Recap of August 18, 2015 Meeting

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  1. Greetings
  2. Recap of last meeting
  3. Lesson plans status and questions
  4. Status of abandoned plans
    • We are doing a full audit to determine an accurate list of plans people are currently working on. If the plan you are listed with is correct, please pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @abuango or @bethsoderberg to let them know. If you can no longer work on the plan listed, please ping and let us know.
    • User Lessons:
      • Local InstallLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer.@courtneydawn
      • What to do When You Forget Your Password –@pwbrowne
      • Managing Updates –@kshivler
    • Theme Lessons:
  5. Testing status and questions
    • Lesson plans need to include approximate time to conduct
  6. Continue review of Getting Started page and Welcome to the WordPress training team box
    • After review, the Getting Started page is primarily organized for lesson plan writers.  The team needs have expanding beyond this and a review of different ways in which people can contribute is underway.    Ideas suggested:
      • Write lesson plans
      • Test lesson plans
      • Review content to keep up with WordPress updates
      • Update screenshots
      • Copyediting
  7. Lesson plan continuity with WordPress updates
  8. Questions

#content-audit, #testing