User group meeting agenda & minutes 23 Apr 2008

= Proposing ideas for this agenda =

To propose or discuss ideas for this agenda, please use the Discussion tab above. As the meeting draws near, we will review the items proposed on the Discussions page and decide which ones should get highest priority on the agenda.

= Agenda =

Administrative items

 * 1) Assignment of time keeper, note taker, and facilitator
 * 2) Introduction of members: 10 seconds for name and desired takeaways.
 * 3) Today's agenda preview
 * 4) Where we'll look for initial ideas to cover (feedback page and agenda discussion page)
 * 5) Where to propose items for next agenda

Information items

 * Tech moment: stub template (Mollie)
 * Tech moment: recent changes page (Mollie)
 * Wiki Featured Author highlighted on Family History Library Intranet (Anne R)
 * New forums on familysearchsupport.org (Michael)

Discussion items
= Minutes =

Facilitator was Michael Ritchey, Note taker was Kip Enger, Time keeper was [Add name here].

UNDER CONSTRUCTION


 * 1) Navigation bar updates (Michael) In order to simplify and display only those items needed by most users, a few links on the Navigation bar were removed ("Random page", "News and events", "About this site"). "Random page" is available from Special pages. Portlets for News and Events are listed on the Main page. See "Get started with this site" for information about the site.
 * 2) Stub template information (Mollie) The "Stub" template is used to indicate that a given article needs to be expanded. To use it, from editor (rich or wikitext editor), enter: "{"stub"}" (without the quotes)
 * 3) Recent changes (Mollie) Demonstrated how this page is used. For further information see Mediawiki's description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_Changes
 * 4) New forum on FamilySearchSupport.org (Michael) Links to a new integrated forum can be found on the Main page (within Navigation window) to all of the associated forums  and from the Feedback page (specific to feedback: ).
 * 5) Featured Author

Attendees
Michael Ritchey, Mollie Forbes, James Anderson, Barbara Baker, David Samuelson, Jimmy Parker, Marc Feichart, Anne Roach, Geoff Morris, Darris Williams, Kip Enger, Jim Ison Remote: Thomas Lerman