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Please find below a summary of the Montreal meeting, July  14, 2013.
Please find below a summary of the Montreal meeting, July  14, 2013.


Attendance: Robert, Adrienne, David, Elena, Janet, Heesung
====Meeting Minutes====
Please find below a summary of the online meeting, August 24th 2014


1) Envisioning what AC Wiki needs (Brainstorm)
Attendance: Janet, Elena
 
Those in attendance discussed what worked well from 2012-2013 for the AC Wiki, and then brainstormed what we felt the site needed (either in coming year, or in general).  All ideas were documented to ensure everyone's ideas were voiced.
 
* Updates, contributions, posts, new profile at least once a week not from the core team.
* Using the wiki as a place as an academic tag, encouraging students to post about their work, thesis (Asian Canadian Studies Network, online network for academics)
* Creating side projects, features to encourage traffic and participation
* Website link provider for various networks in the community
* Link of the facebook group on the acwiki website on front page
* Video for a how to contribute on acwiki
* Reorganize design of the contribute page
* Youtube widget up and running, copy text from tea-salon
* Contribute videos, simplify contribute page
* Compilation of Asian Canadian networks
* Contact AC networks to share links on their page with us – join FB page for updates
* Asian Canadian Tumblr
* Clarification of the role of the wiki
* Asian Canadian news – shared on the FB page
* Create AC wiki as a company on LinkedIn
 
2) Visioning for 2013-2014 (core objectives)
 
Following the brainstorming session, the team worked to filter the brainstormed ideas into 3 core objectives that were are achievable in the coming year.


Those in attendance reviewed the progress of last meeting's 3 core objectives listed below.
#Increase ease of access to website
#Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
#Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki
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* Increase ease of access to the website
* Increase ease of access to the website
** Editing of "Contribute!" page instructions would allow users to more easily create profiles
** Create video clip of steps to contribute?
** Janet to created "How to create a page if this is your first time" instructions
**Action: Streamline remaining text of Contribute! page. Instructions should be no longer than 5-6 steps each
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* Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
* Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
**Adrienne's Facebook promotion of the wiki has brought more traffic to the site and promoted it's content
**Janet involved in Chinese Canadian Literature database on AC Wiki, which brought together Chinese-Canadian authors.
**Janet involved in founding and organizing "Ginger Garden" event in Montreal, directing community participants to create profiles on the AC Wiki
**Frequent users are now self-sufficient in editing and adding profiles
**Action:  Elena to add Japanese Canadian literature database on same template, 50 authors by end of 2015
**Action:  Connect with multimedia/literary organizations in A-C communities in anticipation of 5th anniversary of AC Wiki
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* Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki
* Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki
**Last meeting David allowed Youtube video embedding on the site. There are now 2+ pages with multiple Youtube videos embedded.
**Action: Reach 48 pages with Youtube video embedded by beginning 2015


3) Next Steps and Deliverables (actionable items)
The meeting concluded one hour later.
 
Following the resolution of the 3 core objectives, the team worked to create concrete deliverables for each, to ensure work against them could be concretely measured. These action items are listed below, based on the objective.
 
* Increase ease of access to the website
- Robert to lead and change the 'Contribute' section of the site to be more user friendly
- Ideas suggested include creating a video, using pictures, and moving sections of the 'Contribute' away from the main page so it looks less intimidating
- Action: Robert to implement the suggestions above
 
* Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
- Whole team to work on expanding the visibility on the site
- Adrienne to continue developing FB articles to share with FB friends on the AC Wiki FB page
- Adrienne to create an AC Wiki Tumblr to share her FB articles with those who do not use FB
- Janet to compile a list of AC community organizations and contact them to remind them we exist and would be interested in their support (either in terms of link sharing ,or better yet, having them become active users of AC Wiki)
- Goal: by July 2014, incrase the amount of average traffic we had from 2012-2013 in 2013-2014; have at least 50 new users register onto the site (average of 1 per week)
 
* Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki
- David just included the ability to embed Youtube videos into articles
- Goal: to have at least 30 articles with YouTube videos embedded

Revision as of 03:42, 5 September 2014

Meeting Minutes

Please find below a summary of the Montreal meeting, July 14, 2013.

Meeting Minutes

Please find below a summary of the online meeting, August 24th 2014

Attendance: Janet, Elena

Those in attendance reviewed the progress of last meeting's 3 core objectives listed below.

  1. Increase ease of access to website
  2. Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
  3. Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki


  • Increase ease of access to the website
    • Editing of "Contribute!" page instructions would allow users to more easily create profiles
    • Create video clip of steps to contribute?
    • Janet to created "How to create a page if this is your first time" instructions
    • Action: Streamline remaining text of Contribute! page. Instructions should be no longer than 5-6 steps each


  • Increase visibility and community engagement of AC Wiki
    • Adrienne's Facebook promotion of the wiki has brought more traffic to the site and promoted it's content
    • Janet involved in Chinese Canadian Literature database on AC Wiki, which brought together Chinese-Canadian authors.
    • Janet involved in founding and organizing "Ginger Garden" event in Montreal, directing community participants to create profiles on the AC Wiki
    • Frequent users are now self-sufficient in editing and adding profiles
    • Action: Elena to add Japanese Canadian literature database on same template, 50 authors by end of 2015
    • Action: Connect with multimedia/literary organizations in A-C communities in anticipation of 5th anniversary of AC Wiki


  • Increase multimedia use in AC Wiki
    • Last meeting David allowed Youtube video embedding on the site. There are now 2+ pages with multiple Youtube videos embedded.
    • Action: Reach 48 pages with Youtube video embedded by beginning 2015

The meeting concluded one hour later.

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