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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


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