Tools and online infrastructure
Chad Whitacre
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Our group currently has;
Loomio with admins: @arminsteuernagel1 @chad
Slack with admins: @samtoland @ntnsndr
(Please add who else above)
A recent hangout suggested that we needed blogging and project management infrastructure. This is a good opportunity to discuss this which tools to add, and the admins therein.
We can then launch a proposal as to (1) new tools and (2) admins
A repost from Slack by @johnnyhaeusler
@channel So we had a very good hangout with @maira, @r13ose, @thomase, @katharina01099, @tommcdonough and myself. You will read about results or possible next steps from the individual people, but it is my job to pitch a blog platform that we should use … Since we were all sure that we need an outlet for regular updates. Please feel free to comment on our initial thoughts (attached) and to add your own. We will also try to move organisational stuff to a platform with more features, maybe Basecamp, maybe Trello – @katharina01099 will keep you posted on that.
Alanna Irving Wed 5 Oct 2016 11:57PM
Can you send me an invite to the slack please? [email protected]
Nathan Schneider Thu 6 Oct 2016 3:25AM
Done.
Priscilla Grim Thu 6 Oct 2016 4:34AM
me to - [email protected]
Armin Steuernagel Sat 8 Oct 2016 4:34PM
Also a slack invitation for me please:)
Thomas Euler Wed 5 Oct 2016 10:51PM
One advice regarding infrastructure, along @alanna's lines: If you want this initiative (which I really sympathize with, as I've written about here) to really pick up mainstream traction, than you should definitely build a communication infrastructure on mainstream channels. That is: obv Twitter, Facebook and stick with popular solutions even for project management and the likes. The same applies to an eventual crowdfunding mechanism - if there is any way in which one can setup a Kickstarter under legal terms (is there a workaround for legal issues?), this would be the way to go.
If you want to win over some tech leaders as I read in another thread, than make it as easy as possible to join. Don't be ideological because any barrier lessens your potential reach. This initiative would obv. have to gain viral traction asap as Twitter is in serious talks with proper bidders. Thus, any friction whatsoever is going to be counter-productive.
If you want to invite me to slack: [email protected] (though I'm not sure how much time I can contribute; I do have some ideas though I'd like to share)
Hailey Cooperrider Wed 5 Oct 2016 11:14PM
Agree very much with Alanna's point about using available working tools rather than slow momentum to use more pure tools.
I'll share something I wrote in another thread which belongs in this one I think:
One technique I've often used in contexts like these is to create a google slideshow which is primarily internally focused, which organises all of our strategic thinking so far. Simple slides like:
- what is the original idea and background?
- who is here?
- who is leading?
- what key questions are emerging?
- what's next?
The slideshow format keeps the information modular and visual, and easily rearrangeable.
This material can then be repurposed for more highly polished external slideshows and other messaging.
Is there someone who enjoys keeping information organised that might lead on this or something like this?
-H
Nathan Schneider Thu 6 Oct 2016 3:26AM
@samtoland Any way to allow people to join the slack without being invited? Seems inefficient.
Sam Toland Thu 6 Oct 2016 10:19AM
See #website on slack. We need a site, and a dev to code the auto-invite.
There is a bot service (from a third-party) but would need a proposal (as I can't vouch for the security of it).
Mark Hughes Thu 6 Oct 2016 12:02PM
Chat Tools: also consider http://riot.im which is like Slack (but fully open source) but also allows people to operate with their preferred chat clients such as IRC etc.
I'm not an expert on riot.im but very impressed with it having signed up a couple of weeks ago at the suggestion of an outreach guy at MaidSafe - where we have been using Slack for some time, but not liking it being closed source / commercial.
I'm not an expert, but was able to link it to an IRC channel that I use very easily, so now I have my Slack channels and IRC channels together in one messenger interface, which is fully open source. :-). So riot.im is not either/or, but a way to pull the takeovertwitter slack channel together with other Slack / IRC etc channels you use.
Nathan Schneider · Wed 5 Oct 2016 11:30PM
That'd be great:) Our Slack is buytwitter.slack.com