User group meeting & agenda 1 October 2008

= Proposing ideas for this agenda =

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= Agenda =

Administrative items

 * 1) Assignment of time keeper and note taker
 * 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

 * New unique resource coming from new user and longtime employee Noel Cardon (Michael).
 * Our first attack on the forums (Michael).
 * The reorganization of the Support and Library division and new players on the wiki team (Michael).

Carryover from Last Week

 * Vote on navigation bar (right or left layout)
 * Discussion in forum re. diacritics.

New Items

 * Barn Raising: What is it, how do we plan one, what does it entail, and who would like to help plan the first one (for New York state). (Michael)

= Minutes =

Facilitator was Michael Ritchey. Note taker was Jimmy Parker, Time keeper was [Add name here].

Prayer by Jimmy Parker.

The total number of registered users of the FamilySearch Wiki as of this week is 4,648. That is an increase of 387 new registered users over last week.

Attendees
Michael Ritchey, David Samuelson, James Anderson, Ann Roach, Daniel Longmore, Mollie Forbes, Jimmy B. Parker, Joan Healey, Charlene Pipkin, Lisa McBride, Chris Whittaker, Phillip Dunn, David Dilts

Remote Attendees
(Anne Roach), Thomas Lerman, Debbie Edward, Lise Embley

Items Discussed
Information Items:


 * Noel Cardon, a long-time employee of the Family History Department, has an interest in the Pacific. She has created an index to Pacific Island families, leading users to the exact roll of microfilm for that collection in the Family History Library. She will also find others who are interested in the Pacific Islands to add information to the Wiki.
 * There has been a spam attack on the Wiki site this morning. It has been handled to block porn entries.
 * Reorganization of the Family History Library has added some new members to the Wiki team.