Meeting August 24, 2014

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
• Solicit 3 new moderators for this ACWiki team
  • 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.