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 :*Janell for being on the FGS&nbsp;radio broadcast chat, fielding questions.&nbsp; I&nbsp;saw Steve there, too.&nbsp; Not sure who else was there.&nbsp; Thanks!&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 18:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
+:*Lise for averting a crisis with Dear Myrtle
 :*Sandra Pond and the Wiki support team for bringing broken links down from over 4,000 to 30!
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 :*Thomas MacEntee has requested help developing a "getting started with the FamilySearch wiki" page for the FGS web site.&nbsp; I think it's a great opportunity to help facilitate societies' contributions to the wiki.&nbsp; He already has the link to the Contributor Help page.&nbsp; I'd love to brainstorm ideas for a page for FGS.&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 17:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)<br>
-:*Business Card - Carol and Darris&nbsp;[[Image:Moderator business card.jpg|thumb|center]]
+:*This would be a resource for societies to see the value of the Wiki and add to articles
+:*Jane suggested "Getting Started:General Research" page has great information. This would be a good example of what could be done.
+:*There is a page about developing a society page - Help:Creating a Society page
+:*Jane and Lise will work on this and get back to Thomas
+:**Business Card - Carol and Darris&nbsp;
+:*URL has been added and it has gone to graphics and marketing.
+:*A template will be ready for Rootstech
+:*What format should be used so that people can edit it?
+:*IT &nbsp;group should be able to help us with an Adobe Acrobat Creator[[Image:Moderator business card.jpg|thumb|center]]
 :*Report from James and Lise on their presentations this past week
-:*Report from Nathan - Brainstorm ideas for a Widget/Button/Badge for libraries, societies, organizations to include on their pages that identifes them as being mentioned/featured in the FamilySearch wiki. See Maureen Taylor's blog for a Wikipedia example. Thanks to Fran Jensen for pointing this out. (Did we ever finish this discussion?)
+:*James -&nbsp;
+:*Lise - radio broadcast went well, with a &nbsp;large audience - over 45. &nbsp;There seemed a lot of interest from societies to get involved with Wiki. &nbsp;The follow up is critical. &nbsp;
+:*Report from Nathan - Brainstorm ideas for a Widget/Button/Badge for libraries, societies, organizations to include on their pages that identifes them as being mentioned/featured in the FamilySearch wiki. See Maureen Taylor's blog for a Wikipedia example. Thanks to Fran Jensen for pointing this out. (Did we ever finish this discussion?)
+:*Widget box could be created for &nbsp;Society sites, etc. that would lead people back to the Wiki. Widgetbox.com
+:*Make an official widget for Wiki? &nbsp;If it's on an &nbsp;account, it doesn't have ads on it. &nbsp;Jane has an account on Widgetbox
+:*If we had a widget, socities would be happy to use it. &nbsp;Get FamilySearch to pay for it?
+:*Darris will talk to Janell about going further with this, with Jane and will report back next week for any status updates
+:*Widgetbox has a lot of LDS widgets.
 === Business/Announcements  ===
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 === Improve the Wiki  ===
-:*[[User_talk:TrostLZ]]&nbsp; Would someone from Historical Records be able to look at this page and address the question from the contributor?<br>
+:*[[User talk:TrostLZ]]&nbsp; Would someone from Historical Records be able to look at this page and address the question from the contributor?<br>
 === Moderators and Adopters  ===