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To review the recording of a previous meeting, click [https://chqmpweb1.ldschurch.org/mpweb/scripts/mpx.dll MeetingPlace] Select Find a Meeting (ID 0000), enter the date (or date range -- such as Jan 1, 2013), and click Search. Scroll down and select the meeting you wish to review.  
<p>MeetingPlace ID: 7770; <a href="http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/70ec431dabb0d9bd3506f4e1fe658fa7">Join the meeting</a>; Dial-in number:&#160;877-453-7266&#160; <b>1 p.m. Mountain time on Thursdays</b>
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<ul><li>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.
=== Introduce new members  ===
</li><li>Prior to joining the meeting for the first time, run the <a href="https://chqmpweb1.ldschurch.org/mpweb/scripts/browsertest.asp?SessionID=GDadfjgdncdNiFhnhiijhbbhDg&amp;Language=000">MeetingPlace Test</a> to verify that you can participate in a web meeting.
 
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:*Ben Fuller with Dorothy Horan's group; Robin Foster team lead w/FS wiki team under Janell (replacing Lynda)<br>
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=== Kudos go to ...   ===
<h3> Introduce new members  </h3>
 
<dl><dd><ul><li>Ben Fuller with Dorothy Horans group; Robin Foster team lead w/FS wiki team under Janell (replacing Lynda)<br>
Lynda Avery for everything you have done, directing this meeting, lead on the support team. This is her last day. Thank you!  
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=== Updates and follow up  ===
<h3> Kudos go to ...&#160;  </h3>
 
<p>Lynda Avery for everything you have done, directing this meeting, lead on the support team. This is her last day. Thank you!
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<h3> Updates and follow up  </h3>
=== Community Council Report  ===
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Went through the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Community Council/Minutes#May_1.2C_2013|Council minutes]]<br>  
<h3> Community Council Report  </h3>
 
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=== Business/Announcements  ===
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<h3> Business/Announcements  </h3>
=== New Agenda Items  ===
<h3> New Agenda Items  </h3>
 
<ul><li>[[How to Find West Virginia Birth Records|West Virginia]] strategy page.<br>  
*[[How to Find West Virginia Birth Records]] strategy page. It has been usability tested with beginners, new missionaries, and more experienced missionaries. Two challenges were given, one in the 1853-1912 time period, and the other between 1913-1930. Several iterations, and this one was most successful — except several did not get to the actual image.
</li><li>Color of new skin is mostly white w/some purple highlights. - our added colors should be complimentary
**Suggestions: icon (camera?) for images; a bit of color for interest (very black and white); emphasize that the state was previously Virginia (it is there, but not emphasized enough); overall it is very very helpful.<br>  
</li><li>DIscussion: Not update the wiki to the new skin, to instead go to the wikipedia skin  
*Color of new skin is mostly white w/some purple highlights. - our added colors should be complimentary  
**Suggestions: User test it, change colors on Wiki scheme (after change, cannot easily go back and change colors); this would be easier for engineers once the change is made; set up a test site;  
*DIscussion: Not update the wiki to the new skin, to instead go to the wikipedia skin  
**Janell will report: not opposed, would like to see what it looks like and how it would integrate.
***Suggestions: User test it, change colors on Wiki scheme (after change, cannot easily go back and change colors); this would be easier for engineers once the change is made; set up a test site;  
</li><li>Portuguese wiki: wants to work through Yammer - a Facebook look alike. Suggest you find another method.  
***Janell will report: not opposed, would like to see what it looks like and how it would integrate.  
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*Portuguese wiki: wants to work through Yammer - a Facebook look alike. Suggest you find another method.
<h4> <b>Priority items for this meeting:</b> </h4>
 
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Revision as of 13:24, 2 May 2013

MeetingPlace ID: 7770; <a href="http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/70ec431dabb0d9bd3506f4e1fe658fa7">Join the meeting</a>; Dial-in number: 877-453-7266  1 p.m. Mountain time on Thursdays


Introduce new members

  • Ben Fuller with Dorothy Horans group; Robin Foster team lead w/FS wiki team under Janell (replacing Lynda)

Kudos go to ... 

Lynda Avery for everything you have done, directing this meeting, lead on the support team. This is her last day. Thank you!

Updates and follow up


Community Council Report


Business/Announcements

New Agenda Items

  • West Virginia strategy page.
  • Color of new skin is mostly white w/some purple highlights. - our added colors should be complimentary
  • DIscussion: Not update the wiki to the new skin, to instead go to the wikipedia skin
      • Suggestions: User test it, change colors on Wiki scheme (after change, cannot easily go back and change colors); this would be easier for engineers once the change is made; set up a test site;
      • Janell will report: not opposed, would like to see what it looks like and how it would integrate.
  • Portuguese wiki: wants to work through Yammer - a Facebook look alike. Suggest you find another method.

Priority items for this meeting:

  • Item:



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Camden FamilySearch Center

The Camden FamilySearch Center is located in Camden, South Carolina. Everyone is welcome to our FamilySearch Center to learn Family History, Scan Photos, Write Stories, Ask questions on research, or just need a quite place to come work on your Family History.