Online Community Gathering December 14 2011
From Mukurtu Documentation
We had a first, short, facilitated online gathering to discuss Community Feedback and Mukurtu roadmap for 2012.
Instructions for joining the meeting, materials to review, and an agenda were posted on this page on December 12, 2011
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Meeting Details
Who: Mukurtu Community--people who are interested in the development of the software tool and how the development will proceed.
When: December 14, 2011, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. PST
Where: Online meeting using GoTo Training.
Why: Mukurtu is a grassroots community-centered open source project and community dialogue is essential to building a successful tool. We are at the beginning of several major development sprints. It's the perfect time to capitalize on new momentum, share our development plan and reach out to you, our community, to help us make Mukurtu a valuable resource for the preservation, management and sharing of your digital cultural heritage.
Purpose of Meeting
A group of people from various organizations and institutions will meet to:
- Learn how to use the Mukurtu Premiere site
- Hear how to get the latest Mukurtu installation profile
- Meet the Mukurtu team
- Find out about community feedback technologies
- Questions and comments
Agenda
- Technical Set up
- 10:45-11:00 a.m.
- Mukurtu Call organizers will be available to assist with logging onto the call
- Everyone Joins Call
- Meeting Overview & Logistics
- Chach Sikes, 2 min
- Community Introductions
- Community, 5 min
- Mukurtu Overview & Welcome
- Kim Christen, 3 min
- Technology + Premiere
- Michael Ashley, 10 min
- Follow up questions
- Community, 5 min
- Installation
- Michael Ashley, 4 min
- Community Feedback
- Zoey Kroll and Chach Sikes, 5 min
- Open discussion, Comments & Questions
- Community, 10 min
- Goodbyes
Meeting Recap
Summary
We discussed the direction and goals of Mukurtu with its 1.0 release slated for next summer. Key topics included the new Premiere site, Mukurtu’s installation profile, feedback channels, and an open question and answer session between the community and development team.
Community Liaison Chach Sikes moderated the forum, with presentations by Project Director Kim Christen and Director of Development Michael Ashley.
Attendees
- Kim Christen | Project Director
- Michael Ashley | Center for Digital Archaeology
- Chacha Sikes | Center for Digital Archaeology
- Sarah Lison | Center for Digital Archaeology
- Elena Toffalori | Center for Digital Archaeology
- Connor Rowe | Center for Digital Archaeology
- Zoey Kroll | CivicActions
- Steve Curtis | CivicActions
- Fureigh | CivicActions
- Ted Isham | Muscogee (Creek) Nation
- Anne Amati | University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
- Kimberly Anderson | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Javier Ruedas | University of Texas School of Information
- Michael Shepard | University of British Columbia
- Robert Costello | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | @NMNH
- Christopher Mule | Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
- Jennifer O’Neale | National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center
- Celeste Â-Re
- Jason Jackson | Indiana University
- Alex Merill | Washington State University Libraries
- Sabra Thorner | New York University
- Alison Freese | IMLS
- Tana Finnesand | Ahtna Heritage Foundation
Overview
Kim Christen began the meeting with a brief history of Mukurtu’s origins and trajectory as a grassroots, open-source project. Follow the link below to view the slides and notes from her presentation.
Technology and Premiere
Michael Ashley continued with a presentation detailing Mukurtu’s technical aspects, including a roadmap of its development, a demonstration of it in action, and an introduction to the Mukurtu Premiere site and features.
Follow-up Questions
A quick Q+A session followed Michael’s presentation, allowing community members to give feedback on the development side of Mukurtu.
Installation
The tech talk continued with another slideshow from Michael on the installation process for Mukurtu.
Community Feedback
Chach Sikes outlined the ways in which Mukurtu users can stay in touch and continue to give feedback.
Open Discussion
The last ten minutes of the meeting were given to a general, open discussion with all the attendees.
Conclusion
With a high attendance rate, enthusiastic participation and some great feedback, the Mukurtu team is excited about the next months leading up to our 1.0 release. Mukurtu’s grassroots origins continue to shape the direction of this project and user feedback and participation play critical roles in this mission. We once again wish to thank those of you who attended this meeting, and encourage everyone to look into our new Premiere site, contact us with questions and comments, and stay tuned for news of our next meeting!
Technical Details about the Meeting
Meeting Organizers
- Chach Sikes - Moderator (CoDA / Mukurtu)
- Zoey Kroll (CivicActions / Mukurtu)
- Sarah Lison - Notetaker (CoDA / Mukurtu)
Connect to the Meeting
To join the meeting, you will want to Register.
- Please RSVP so we are sure to have your contact information.
- Dec 14, 2011 at 10:45 AM PST. (meeting starts officially at 11:00 am)
- Register Link: https://student.gototraining.com/r/3386144308705841152
- The remote meeting tool we are using is GoTo Training
- Allow yourself 5 minutes to set up the tool.
- GoTo Training is easy and fairly reliable as far as online meeting tools go, however it make take you a few minutes to get connected and download the web browser plug-in.
- We will be online as early as 10:45 a.m. to help get everyone connected.
Technical Details
- Audio: You will have the option to use your computer’s microphone, or else call in.
- Participants can use their computer's microphone and speakers (VoIP) or telephone.
- United States - Toll: +1 (215) 383-1020
- Access Code: 627-076-044
- Audio PIN: Shown after joining the training
- Chat: There is a Chat window that we will use during the call.
- Materials: There is a Materials window that will have links to any files you might want to download.
- Recorded: The call will be recorded. If you do not wish to be included in the recording or transcript, please let us know and we will remove that content.
- Discussions: Chat, Hand-raising & Mute. To reduce echo-ing, we will have everyone on mute during presentations. During Question and Comment times, we will use the hand-raising and chat features to coordinate dialog.
Questions from the Community
We will note any questions we receive via email by community members who are unable to make the meeting.
RSVP
RSVP for the Online Community Gathering
People who are planned to come
The following people RSVP'd to attend the meeting, and agreed to have their names listed on the wiki (12/12/2011)
- Name | Organization | Twitter Handle or other Social Media Link | Blog | Location | Role
Mukurtu Community Members
- Ted Isham | Muscogee (Creek) Nation
- Anne Amati | University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
- Kimberly Anderson | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Renee Morgan | Ignacio Community Library
- Javier Ruedas | University of Texas School of Information
- Michael Shepard | University of British Columbia
- Pietro Ferraris | map2app
- Robert Costello | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | @NMNH
Mukurtu Team
- Kim Christen | Project Director | Pullman, WA
- Mukurtu | @mukurtu
- www.kimchristen.com
- Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies and Director of Digital Projects at the Plateau Center for American Indian Studies, Washington State University
- Michael Ashley | Director of Development | Berkeley, CA
- Jane Anderson | Legal Adviser | New York, NY
- Chacha Sikes | Community Liaison | Berkeley, CA
- Sarah Lison | Communications | Berkeley, CA
- Elena Toffalori | Berkeley, CA
- Connor Rowe | Berkeley, CA
- Zoey Kroll | Senior User Experience Researcher | San Francisco, CA
- Steve Curtis | Project Manager and Certified ScrumMaster | Brooklyn, NY
- Fureigh | Engineer | Brooklyn, NY
