FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting

Come and get help, learn, and forge solutions with other community contributors! We hold community meetings to discuss content, technical issues, workarounds, community, site design, and strategy. Everyone who attends learns something new that makes it easier and more fun to contribute to the wiki.

Our community meetings frequently discuss style guidelines. Please refer to the Manual of Style page and its discussion page for ongoing community discussions to reach agreement on guidelines.

When
The wiki community meetings are on  Tuesdays  from 2:00-3:00 PM (mountain time)

Attend the community meeting from home!
Attend our community meeting remotely! To attend, you will need to connect to both the audio and video portions:


 * VIDEO: Click here to access the meeting. If you find that you are "waiting for the meeting to start" and it is close to starting or should have started, try hitting refresh on your browser.
 * AUDIO: To attend the audio portion, you may connect in one of two methods. Both methods will be recorded with the video portion. The first method is recommended and preferable. Using either method, you may mute at any time by pressing *6.
 * The best method is to first connect to the video portion. The video portion will display a window to allow you to put in your telephone number. If you do such, the system will call you. To enter after being called, you will be prompted to press 1 to enter the meeting. This allows the video portion to see who is speaking.
 * The alternative method allows you to call in to connect with our telephone bridge: Call 1-866-274-9016. At the prompt, provide the participant code 336769 followed by #. This method is less desirable as it displays you as an "Unknown dial in" attendee in addition to your video attendee. You may participate with the audio bridge without seeing the video, but people may not know who you are. Some systems may not allow you to press telephone keys after the connection has been made.

To view past meetings, please visit the User Group Archive.

Agenda information
Community members are welcome to suggest topics for the agenda by clicking on the agenda below, then click the "Discussion" tab. As the meeting draws near, items in the Discussion tab will be reviewed for agenda priority.

Minutes information
In the meeting held on 08 Sep 2009, it was decided that the individual that adds an agenda item should take the meeting notes since they have vested interest in the subject. If that individual is not able to attend or otherwise not able to take the notes, someone else should take that responsibility. The meeting minutes are very important to those not able to attend the meeting as well as to maintain a written records of discussions and decisions.

Current meetings
To view agenda &amp; minutes more than two weeks old, please visit the User Group Archive.


 * 20 October 2009 agenda and recording
 * 27 October 2009 agenda and recording - no audio!
 * 3 November 2009 agenda
 * 10 November 2009 agenda
 * 17 November 2009 agenda


 * We made the decision to test the Welcoming Committee feature for the next two weeks.


 * 24 November 2009 agenda - canceled; please continue testing the Welcoming Committee feature


 * 1 December 2009 agenda


 * UnPortal pages status
 * Welcoming Committee test results
 * GNIS linking error


 * 8 December 2009 agenda:


 * Status of Portal page conversions
 * Diane coming to the meeting next week
 * Replace: functionality request status (StringFunctions with ParserFunctions)
 * Bug reported through Clarify #1262798 re: editing redirected pages


 * 15 December 2009 agenda
 * 22 December 2009 agenda - canceled; Fran on vacation
 * 29 December 2009 agenda - canceled; Fran on vacation
 * 5 January 2010 agenda

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