3:00 p.m., 20 May 2020, Microsoft Teams
Attendance
Donald Duff-McCracken (Chair), Melissa Holst (Secretary), Herbert Balagtas, Iva Badjari, Daniella Cross, Lannois Carrol-Woolery, Tom Cauduro, Jennifer Cheriosky, Erica Clement-Goudy, Beth Cotter, Paval Chvala, Michelle Douglas-Mills, Chris Francis, Graham Faukner, Sarah Frograve, Laurel Forbes, Troy Grandy, Tasha Glover, Tom Graham, Marlon Griffith, Andrea Jennings, Joe Kwan, Elizabeth Kleisath, Ryan Lahti, Derek Leung, Liam Morland, Trevor Ridgeway, Elizabeth Rodgers, Andrew Smith, Greg Smith, Michael Tjendra
Absent:
Marta Bailey, Lisa Brackenridge, Jamie Cook, Sandra David, Jasmine English, Alyssa Frey, Adriann Kennedy, Martin LeBlanc, Greg McIntyre, Isaac Morland, Amy Meredith, Meghan McPhee Ashdown, Andrew Smith, Lori Suess, Annaka Willemsen, Mirko Vuciceuich.
Regrets:
Kevin Paxman
Approval of the Minutes of Previous Meeting
The minutes from the previous meeting were accepted as distributed.
Business Arising
Nothing was brought forward.
WCMS Training/Support update (Andrea Jennings)
What’s happening with the WCMS?
WCMS course offerings
Classroom offerings of our WCMS courses will not be offered at this time. Anyone needing to complete the training can do so via LEARN.
Drop-in lab
We are back - virtually! Have a question, or need some help with your website? A virtual Drop-in lab will be open every Thursday afternoon from 1-4 p.m. to provide WCMS content maintainers one-on-one website and training support.
WCMS "people" survey
IST’s Web Development team launched a survey to gather feedback from WCMS Point of Contacts that will help inform how “people” information will be displayed on a website in WCMS 3. The survey closed yesterday afternoon, May 19, and now we’ll begin to review the submissions and compile a summary to share next month.
WCMS Technical Update (Joe Kwan)
- WCMS 2.8.0/2.8.1 was released the week of April 6
- Drupal 7 code freeze is in effect, with certain exceptions such as security patches and general system maintenance
- Current development is focused on Drupal 8 core foundation and primary content types
WCMS 3 update (Greg Smith and Joe Kwan)
- Patheon was awarded contract in April 2020.
- Drupal 8 development & migration to launch late February/April.
- Timeline - some dates will be moved based on updated information.
- When it comes to training, will have to look be looking at mulitiple streams, what will it look like for new users, and retraining experienced WCMS users.
- Joe mentioned that any questions/concerns can be emailed directly to him.
- The powerpoint presentation on the WCMS 3 update is available online.
WCMS 3 Navigation (Tom Graham)
- The powerpoint presentation on WCMS 3 Navigation is available online.
- There was considerable discussion around this topic, to the point that it was agreed to a) have a followup meeting for those interested and b) that significant time would be given to this topic in subsequent meetings. There was both favorable responses to the proposed navigation, and also concern over the implementation for this new navigational structure. The pros for this new structure included that it was modern, appealing and 'freeing' from a design perspective and would 'encourage' a cleaner IA. The cons included the large amount of time required (especially during limited financial resources and increased workload) to rejig the IA, the limitations to the number of menu items, and the 'politics' of picking the menu items. It should be noted that these pros and cons are not mutually exclusive.
Other Business
Meeting Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.