-line tracking of the application’s status (i.e. confirmed, canceled, or past due).
• Electronic signatures/authentication to confirm the application and the transfer of event information from the confirmed application to the master UCLA campus calendar of events web site.

AMULET’s Role in Development

In building the UCLA Events Online intranet, AMULET will be responsible for all primary areas of development, including database design, graphic design, static HTML, client-side programming using JavaScript, server-side Active Server Pages (ASP) programming, Active Server components written in Visual Basic 6.0, integrated e-mail generation and distribution, and SQL Server 7.0 database administration. During the development process, AMULET will host a staging site on an in-house Web server.

A Word from AMULET’S CEO

"It’s great to be responsible for the development of a campus-wise application that’s so important to the university. As an alumnus of UCLA, I’m pleased that my company is able to provide quality professional services in building a private Web site for streamlining campus events," says AMULET’s CEO Dan D. Gutierrez. "This will be the second major Web site we’ve built for UCLA, the first being the UCLAStore BookZone site."