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September 22, 2015
Attending (add your name here):
- Misha Vinokur @justfunny
- Phillip Smith @phillipadsmith
- Thomas Wilburn @thomaswilburn
- Michael Pereira @monkeycycle_org
Next actions / decisions:
- Phillip to look up the cupcake model! It might make more sense than the Lean Startup model.
- Phillip to add all to analytics & Wordpress: same e-mails
- Phillip to ask Burt (cc Thomas): Could they be updated: One PSD, plus fonts, and so on
- All of us: Post one question that we'd like to ask members about the Website. [PS to stsrt GH thread]
To be discussed / decided:
- Agreement on our action group's scope of work
- Better defining the audience of this site
- Generating a plan for how to best meet that audiences needs
- Propose to board the above w/ our "cupcake" test as the start (simplify, etc.)
- Decision: The above is agreed by Misha, Thomas, and Phillip
- A small list of tasks that need to be undertaken to move this group's work forward
- Come up with three questions [that organizers could ask their members] --> Julia
- Each propose one guiding/insightful question that members could answer about the website...
- e.g., Did you even know what HH have a Website?
- Think about who "controls" the site / can make update / etc.
- And how big does it need to be? What does the audience really need? Could it be simple enough to run on Github pages?
Questions:
- Old assets on the site (old logos, and so on)
- Could they be updated: One PSD, plus fonts, and so on.
- Even begs the question: What is the ideal "starter kit" for chapters?
Random discussion: What is our mandate? Thomas asks. Phillip says, the Website does a poor job of promoting Hacks/Hackers at large.
Misha asks: Who's it for? Members, or organizers? Who's the audience?
Thomas muses:
- It seems like a placeholder
- The menu of chapters doesn't do a great job: Big list, leads to empty chapter pages
Also:
- What the purpose of the "jobs" section?
- Old chapter assets on the site. Would be great to get them updated