Hi Felix, On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 02:29:28PM +0000, Felix Delattre wrote: > Hi Donal, Jiri and all, > > Yes, it wasn't clear to me who was able to join or not the Google Groups. > After playing around with the settings a bit more, now it seems we can > offer a mailing list with a public record and allow more people to join the > group directly: > > * TM User Group: > https://groups.google.com/a/hotosm.org/forum/#!forum/tasking-manager-users > * TM Dev Group: > https://groups.google.com/a/hotosm.org/forum/#!forum/tasking-manager-dev > > In addition we've published a quick overview of all options on joining the > Tasking Manager development here: > https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/blob/develop/docs/working-groups.md > > I hope I was able to clarify and improve on all points raised here.
Looks good now. Thanks. jiri > Have a great day, > Felix > > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 1:26 PM Donal Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Joining via email works for external users. Not clear if that is as a > > result of changes by the HOT admins or that different ACLs are at play. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 14:24, Donal Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Note: Regarding the google group - HOT likely have the index of mailing > >> list restricted (common for most organisations) so external users will not > >> be able to subscribe directly via the web interface (I suspect email may > >> result in the same deadend but I haven't validated the ACLs there). This is > >> likely why email addresses were being gathered through a form - they need > >> to be manually add to the group by the group owner / moderator. Purely a > >> case of a design decision Google have made around their G Suite product. :/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 06:33, Felix Delattre <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear Jiri, > >>> > >>> > >>> On October 15, 2019 10:59:27 PM GMT+02:00, Jiri Vlasak < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> >I feel > >>> >sorry, but I am not interested in contributing to something closed, > >>> >without > >>> >public history. > >>> > >>> Thanks for the feedback! > >>> > >>> The Tasking Manager is free and open (source) and its development is > >>> completely transparent, with a public history and actively seeking > >>> collaboration through Github. > >>> > >>> Of course everybody is free to decide, whether to follow the invitation > >>> to the TM groups or not! It is unfortunate that it doesn't fulfill your > >>> criteria. I can understand your concerns and probably it is best for you > >>> to > >>> participate through our Github repository, you seem to be well familiar > >>> with and everything is kept in a public history. > >>> > >>> The groups are an additional offer for people who don't feel very > >>> comfortable with Github and still want to give us input. It is an > >>> opportunity for us to connect with the users of the TM. We also figured > >>> out > >>> that sometimes it is good to talk in person, or over voice and video (we > >>> also don't record these meetings). > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Felix > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sent from my phone; if there are typos I will still be quite annoyed at > >>> myself. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> HOT mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >>> > >> > > -- > > *Felix Delattre* > Technical Project Manager > [email protected] > > -- > *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* > *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* > web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <https://donate.hotosm.org/> _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
