Markham, ON (June 24, 2013) eScribe today announced that TCDSB, the largest separate school board in Canada, has selected eScribe’s award winning paperless meeting automation solution to improve the efficiency and transparency of their board of trustee and committee meetings while at the same time reducing their dependency on paper. After detailed requirements gathering and analysis of available solutions, a competitive public tender was issued which led to the selection of eScribe. The solution will be implemented over the summer with the first live meetings scheduled to be conducted using eScribe in the fall of 2013.
“We are pleased to gain this endorsement from Canada’s largest separate school board,” said Robert Treumann, President, eScribe Software. “With over one hundred major eScribe implementations across Canada, including K-12 school boards, colleges and universities, eScribe is a leading provider of meeting and transparency solutions to the education sector.”
About eScribe
eScribe is Microsoft certified, Canadian independent software vendor (ISV) of Integrated Paperless Meeting Automation solutions built exclusively for Microsoft SharePoint and the Office suite. Available as either an onsite or hosted cloud based solution, eScribe’ s robust user configurable meeting management engine and award winning SharePoint integration, is quickly becoming the go-to choice of public and private sector boards, committees and councils looking to improve efficiency, transparency and accessibility while at the same time reducing costs and impact on the environment.
With eScribe meeting results can be easily published to the web at the push of the button, indexed to video and audio if available; all in accordance with evolving access and accessibility legislation. With a broad base of experience and industry certifications in the design,
development and support, of custom solutions; eScribe’s internal team of professional project managers, business consultants, software engineers, quality assurance testers, and documentation experts do not outsource or subcontract any of the development, support or enhancement of its products.
About Toronto Catholic District School Board
The Toronto Catholic District School Board educates more than 92,000 students from diverse cultures and language backgrounds in 200 schools, serving approximately 475,000 Catholic school supporters across the City of Toronto. As the world’s largest publicly funded Catholic school system, students are taught in an inclusive learning community rooted in the love of Christ. They are challenged to grow in grace and knowledge and to lead lives of faith, hope and charity as they transform the world through witness, faith, innovation and action. For more information, visit www.tcdsb.org.