FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 23 January 2014

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Kudos go to
Charles for skipping rope ("He's having too much fun") with HTML classes --- as well a playing with tabs and maps.

Moderators and Adopters

 * Conversation in the call:

Wiki Content

 * Please review the Wiki recordings in the Learning Center and give feedback.
 * Projects/pages you would like to share or get feedback on:

Updates and follow up

 * Our meetings are going to be getting more participants. We need to manage the noise that comes from that.  We ask that everyone go on mute and go off mute to ask a question or give feedback.
 * All recordings for Community and Support meetings are added.
 * New Indexing website
 * Wiki text class (HTML 5) given by Charles 12:00 PM Mountain every Monday 993 479 315.
 * FireFox will import Chrome bookmarks
 * please do not use Internet Explorer as it messes up formating
 * Tech Meeting today at 2:00 PM Mountain. ID:  993 776 346
 * Suggestions for tabs across top of new Wiki design- in process with CHQ (Wiki) employees [Caleb and Guiseppe] - Charles Sandbox page for tabs
 * possibly light color (such as pale yellow) behind non-current tabs
 * a link offered to patrons to allow to be seen using an old format - legacy issues might become clumbersome for maintanence
 * clickable map for locations (under a new design format)
 * Program is in place to have personal contact with new contributors in 2014
 * Feb 10th 2pm meeting for helping new contributors.Google doc
 * Google Chrome issues -headquarters help Skype chat - go through Robin. Headquarters CHQ Chat - talk directly to engineers and developers. Robin can put someone in that chat, or email Robin to have her put you in. The 24 hour support fell apart over the weekend - it went to voicemail.
 * Suggestion... scroll across the top... THE WIKI IS NOT WORKING USING CHROME as a dismissable message.

Community Council Report
Wilma or Steve

Items to pose to Community Council
How would you suggest we move forward with Adopters?


 * Should the program be continued?
 * Where to point adopters to receive updated infromation? If so, how do you see it being run, processes?
 * Other feedback?