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MeetingPlace ID: | MeetingPlace ID: 0000; Join the meeting; Dial-in number: 000-000-0000 '''1 p.m. Mountain time on Tuesdays''' | ||
*You can join up to 10 minutes early. If you try to join the meeting at any other time, you will get an error that the meeting doesn't exist. | *You can join up to 10 minutes early. If you try to join the meeting at any other time, you will get an error that the meeting doesn't exist. | ||
*Prior to joining the meeting for the first time, run the | *Prior to joining the meeting for the first time, run the MeetingPlace Test to verify that you can participate in a web meeting. | ||
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=== Introduce new members === | === Introduce new members === | ||
:* | :*Welcome Jim! | ||
=== Kudos go to ... === | === Kudos go to ... === | ||
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=== Updates and follow up === | === Updates and follow up === | ||
:* | :*[http://www.widgetbox.com/widgets/ Widgetbox website] - Janell is going to try one more person to see if we can find our account and we are going to wait for Jane who is also working on these | ||
:*Where are you researching - any comments about that and how LiquidThreads would work and if we would talk about research on those talk pages? Or would we keep those conversations in the Forums? Forums are probably going to be a better place for these kinds of discussions. | |||
:*Discussion about bringing new people into contributing to the wiki - what's the procedure there? | |||
::*Invite them to our Thursday training meetings | |||
::*Sign up to have a Mentor | |||
::*Teach them how to research, help them understand how to do that and catch the spirit of that and wanting to contribute will follow. | |||
=== Business/Announcements === | === Business/Announcements === | ||
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:*[[Genealogical Society Webmasters|Genealogy Society Webmasters pages]] - how should we request these pages be named? They are not "research help" but not FamilySearch Wiki pages either, they are project based. -- [[User:VasquezJL|janellv]] {{toolbar|[[User talk:VasquezJL|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/VasquezJL|contribs]]}} | :*[[Genealogical Society Webmasters|Genealogy Society Webmasters pages]] - how should we request these pages be named? They are not "research help" but not FamilySearch Wiki pages either, they are project based. -- [[User:VasquezJL|janellv]] {{toolbar|[[User talk:VasquezJL|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/VasquezJL|contribs]]}} | ||
::*We don't want the wiki to be a "web hosting service" | |||
::*But supporting these kinds of projects could help bring people into the wiki | |||
::*We also got into a discussion about what is the right message for FSCs and Societies and how we all work together. | |||
:*Stub template - when is a stub not a stub any longer? [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 20:06, 21 February 2012 (UTC) | :*Stub template - when is a stub not a stub any longer? [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 20:06, 21 February 2012 (UTC) | ||
=== Brainstorms === | === Brainstorms === | ||
*QR | *QR Codes in FS Library to direct patrons to info about specific geographies. | ||
=== Project Help Requests === | === Project Help Requests === | ||
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'''Comments added since last week''' | '''Comments added since last week''' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=10282 Status of the wiki today] "Those who have contributed previously here prefer to work in the more reliable Wikipedia environment" We are working on upgrading from MediaWiki version 1.15 to 1.17. When that is done, we do think that that alone will solve some of the problems. (When more reliability is available, the UK contributors may appreciated special attention and invitation back. [[User:AdkinsWH|AdkinsWH]] 16:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)) | *[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=10282 Status of the wiki today] "Those who have contributed previously here prefer to work in the more reliable Wikipedia environment" We are working on upgrading from MediaWiki version 1.15 to 1.17. When that is done, we do think that that alone will solve some of the problems. (When more reliability is available, the UK contributors may appreciated special attention and invitation back. [[User:AdkinsWH|AdkinsWH]] 16:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)) | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=13454 England Census] Kent census "FamilySearch microfilm collection is not apparent to visitors to the site which means that searches for towns achieve no result." <br> | *[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=13454 England Census] Kent census "FamilySearch microfilm collection is not apparent to visitors to the site which means that searches for towns achieve no result." <br> | ||
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