Let's jazz up the home page content

[Mark-LaCroix]

The home page should be a little more jazzy, with a hero banner photo or other styling in order to show the character of the community/organization. It should also include:

• A general overview of the organization and its mission
• A mention of the "open membership" policy
• A solid pitch for people to participate/get involved (with links showing how).

A person visiting for the first time should be able to know if they are in the right place for them without having to click around.

For additional jazz, the home page could also include:

• YouTube embed of latest meeting
• Twitch embed (active during live events, inactive otherwise?)
• Latest tweets (from @igdatc and/or @MNgamedev_bot)
• Direct link to next igdatc event (can this be automated?) and/or calendar widget.

[mgrider]

I do agree we should put the "about" page content back on the homepage. We just need to update the page's design to accommodate it.

I think it's fine and dandy to propose these ideas abstractly, but if you really want them to happen, you've probably got to dig in and help make them happen.

For instance: where should all these new elements go? What do you think they should look like? Even just starting with some links to homepages that you would like to emulate would be helpful, I think.

I do disagree with the idea of putting recent meetings on the homepage. A link to where we list our previous meetings on the site would be acceptable. (Although it is in the nav, you might not think it when you read "History".)