Attendees at the first in-person meeting of the LD4P Cohort identified two kinds of groups that will help move our work forward:
New groups can follow the setup of these existing groups, or use this extensive Community Engagement Project / Group Template (github) developed during the first phase of LD4P. To make it easy for others to join the group or follow the group's work, create a group page here on the LD4P wiki. (If you're using the github template and github will be the main location of your group's documentation etc., please do create a wiki page still as a pointer to your github location.)
To include on your group's page:
Some commonly used communication and documentation channels and tips for setup:
Channel purpose | Tips |
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Email distribution list | Set up a public group using Google Groups |
Repository for code and documentation | Create a new repository in the LD4P Github organization |
Shared document storage and collaborative editing | Set up a Google drive folder. LD4P2 has a public folder that anyone can add to. From that folder, click New at upper left, and then Folder, enter a name for the folder, click Create. |
Wiki for communication and documentation | Create new pages here in the LD4P2 Wiki. You need a Duraspace account and permission to edit. Contact Michelle Futornick to get set up. This space uses Confluence and is hosted for us by Duraspace. (Thanks Duraspace!) |
Quick and informal messaging | Set up a new channel in the public LD4 Slack workspace. (The address of the workspace is ld4.slack.com; if you're not a member of the workspace, use this link to join: http://bit.ly/joinld4slack)
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To announce your group to the LD4P Cohort, you can email the cohort mailing list at ld4pcohort@googlegroups.com