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=== New Wiki Contributors Training Meeting  ===
=== New Wiki Contributors Training Meeting  ===


The first part of the meeting is training on a scheduled topic. The last part of the meeting is open for personalized help with questions you may have, or with projects you may be working on. Current Wiki news and concerns may also be discussed.  
This meeting is for family history researchers to learn all about contributing their knowledge to the Wiki to help make the Wiki a better place for doing genealogy research.  


*Information & Agendas: [[Genealogists Helping Genealogists|'''New Wiki Contributors Training''']]  
:*Information & Agendas: [[Genealogists Helping Genealogists|'''New Wiki Contributors Training''']]  
*Time: Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern)  
:*Time: Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern)  
*Format: MeetingPlace ID: 5252 [https://chqmpweb1.ldschurch.org/mpweb/scripts/mpx.dll Click to Attend] Dial in numbers: 801-240-2663; (toll-free) 877-453-7266  
:*Format: MeetingPlace ID:&nbsp;5252 [https://chqmpweb1.ldschurch.org/mpweb/scripts/mpx.dll Click to Attend] Dial in numbers: 801-240-2663; (toll-free) 877-453-7266<br>&nbsp;
*To mute or unmute your telephone, press # 5 on your telephone key pad.
*General meeting information:
 
#If you have experience with family history but are new to contributing to the Wiki, this meeting is for you! You may receive support in [[Help:Edit and Contribute|contributing to the Wiki]], which helps others with direction in their personal research.
#Project leaders with [[Projects Seeking Contributors|Wiki projects]] may find these meetings a good place to meet and recruit team members for your projects. New users will learn about the Wiki from you and other members of your project team.
#The Family history community naturally reaches out to mentor and share our knowledge and sources with each other. As we do this, we experience the support of collaboration and the sweetness of success. Working together, we will find our ancestors!


=== Wiki Contributors Meeting  ===
=== Wiki Contributors Meeting  ===


*Information &amp; Agendas: '''[[FamilySearch Wiki Contributors Meeting|Wiki Contributors Meeting]]'''
This meeting is to share best practices, ideas, tips, current issues, etc., for working on projects in the Wiki. Important community issues are also discussed as we help move things along to decisions.  
*Time: Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern)
*Format: MeetingPlace ID: 7770; [http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/70ec431dabb0d9bd3506f4e1fe658fa7 click to attend]; Dial-in number:&nbsp;877-453-7266<br>
*To mute or unmute your telephone, press # 5 on your telephone key pad.  
*General meeting information:


The purpose of this meeting is to share best practices and ideas, get useful tips,&nbsp;and consider important Community issues and move them to decisions.&nbsp;What you discuss in this meeting and in the [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=81 Wiki Contributors Corner forum] will greatly impact the FamilySearch Wiki, it's end users, and contributors like yourself.  
:*Information &amp; Agendas: '''[[FamilySearch Wiki Contributors Meeting|Wiki Contributors Meeting]]'''
:*Time: Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern)
:*Format: MeetingPlace ID: 7770; [http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/70ec431dabb0d9bd3506f4e1fe658fa7 click to attend]; Dial-in number:&nbsp;877-453-7266<br>


The agenda will deal with current issues, starting with the roles and functions of adopters and moderators. Everyone is invited to add any item to the agenda of a meeting.<br>  
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=== Technical Meeting  ===
=== Technical Meeting  ===


*Information &amp; Agendas: '''[[FamilySearch Wiki community meeting|Wiki Tech Users Meeting]]'''  
This meeting involves technical discussions about how the wiki works including technical issues, workarounds, strategy, and design.
*Time: Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern)  
 
*Format: MeetingPlace - Adobe Connect
:*Information &amp; Agendas: '''[[FamilySearch Wiki community meeting|Wiki Tech Users Meeting]]'''  
*To mute or unmute your telephone, press # 5 on your telephone key pad.
:*Time: Tuesday 2:00-3:00 PM ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time]) (4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern)  
*[[User Group Archive|Archives]]  
:*Format: MeetingPlace ID&nbsp;7780
*General meeting information:
:*[[User Group Archive|Archives]]
 
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:#We discuss content, technical issues, workarounds, community, site design, and strategy.  
=== Wiki Support Meeting  ===
:#This is the meeting for technical discussions concerning the Wiki.
 
This meeting discusses issues relating to supporting and helping Wiki contributors and keeping the Wiki running smoothly.
 
:*Time: Monday 9:30-10:30 AM [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=220 Mountain Time] (11:30-12:30 AM Eastern)
:*Format: MeetingPlace ID 3232; [http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/7f9486f8f43ff51ef6de883d6598688b click to attend] or call 877-453-7266
 
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== Project Meetings  ==
== Project Meetings  ==
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*Format: Skype chat and email
*Format: Skype chat and email


Open to new team members, if interested.
Open to new team members, if interested.  


=== Wiki Project: State of Idaho  ===
=== Wiki Project: State of Idaho  ===


*Information &amp; Agendas: [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Wiki_Idaho_Project_Page Idaho Project Meeting]  
*Information &amp; Agendas: [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Wiki_Idaho_Project_Page Idaho Project Meeting]  
*When? — Contact [[User talk:Jbparker|Jimmy Parker]] for details.
*When? — Contact [[User talk:Jbparker|Jimmy Parker]] for details.  
*Format: Skype chat and email
*Format: Skype chat and email


Revision as of 14:22, 5 May 2011

Live FamilySearch Wiki Community Meetings[edit | edit source]

The Wiki Community offers several meetings to support you in using the Wiki as a tool in your family history research. You may connect with other researchers with more experience that are willing to give you research direction. A project leader may be willing to mentor you when you join a project. You may want to collaborate with the advanced technical community and make suggestions for improving the Wiki. Join us in any or all of the meetings that interest you or create one of your own! Project leaders are encouraged to post their project pages and meetings under Project Meetings below.

Within MeetingPlace, pressing # 5 on your telephone will mute or un-mute your ability to speak during the meeting.

New Wiki Contributors Training Meeting[edit | edit source]

This meeting is for family history researchers to learn all about contributing their knowledge to the Wiki to help make the Wiki a better place for doing genealogy research.

Wiki Contributors Meeting[edit | edit source]

This meeting is to share best practices, ideas, tips, current issues, etc., for working on projects in the Wiki. Important community issues are also discussed as we help move things along to decisions.

 

Technical Meeting[edit | edit source]

This meeting involves technical discussions about how the wiki works including technical issues, workarounds, strategy, and design.


Wiki Support Meeting[edit | edit source]

This meeting discusses issues relating to supporting and helping Wiki contributors and keeping the Wiki running smoothly.


Project Meetings[edit | edit source]

Wiki Project: Indians of North America[edit | edit source]

Open to new team members, if interested.

Wiki Project: State of Idaho[edit | edit source]

Open to new team members, if interested.

WikiProject FamilySearch Records[edit | edit source]

  • Information and Agendas: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records
  • Time: Wednesday 1:30 to 2:00 PM  (Mountain Time) (3:30 PM Eastern)
  • 1903 Click to Attend Dial in Number: 801-240-2663
  • To mute or unmute your telephone, press # 5 on your telephone key pad.
  • General meeting information: This meeting is held every first and third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be held on the 3rd of November, 2010. If you wish to help provide information and content to articles on the research wiki describing collections found online at FamilySearch Historical Records attend this meeting and help get this project off the ground.

Now open to new team members as of June 2010.

Wiki Project: Sweden[edit | edit source]

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