Notes:  http://notes.ussf2010.org/ict-2010-02-25.wb

  1. Introductions
    1. New WG members:
  2. Staff report-back
    1. Mallory
    2. Tdka
  3. Otra
    1. FOSS debate -- ticket #461
    2. ICT trainings (website navigation for organizers, editing, support request system)
    3. Site navigation and home page -- ticket #462, #463, and #285
  4. Milestones
    1. deadline for 4
    2. setting and maintaining milestone deadlines based on our OC-committed roadmap http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/big-picture
  5. Housekeeping

Present: Mark L, Scott, Jamie, Tdka

1. New WG members: Paul in DC, Anthony (interface/design),

Plug-in: poke around the tickets and come to work session (multi-city work session-jamie)

Orientation session, coming soon Mark L will plan call; esp focus on organize; plan ways for folks to plug-in.

2 Staff report-back

a. Mallory; on a plain to DET (we hope...) b. Tdka; fundraisers for march, april, and may; for tech hardware. lots of paper! toner and DVDs on the way, in-kind copier, line on 25 computers, using smartsheet; attrition an issue.

Mark L. Org: Aspiration; thinkpads available.

Issue about registration. folks register and are charged, but don't get all their

3 Otra

a. FOSS debate -- ticket #461, links to fb/tw

Flow of users away from ussf site a concern, and twitter; concern with just using twitter

Call to strategize; formal proposals to discuss, find someone using it and have them be a part of discussion, how can we use it? have a successful campaign and then you have a significant fb presence.

Outline bigger piece of goals and strategies; focusing the call to move fw. proposals from immediate needs, wgs have need?

Call about overall direction and evolution of site.

Thursday, March 4, 6 pm website strategy and communications

b. ICT trainings (website navigation for organizers, editing, support request system)

Joseph, hold-off till he's on call

Trainings at the OC, Mallory and Alfredo will be there.

c. Site navigation and home page -- ticket #462, #463, and #285

specific tweeks; who link to organize from home page, potential splash email sign-up with cookie (move fwd. on this)

4 Milestones

a. deadline for 4, move to the OC date b. setting and maintaining milestone deadlines based on our OC-committed roadmap http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/big-picture

5 Housekeeping