RKINA Internet Ministry Meeting Summary
Saturday 2/22/2014, Noon – 3pm
Attendees: Rev. Ozuna, Dave Rose (OK), Michael Ryan (NY), Denise Shiozawa, Stephanie Meyer (SF), Jane Perri, Mary Tracy Sigman, Judy Yoshitsu (NY), Yoshi Iimura (NY). Sayoko Lesure (SF), Frank Mavro (Clearwater), Rene Saenz (SA), Brad Tom (HI)
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
· Meet Up good tool to help bring new people through the door;
· Wordpress being considered as good tool for new sites.
1. Dharma Center Updates
· Dave Rose - Oklahoma
· REBUILT website using Wordpress; responsive; 250 visits last month; vastly more visits from desktop vs. phones
· Plans: will add sliders and videos
· Brad Tom - Hawaii
· Reviewed meta tags; Post to FB; good traffic;
· Plans: new Wordpress website
· Frank Mavro - Tampa Bay
· New to position; post to FB, Meet Up brings in new
Nick: Mr Kosaka shared new website Chicago: http://rkchi.org
· Jane Perri - Dayton
· New website using Intuit Site Builder; mobile friendly; 90-110 visits/month
o Still looking for new tool: easy to use, but can’t have multi-level site;
· Use FB and Twitter; Meet Up- biggest draw to Tuesday or Thursday but haven’t transitioned them to Sunday service,
· Challenge: staying on top of site, takes time and energy
· Mary Sigman - Ft. Meyers
· No changes to site since built (using RK DC Template); Looking into starting to update; Don't know traffic to site. (Denise showed Mary how to access; low traffic)
· Meet Up bringing in people; send out monthly email with, attach Word doc; [Other participants shared alternatives for emails: Mail Chimp and Vertical Response); on UU calendar and website;
· Plans: And get mobile friendly and add video.
· Michael Ryan - NY with Judy and Yoshi with him - very collaborative.
· Michael new to role. In assessment stage. New URL: RKNY.org is mobile friendly; Meet Up brings in people
· Goals: add Donate button, blog, GA (don't have those stats now). Like the FAQ page Rose shared; link to publications.
· Rene Saenz - San Antonio
· Redesigning the website; still in development;
· Sayoko Lesure - San Francisco
· Have NO website; Stephanie considering DC RD template, but I'm inspired to work on our own after hearing from Dave.
· Challenges: We don't have anyone who can dedicate but very important.
· Use Facebook but no few walk-ins from it; announce Dharma Talks via monthly email old-fashioned way; not very satisfactory response;
· Goals: Meet Up, have a website; video Dharma Talks to share with more.
· Challenges: lack of awareness of presence in English-speaking community; lack willing manpower
2. Quick Topics Review (Denise, Nick and Jane)
· Keep content fresh and add more
· Keep each other informed of changes so no broken links and accurate info
· Organic SEO reminder: keyword placement and quality backlinks
· Google.com/webmasters/tools
· Branding Guidelines (Nick)
· Request more Sangha in Motion contributions (Jane)
3. Reviewed 2 approaches Mobile-friendly websites (Denise)
4. Repository – (Denise) tool to share resources with each other http://rkina.org/repository
5. Online Sangha Update and Reminder (Jane): Every Monday 6 -7 PT
6. Walkthrough One Drive (internal document collaboration) - Frank M/Tampa Bay
7. Online Buddhism Class Input Discussion (Rev. Ozuna and Jane Perri)
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SUGGESTIONS / ACTION ITEMS:
· RKINA SITE: Add all location to top nav menu, not just some; and Online Sangha; list site geographically, not organizationally
· ALL: SIM submission to Jane by 3/14 and every 2 months thereafter
· ALL: Add LINKs to each other websites
· DENISE add all meeting attendees to REPOSITORY
· SAYOKO & JANE with STEPHANIE - REVIEW Categories for REPOSITORY
· ONLINE CLASSES IDEAS: Encourage your members to participate
· DAVE will send CLASS TOPICS IDEAs from OK to JANE
· ALL: send 10 Best Dharma Talks to Jane
· ALL: POST IDEAS FOR CLASS Topics to the Repository: http://rkina.org/repository/ideas-for-online-buddhism-class-topics/
· RKINA/DENISE: Send minutes and presentations from previous meetings to new attendees before next meeting.