The Design Team had done additional work on proposed logo designs for our Morningside History Project site. Two designs were presented to the group for a vote and one was chosen. Both designs demonstrated considerable ingenuity. One key consideration in logo selection was scalability. Would the key idea of logo remain clear in small, medium, and larger versions?
The Development Team reported on its progress. In a phase of initial enthusiasm, more than one team member would work on the same file in GitHub. They discovered, however, that this was not the best approach. Files in GitHub are not like documents in Google Docs, which can easily accommodate collaborative contributions. Multiple contributions to the same file from different users in GitHub actually creates conflicts. Older versions are not overwritten, but users are alerted to differences. The team decided it will take a more coordinated approach to files in GitHub, assigning responsibilities for specific files to specific individuals.
In the open forum phase of meeting, it was suggested that the group revisit the project time line. Corrections and clarifications were made there. A question arose around individual research for our Morningside History project. How do you determine the scope of your research and exhibits? The amount of potential information available regarding any given location, building, or individual can be daunting. All agreed to devote a significant portion of our next group meeting to discussing such questions. Barbara proposed as an assignment for each of us the simple topic definition exercise that some of us use for students of the University Writing Program:
I am researching __________
because I want to find out _________
in order for my reader to understand ____________ .
In preparation for our next group meeting, on July 1, everyone should have completed this exercise.
