FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 10 January 2013

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Kudos go to ...

 * LDS Church Records - Wiki Always Team - Utah Pages

Updates and follow up

 * Support Team changes


 * Jane has retired as a team leader but is staying on the Community Council and as a Moderator.
 * Lee Drew is replacing her as a team leader.


 * Forum replacement: We encourage everyone to look at all the options - this may be a transitional source waiting for FamilySearch to determine a permanent solution
 * Google Communities
 * fsgroups.com
 * Goals: Evaluate 2012 and give ideas for goals for 2013 Lynda.

Community Council Report
The latest meeting was held on January 9, 2013. Topics covered included Moderators (removing and suggested new responsibility), Improving communication between all contributors, ways to retain contributors and increase the number of active contributors. --Steve 20:22, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Business/Announcements

 * Google Power Searching Courses (Free and excellent) - Lee
 * Volunteer Experience Committee
 * Needs:


 * Testimonial for using the wiki - Success Stories - From perspective of patrons
 * Send stories and quotes to [mailto:VasquezJL@familysearch.org Janell Vasquez]
 * Non-FamilySearch Employee - Wikipedia editor to edit the FS.org article

New Agenda Items
Removal of moderators – we have a list now of a bunch of moderators who need to be removed for various reasons. Who should do it and how?

· Moderators – let’s talk about adding a Things to Do page to their responsibilities Moderator Talk


 * Digital Collections - Slight subtitle change for Online Collections to include the word "collections". See example on the Utah Statewide Online Collections title.
 * New LDS Church Records articles are being added that provide information about LDS Stakes and Wards including boundries, online records, etc. See the Benson Stake link on the Cache County article.  Kudo's to the Volunteer Experience Committee.

Forums Overview

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