By Private Profile 6f859ae9 on 2024-07-21 17:58 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 16th July 2024, 10:06- 10:55 GMT-07:00
Attendees: Angelika Prox-Dampha, Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM, Tom van der Laan, Asad Mithu

Next steps

• Angelika proposed seeking assistance from companies providing services related to cost implications for better ideas on how to address the concerns raised.

• Angelika shared her experience with hosting packages and suggested exploring alternatives to address issues related to unexpected costs and outdated versions.

• Tom emphasized the importance of newsletters for communication and community engagement, indicating a plan to implement newsletters and utilize the blog for communication purposes.

• Consideration of using TikTok for better engagement and exploring ways to improve publication visibility and readership statistics.

• Suggestion to train department leaders in project management software to enhance control and efficiency in managing tasks and activities.

• Plan to add a cookie consent box to the website.

• Commitment to conduct a deeper dive on the magazine content for better insights into user behavior.

• Agreed to identify and address outdated information on website pages for the next meeting.

• Discussion on ensuring technical teams have necessary resources and documentation for software updates.

• Planning to build a page for directing people to fill out forms, discussing adding fields for feedback, and considering multi-page layout for better visibility.

• Outreach DC OSM mentioned the plan to convert forms on the community website, start building the page, and get it approved before asking about the return date of a team member.

Topics & Highlights

1. Discussion on Joomla Network Resources and Cost Implications

   • Decision | Tom suggested creating missing resources related to cost implications, indicating a decision to explore ideas from companies offering such services.

   • Next steps | Angelika proposed seeking assistance from companies providing services related to cost implications for better ideas on how to address the concerns raised.

   • Concern | Angelika expressed concerns about potential pain points in required skills, cost implications of updates, and lack of clear information on costs related to Joomla network resources.

   • Concern | Angelika highlighted concerns about budgeting for individualized websites, unexpected costs of updates, and issues with hosting packages charging extra for outdated versions.

   • Next steps | Angelika shared her experience with hosting packages and suggested exploring alternatives to address issues related to unexpected costs and outdated versions.

2. Website Management and Resource Organization

   • Concern | Angelika expressed concerns about the lack of a centralized system to manage various resources like forums, tools, and information related to the project.

   • Decision | Super admin access to jr.org was highlighted as a positive development, prompting a discussion on the need for a sign-up page for newsletters.

   • Next steps | Tom emphasized the importance of newsletters for communication and community engagement, indicating a plan to implement newsletters and utilize the blog for communication purposes.

3. Content Engagement and Analytics

   • Fact | The magazine is well received, gets organic traffic, and receives a significant amount of UK traffic compared to social media channels.

   • Next steps | Consideration of using TikTok for better engagement and exploring ways to improve publication visibility and readership statistics.

   • Concern | Concerns raised about the lack of control over existing departments, groups, and emails, emphasizing the need for a more streamlined approach using project management software.

4. Project Management Software Implementation

   • Next steps | Suggestion to train department leaders in project management software to enhance control and efficiency in managing tasks and activities.

5. Website Analytics and Optimization

   • Plan to add a cookie consent box to the website.

   • Commitment to conduct a deeper dive on the magazine content for better insights into user behavior.

   • Agreed to identify and address outdated information on website pages for the next meeting.

6. Software Release Process

   • Fact | Angelika discussed the importance of pushing tech magazines and media to update software releases in coordination with developers to avoid issues with extensions. Tom mentioned the need for technical resources and highlighted good documentation for changes on manual.jool.org.

   • Next steps | Discussion on ensuring technical teams have necessary resources and documentation for software updates.

7. Website Updates

   • Next steps | Planning to build a page for directing people to fill out forms, discussing adding fields for feedback, and considering multi-page layout for better visibility.

8. Newsletter Management

   • Outreach DC OSM expressed concern about the newsletter management and suggested reactivating it if there are good news to share.