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Here is a proposed agenda for the next Council meeting. Please feel free to add.
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=Minutes for the Marspedia Governing Council Meeting - November 17, 2017=
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===Attendees===
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Susan, James B., James G., Bruce, Nicole, Carie, Mike S., Mike D.
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Not Attending: Lucinda, Rose
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==Agenda==
  
 
* Nominations & Election of Secretary for the Council.
 
* Nominations & Election of Secretary for the Council.
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* Discuss editing review schedule for new articles being posted (Nicole)
 
* Discuss editing review schedule for new articles being posted (Nicole)
 
* Subcommittee meetings should have a bit more notice and more options for times (Nicole)
 
* Subcommittee meetings should have a bit more notice and more options for times (Nicole)
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==Secretary==
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After some discussion, we decided to postpone the election of a Secretary until a future meeting. We will make an effort to recruit a Secretary.
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==Reports from Editorial & Technical Subcommittees==
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James Burk provided a report on the activities of both subcommittees.
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The Editorial team has been having weekly teleconferences where we've been working on a [[Topic List]] and list of [[Needed Articles]].  We will continue to use the list of topics (which we consider a good list for now) to build out the needed articles (which needs some work).
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We completed the new home page today.  It has a "how you can help module" which is a call to action for volunteers.  We also link to the new [[Teachers Start Here]] page, which needs some more work.
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The technical team is working on a [[Marspedia:Technical_Action_Items|List of action items]] including a review of all tag templates, categories, and a new procedure for importing articles from Wikipedia.
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==Marspedia Logo==
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==Publicity Phases==
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Bruce referenced his [[Contributor_Categories]] list for categorizing future volunteers. James Burk and Bruce agreed that the best way
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==Editing Review Schedule==
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==Scheduling Tools==

Revision as of 22:50, 17 November 2017

Minutes for the Marspedia Governing Council Meeting - November 17, 2017

Attendees

Susan, James B., James G., Bruce, Nicole, Carie, Mike S., Mike D.

Not Attending: Lucinda, Rose


Agenda

  • Nominations & Election of Secretary for the Council.
  • Reports from the Editorial & Technical Subcommittees (James)
  • Marspedia Logo (Susan)
  • Publicity phases (Bruce)
  • Discuss editing review schedule for new articles being posted (Nicole)
  • Subcommittee meetings should have a bit more notice and more options for times (Nicole)


Secretary

After some discussion, we decided to postpone the election of a Secretary until a future meeting. We will make an effort to recruit a Secretary.


Reports from Editorial & Technical Subcommittees

James Burk provided a report on the activities of both subcommittees.

The Editorial team has been having weekly teleconferences where we've been working on a Topic List and list of Needed Articles. We will continue to use the list of topics (which we consider a good list for now) to build out the needed articles (which needs some work).

We completed the new home page today. It has a "how you can help module" which is a call to action for volunteers. We also link to the new Teachers Start Here page, which needs some more work.

The technical team is working on a List of action items including a review of all tag templates, categories, and a new procedure for importing articles from Wikipedia.

Publicity Phases

Bruce referenced his Contributor_Categories list for categorizing future volunteers. James Burk and Bruce agreed that the best way

Editing Review Schedule

Scheduling Tools