Hi all,
I'm working on an ongoing basis to develop our introduction/induction
process for new members.
Some of you may have been in the mini-session I led at the AGM asking for
feedback/ideas on this very topic. One valuable insight that came out of
that was that we have two broad groups we want to attract to volunteering
opportunities - including membership - in the Chapter; those who have
edited before and those who have not.
One idea I'm exploring is reformulating the currently separate sections on
the UK Wiki on 'Volunteering' and 'Join us' into a 'Volunteer
portal' which
brings together these resources underneath an introductory landing page
which directs people to further information based on whether they have
editing experience. Sadly however my lack of experience working with
complex templates, and lack of time to get up to speed to deliver this
myself is proving an obstacle.
What I would love is if some wonderful person/persons could offer a few
hours of their time in the next fortnight to work with me on internal wiki
to develop a portal template we can then move onto the UK wiki when the
content to compliment it is ready - again, I'm drafting the content for new
members on the UK wiki, and welcome input from anyone who has time or
inclination.
Drop me a line if you think you can help (or indeed, reply here!) I
understand that there are probably many of you who *could* do this but
might struggle to find the time in the next few weeks :)
*Katherine Bavage *
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