Hello, Thanks everyone who made it to today's UX team monthly meeting! We're looking forward to seeing you all again on January 11th, with an aim to resume <hopefully shorter> weekly team meetings thereafter. Here are the minutes: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-12-07-13.59.log.... <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-12-07-13.59.log.html> Today we discussed Tor Browser 11.0.1 for desktop's release and ongoing user support, shared an update on the UX Team’s search for a Brand Designer, listed some ways we can improve weekly project management within the team, and discussed the need to update our onboarding materials for volunteer user researchers. *** == Monthly User Experience Team Meeting == Open IRC meetings happen monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday January 11th at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC. Here are the minutes from our most recent meetings: December 7th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-12-07-13.59.log.... <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-12-07-13.59.log.html> Novemebr 9th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-11-09-13.59.log.... <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-11-09-13.59.log.html> October 12th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.... <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.html> -------------------------- Tuesday December 7th 14:00 UTC -------------------------- == What projects are we working on? == S9 - Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&s... <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name>[]=Sponsor%209&label_name[]=UX S30 - Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&s... <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name>[]=Sponsor%2030&label_name[]=UX S96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24> S101 - Tor VPN Client for Android https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32> == Announcements == * Tor Browser 11.0.1 Release (desktop only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1101/ <https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1101/> == Agenda == 1. Tor Browser 11 post-launch update Forum thread here: https://forum.torproject.net/t/new-release-tor-browser-11-0-1/656 <https://forum.torproject.net/t/new-release-tor-browser-11-0-1/656> 2. Brand Designer hiring update Job post here: https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/brand-designer/ <https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/brand-designer/> 3. UX Team Project Management – how can we improve it? Roadmap & planning board: https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0... <https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0:1> UX Kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&l... <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&label_name=UX> We decided to: - Restart weekly team meetings in January (at the same timeslot?) - Begin each team meeting with our todolists and a mini-ticket triage - Consider a separate label for UX team work (distinct from tpo UX issues) or otherwise optimize the UX kanban 4. Create research plan for volunteers https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/51 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/51> Todo list: - Create a new onboarding process for volunteers - Include two new research plans (one for desktop, one for mobile) - Send it to the mailing list - Include an open floor to share findings during the weekly meetings == Open Call for User Research == Find out how to contribute to the UX team: https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/ <https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/> Thanks everyone! *** Duncan Larsen-Russell Product Manager & UX Team Lead duncan@torproject.org <mailto:duncan@torproject.org>