Community Wiki Support Meeting 22 May 2012

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Kudos go to ...

 * Lee Drew for sharing his knowledge with us and his constant help

Updates and follow up
Maintenance report - Sandra


 * Most categories are almost at zero. Unresolved issues will take some time.
 * Orphan pages - a lot are duplicates that needed to be deleted
 * To be determined - may have several that need to be deleted, also.

Business/Announcements
Rootstech - there is a call for papers. Do we have anyone who would be willing to present this year?


 * Hands-on presentations would work well for Wiki
 * Janell will see what might be planned, already

Improve the Wiki
Wiki Evaluation:


 * Questions have been asked about the Home Page and why we are making changes.
 * We understand the difficulties, but others may not.
 * How do we make a case for improving the navigation and entryway to the Wiki?
 * Should we put together a survey and send it to people who have contributed to the Wiki, or know about the Wiki?
 * Questions:


 * What would make you want to come back to work on the Wiki?
 * What problems did you encounter?
 * Navigation problems - what was helpful/problems?


 * Focus and expand on research needs to be emphasized, as reasons to use the Wiki
 * Advertising is a key to getting people into the Wiki and contributing