FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting Agenda 18 January 2011

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Kudos go to ...

 * Elaine Hasleton has agreed to take notes for most of our meetings. Thanks, Elaine!

Announcements
Notice from Mike Ritchey: "... and the new version of OpenOffice does not convert Word documents to wiki code. So I Googled the problem and found another solution. There’s an add-on for Word 2007 and later that converts Word documents (right from within Word) to MediaWiki code. I didn’t try converting anything as complicated as a table, but the add-on works nicely with headings and outlines. To read about it or get the link to the download, visit Help:WordToWiki "


 * Janell Vasquez will be leading our meeting today.
 * Lise Embley has agreed to facilitate the discussion for January 25th.

Current Wiki Contributors Corner forum threads of interest:

Discussion Items
1. Have Community members facilitate the meeting?

If yes, how often, who plans the agenda, etc.

2. Discussion item: Bring discussions and forum threads to community decision.

From the forum thread:

–"With so much to read, a large percentage of us lose interest or don't have time –Great ideas get buried without implementation –Decisions are either not made... ...or are made by those who attend a virtual meeting ...or by a FamilySearch employee without a Community discussion or vote –It is unclear who should follow through, implement, and update the Wiki accordingly"

Discussion:


 * What is the decision process


 * Consensus (and what does that mean to the Community?)
 * Number of people involved in the decision
 * What part do Forums and meetings play?


 * Who implements a decision in the Wiki and on which pages?


 * Forum threads that fit todays' discussion: Forum Digest: a plan for reaching decisions, implementing ideas

For next week:

Lise Embley will facilitate the meeting.