User group meeting agenda & minutes 2 July 2008

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= Agenda =

Administrative items

 * 1) Assignment of time keeper and remote monitor
 * 2) Introduction of new members: 10 seconds for name and desired takeaways.
 * 3) Prayer --
 * 4) Review of Minutes
 * 5) Today's agenda preview

Information items
Review of the application of procedures for contributors to FamilySearch Wiki.


 * Authoring an Article, including naming it. -- Geoff Morris
 * Editing an Article, including formatting it to make it "pretty." -- Geoff Morris
 * Categorizing an article
 * Internal and External Links -- Darris Williams
 * Using FCK Editor or not?
 * Cleaning up unwanted code

Keeping an article a reasonable length.

Teaching these procedures to others to help them feel comfortable as contributors.

Try to think as a user (patron) would think. How would they look for things in the Wiki? That affects the naming of pages (articles), categorizing articles, and internal linking, among other things.

Report on tab titles on articles (Thomas Lerman) -- will be included as a discussion item next week.

Family History Library Favorites and the FamilySearch Wiki (Stephen Bobowski) -- Statement of policy and possible future discussion item.

Carryover from Last Week
Report on a test of image approval process

New Items
Inviting users to attend the Users Group Meeting remotely and making them feel more a part of the experience. -- Thomas Lerman

= Minutes =

Facilitator was [Add name here], Note taker was [Add name here], Time keeper was [Add name here]. Remote monitor was [Add name here]

Prayer by [Add name here]