Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2011-11-16

Attending:
 * Annie Lin
 * Jami Mathewson
 * Tom Fish
 * Christopher Cheney
 * Cindy Nelson
 * Donald Albury
 * Richard Knipel
 * Piotr Konieczny

Topics of Discussion:
 * Branding / Image
 * Cindy still compiling pages/subpages, working with LiAnna Davis on this
 * 1st Draft: User:Cindamuse/Workshop/Steering_Committee
 * Will have new pages for committee
 * Looking for more coordinated efforts on signposts about the successes of the program
 * May need to re-iterate that GLAAM != Ambassadors
 * Some feedback issues - contact with User:Tbayer (WMF) or Sage?
 * link: wp:Wikipedia_Signpost/About
 * Branding Efforts: Logo will come shorty, from Wikimedia
 * Newsletter revitalisation
 * Tom has access to send newsletter bot
 * Should restart soon, led by Cindy - will find our "editor"


 * Conflicts between Class Needs & Community
 * Generally more isolated seems ok? right now
 * Update Impact of India
 * Copyright violations has been "interesting" (many copy/paste, weird citations...), many warnings were given on the ground either through local professors/wikimedia staff
 * Had some cultural issues and combined with lack of enough ground support / Online Ambassadors, issues have had problems
 * Cleanup is occurring right now
 * As of right now India program, is mothballed, with no new edits will occur. Chances are program will restart in June at the earliest.
 * Userfying vs creating new articles - recommendation?
 * No longer as large of an issue - will revisit as need be.


 * Meeting closes, tentatively scheduling next meeting for Early/Mid December
 * Canada Update
 * It's official, adopting the Canadian Program on the backend, currently the Great Lakes Region is covering the Ontario Classes
 * In the future will have distinct regions that may overlap - will happen on a case by case basis.


 * Roles & Responsibilities of the Steering Committee
 * Those who haven't need to send Cindy an email, with thoughts
 * Cindy and Jami will coordinate and stay in touch, since both wanted to collect information about what each Steering Committee sees as the role of the Committee
 * Cindy would like the information for the revamp on pages
 * Management of Online Ambassador program needs to be looked into
 * Wikimedia would like the Steering Committee, to handle the more day to day management
 * Currently unsure of who is an (active) OA
 * wp:United_States_Education_Program/Online_Ambassadors? or wp:United_States_Education_Program/MOU/sign?
 * Does the MOU need to be reviewed
 * Currently feels very "contracty", may need to be more friendly
 * Can it be shortened to a nutshell into a brief format with attachments/links
 * Also need to add to Campus Ambassador training that enabling email support is a great thing
 * Annie/Jami will be looking into this
 * Leaderboard what's up with it?
 * Frank is bringing it back to life, should start back up within a week or two


 * Roles of Online Ambassadors
 * Do we need to make their focus less class oriented and more subject oriented?
 * Do we need to ask get Regional Ambassadors, to drum up support, on a class by class basis?
 * Richard will look into this


 * Update on where Wikimedia is heading with the project
 * Biggest Current Goal: Focus on Sustainability over size - Focusing on Depth instead of Breadth
 * Workoverload has been an issue, and need to make sure we don't lose the support we already have


 * Check on Talk page of U.S. Education Program
 * Need to check up on a more regular basis, some very interesting discussions as of late
 * Good bellweather on situation


 * Giving Professors more support
 * Is it possible to invite them to campus ambassador like training?
 * General note this should be online by Jan 31 2012?
 * Some kind of faculty orientation (online or in-person) is being planned for the Spring 2012 professors
 * There is a program is being set in motion, may not occur till Fall 2012
 * Each of us needs to contribute to talk page of U.S. Education Program (linked above)