Hi All, I just wanted to make everyone aware of the newly developed Participation Guidelines for Evergreen Communication Channels. These were developed by the Communications Committee with help from lots of other people. The goal is to help people understand how to use the various mailing lists, blogs, wikis, IRC channels, etc to connect with the Evergreen Community. We'll send these around every few months or so as to ensure that new community members get the info they need to engage! Thanks to everyone who helped put this info together!
Participation Guidelines for Evergreen Communication Channels Ask *questions of general interest* to the community or to a specific group on one of the Evergreen mailing lists<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php> . *If your question is more specific*, like “I’m installing this and I have a particular error message,” try asking your question on the IRC channel<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php>. Always make a point of reporting back to the mailing lists when you've gotten answers to your questions off-list. The IRC channel <http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php> is a synchronous channel where people are logged in and available for asking questions. Sometimes the channel is very quiet. Other times it is very busy like when a *community meeting* is being held. If there’s a community meeting in progress, please refrain from comments unrelated to the meeting topic at hand until the meeting is over. Add *events of general interest to the community* on the Evergreen calendar<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=calendar:start>, especially any meetings that are going to use the IRC channel. *Propose ideas and ask for feedback* on one of the Evergreen mailing lists<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php>. Some proposals may ask for feedback by a certain date, and if there’s no objections, the proposedsolution will move forward. Use the general mailing list <http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php> to *announce events* of general interest to the community or to the group that subscribes to the list. If there’s more of a story consider a blog posting<http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/>. Or, you may participate in one of the Evergreen related blogs that are aggregated at Planet Evergreen <http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/>. Or, start your own blog! Use the Evergreen Launchpad <https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen> to search for and post new *bugs*. Use Launchpad's search feature to see if the bug you wish to report already exists. If it doesn't, report it! Post information about *committees and working groups* meeting notes and other working documents on the Wiki<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees> Use the Evergreen Wiki<http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php#documentation> to post *member contributed documentation* of all kinds Use the Evergreen mailing lists <http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php> to share *details about a development project* you are pursuing or to provide updates on a development project in progress. They are currently posted here: http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:participation_guidelines_for_eg_communication Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // [email protected] Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
