Most of our teams are using github wikis or google docs at this point for
sharing notes, and github issues for tickets/work tracking. Would ideally
like to keep to these so that we're not spread across too many different
tools.
In terms of chat we've got slack setup. Happy to invite anyone that need
access.
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Subject: Collaboration tools
A comment came up earlier in the OSSIE thread about getting access to a
wiki or some kind of folder.
I know there is a SCALE wiki, but I tended to use that more as a reference
than something I wanted to contribute to. Not everyone on my team would
have access to the wiki, and there really isn't a reason they should; we
have many day-of volunteers.
With the A/V team, we have been using a combination of GitHub wiki, GitHub
issues, and Google Drive to keep track of things. (I also use the GitHub
repo to serve up a website to onboard our volunteers.) Our repos are
public and part of the socallinuxexpo org.
https://github.com/socallinuxexpo/scale-av-web
We store files in the Google Drive, as well as meeting notes, and I run
surveys using Google Forms to capture comments and feedback that we use in
next year's planning.
We use Google Hangouts to hold virtual meetings, and I'll take notes in a
Google doc, that I can share with everyone.
I use Slack at work, and I've used it for SCALE as well.
I think of it as a more user-friendly IRC that maintains the history of
the channel, so everyone can get the context of the conversation, even if
they just joined.
It's also nice that we can stay plugged in via mobile app or desktop app.
We can start any number of private or public channels and invite others to
them. Even when only two members of the team are conversing, the rest of
the team can see the conversation and stay looped in. And you can copy
and paste the history and use it as the start of documentation on a wiki.
Just food for thought. I'd be happy to learn of other ways folks have
collaborated. I think it's important to have the information stored in an
organized fashion so anyone can take the lead and it's easy to on-ramp new
people.
Lan