Interactions.org: Status and Plans Interaction Web Committee Kevin Munday Elizabeth Clements 14 April, 2009

InterAction Meeting 14 April Web committee Elizabeth Clements (Chair) Kevin Munday Rika Takahashi Perrine Royole-Degieux Barbara Warmbein David Harris Katie Yurkewicz

InterAction Meeting 14 April Changes since Vancouver Requesting upgrade from sub-committee Regular phone meetings Elizabeth elected chair Added Katie for her blogging insights and all-around good input

InterAction Meeting 14 April Current state of Interactions.org Transition from Mieke to Xeno Media (Kevin, Jason, Diane) Averaging ~100,000 visits from ~35,000 unique sites per month (relative stasis)

InterAction Meeting 14 April Current state of NewsWire ~2,800 subscribers (stasis) (We think) Nice smooth transition of management We would love feedback and guidance

InterAction Meeting 14 April News Focus on non-English coverage We’ve heard that news has been more inclusive, but would love further feedback Please tell us what we miss

Moving forward—Editorial Added “favicon” sized images to home page features in order to differentiate Added QD to Week of Interactions Will focus on videos and images in the next quarter  Include more images from symmetry  More guidance requested from our colleagues InterAction Meeting 16 April

What we’ve accomplished—QD 2009 Rollout 31 March Averaging visits per/day (need normalized stats) InterAction Meeting 16 April

QD 2009—Geekery Highly custom WordPress integration Custom Ajax for blogger/blog displays Custom plugins for user/image management InterAction Meeting 16 April

QD2009—The story Diarists from each region Male/Female balance Really promising talent! InterAction Meeting 16 April

QD2009—Next steps Promote!  Encourage more linking  “Site of the day” etc.  Week of Interactions Support Recruit and train  A few new diarists already in the offing  More would be better InterAction Meeting 16 April

New site design Fresh look Easier searching of images Less scrolling on home page while retaining SEO advantages InterAction Meeting 16 April

Timing Launch this quarter Target one major endeavor/upgrad e each 6 months InterAction Meeting 16 April

Onward! Roll out new design Revisit content review Incorporate collaboration feedback Plan new, major endeavor/upgrade InterAction Meeting 14 April