History of the Scotland Project

Date: 2013 [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
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 10 2022 11 2023

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

2022

This year's focus was on connecting profiles and organizing our statistical data.

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

2023

This year has seen some big changes for our Project. We've said goodbye to one leader and welcomed three more. Two are Scotland residents. We've been working on improving our Tartan Trail experience for new members and refining our teams.

• Leaders: Amy Gilpin, Doug McCallum, Jen Hutton, Jacqueline Baxter, Clyde Perkins and Sheena Tait.