A HH4901 6

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[edit] Draft Agenda

[edit] 3:00 to 3:50 +/- — Design and systems initiatives

• Continuing projects —
  • Reports on progress (5 minutes) — see A_HH4901_5
  • [N.B. - Dan Merrick on family vacation w/o 2/19...returning post-one-eye-only-laser-surgery on 3/1]
    • MediaWiki and CSS
    • Adding a "Study" tab and page
    • Developing a Logo
    • Google Analytics
  • Designing to attract more content (45 minutes) — a key concern
    • Top page redrafting — Various changes have been incorporated into the top page. Should we put it on hold for a while to concentrate on other things, for instance, improving other hubs "above the fold" and generating more content so that notice of it can flow through the various hubs?
    • Limits on "above the fold" — Multiple top folds are one click away?
    • Modes of getting content
      • "Over the transom"
      • Sprints & symposia
      • Specific requests
      • Migrating course stuff to site stuff
    • User recruitment and activation
      • What will get more users?
      • What will increase the frequency of use by users?
        • Varying the material on top folds?
        • Highlighting recent contributions
        • Requesting specific new contributions
• New projects — only if time allows
  • Develop a better understanding and use of categories
    • Help:category

3:50 to 5:00 -/+ — Substantive projects

• Continuing projects
  • Collaborative projects — Discussion
    • Symposium — Tough Questions on Tough Choices
      • Setting date for its "start"
      • Should the Symposium have a host or MC
  • Individual projects — Quick update
• New projects — Individual or collaborative
  • Digital Lyceum — Cornel West