History of the Scotland Project

Date: 2013 [unknown]
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Surname/tag: Scotland, Scottish_Clans

Scotland Project > History

This page provides a timeline of important events in the evolution of the Scotland Project.

Contents 1 2013 2 2014 3 2015 4 2016 5 2017 6 2018 7 2019 8 2020 9 2021

2013

• November - Scottish Clans Project is established as a Project.
  • Leaders: Nae (Lockhart) X, Terry Wright

2014

• September - UK Project is established (including Scotland).
• November - Scotland Project separated from the UK and became a sub-project. Scottish Clans becomes a sub-project of the Scotland Project.
  • Leaders: Maria Maxwell, Terry Wright, Billy Wallace, Nae (Lockhart) X

2015

• Leaders: Doug Straiton, Maria Maxwell, Billy Wallace, Nae (Lockhart) X

2016

• July - Scotland Project introduces Sponsors for each historic County.
  • Leaders: Maria Maxwell and Doug Straiton

2017

• April - Scotland Project publishes its first Join thread on G2G.
• November - Introduction of Project Information Template which contains all the important information about the Project and its leadership.
  • Leaders:Maria Maxwell and Doug Straiton

2018

• Interest Groups are introduced to the Scotland Project.
  • Leaders: Olivia McCabe (aka Susie), Maria Maxwell, Doug Straiton

2019

• May - Scotland Project becomes an independent Project. Navigation Tabs are added to help improve functionality and user-friendliness. Team formats are introduced to encourage collaboration among Project members. Project Coordinators are put in place to assist with Project activities.
• September - We lost a friend and member of the Project's Leadership Team. Peter Cameron passed away, unexpectedly. Peter had been volunteering as our Profile Improvement Teams Coordinator.
  • Leaders: Olivia McCabe (aka Susie), Maria Maxwell, Steven Harris, and Amy Gilpin
  • Project Coordinators: Peter Cameron, Mark Sutherland-Fisher, Jackie Prentice

2020

• January - A help page is implemented to assist new members with questions about the Scotland Project
• February - The Scottish Clans sub-project is merged with the Scotland Project.
• March - The Twisted Thistles Challenge Team was established to represent the Scotland Project during WikiTree's quarterly Thon events.
  • Captains: Sarah Mason and Bobbie Hall

• May - The Tartan Trail was established to assist new and existing Project members with acceptable sources, Profile building skills, and collaboration. As a result, orphaned Scotland profiles get some much needed attention and improvement.
  • Leaders: Amy Gilpin, Bobbie Hall, Maria Maxwell, Doug McCallum, Sarah Mason,
  • Project Coordinators: Mark Sutherland-Fisher, Jackie Prentice, Sarah Mason, David Urquhart, Doug McCallum, Jen Hutton

2021

This year's focus was on improving the accuracy of Scottish profiles. We changed formats for our Newsletter.

• Leaders: Amy Gilpin, Bobbie Hall, Doug McCallum, Sarah Mason and Jen Hutton