FamilySearch Wiki:Community Meetings

Join a Wiki Community Meeting

Come and discuss ways we can work together to improve the wiki.

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.

Information & Agendas: Wiki Contributors Meeting
Time: Thursday 1:00 - 2:00 PM (Mountain Time) (3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern
WebEx ID: 990 733 804; Join the meeting;
Dial-in number: Local / International: 1-801-240-9700 U.S. Toll-Free: 1-855-537-4000;

Technical Meeting

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

Information & Agendas: Wiki Tech Users Meeting
Time: Thursday 2:00-3:00 PM (Mountain Time) (4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern)
Format: WebEX ID 993 776 349 click to attend
Phone number Local/International: 1-801-240-9700
U.S. Toll-Free: 1-855-537-4000
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Wiki Support Meeting

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

Information & Agendas: Wiki Support Meeting
Time: Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM Mountain Time (12:00-1:00 PM Eastern)
WebEx ID: 997 636 893; Join the meeting;
Dial-in number: Local / International: 1-801-240-9700 U.S. Toll-Free: 1-855-537-4000

Project Meetings

Wiki Content Team Meetings

Purpose: weekly progress reports and assignments; usability testing progress; results of discussions with content experts.

Current focus: Metrics testing for new update look and feel; planning state page for testing; looking at county pages

Attendees: the 6-7 member Wiki Content Team. Open to interested persons.

If you would like to join, post your request to User talk:AdkinsWH so we can give you the number and meet online at WebEx ID: Request from ; Join the meeting; Dial-in number: Local / International: 1-801-240-9700 U.S. Toll-Free: 1-855-537-4000; 12:30 p.m. Mountain time on Tuesdays.

WikiProject: England

Information and Agendas: WikiProject: England
Time: Alternate Wednesdays, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (Mountain Time)
Web Ex
Click to Attend or Dial in Number: 801-240-9700 (local/international) or 855-537-4000 (U.S. toll free)
To mute or unmute your telephone, press # 5 on your telephone key pad.

General Meeting Information: This meeting is held every other Wednesday, circumstances permitting. If you wish to help provide information and content to articles on the wiki describing research in England, attend this meeting and share your knowledge.

Now open to new team members. Anyone interested is invited to attend!

WikiProject: Indians of North America

Information & Agendas: Indians of North America Project
When? — Contact Rorie Jenson for details.
Format: Skype chat and email

Open to new team members, if interested.

WikiProject: State of Idaho

Information & Agendas: Idaho Project Meeting
When? — Contact Rorie Jenson for details.
Format: Skype chat and email

Open to new team members, if interested.

WikiProject: FamilySearch Historical Records

Information and Agendas: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records
Time: Every second Wednesday, Monthly, 2:00 - 2:30 PM (Mountain Time) (3:30 PM Eastern)
Meeting Place ID: 6654
Click to Attend or 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 on the second Wednesday of each month, circumstances permitting. 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 September 2011. Anyone interested is invited to attend!

WikiProject: Sweden

Information Agendas: see Swedish User Group Meeting page
When? — Every other Thursday @ 2:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Room ID 0606. Contact Geoffrey Fröberg Morris for details.
Format: MeetingPlace Meetings, Skype chat, and email

WikiProject: New York

Dormant since 29 February 2012. DiltsGD 20:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Information and Agenda: see FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York page

WikiProject: Utah

This project is now dormant (2013)

Information and Agenda: see FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah page