User talk:RicDod

1. In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
3. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
4. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
6. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.

1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

• The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
• There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
• The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
• In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
• A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
• Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.