[HOT] HOT Tech Announcements

[Jiri Vlasak]

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 <donal.hunt at gmail.com> 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 <donal.hunt at gmail.com> 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 <felix.delattre at hotosm.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Jiri,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On October 15, 2019 10:59:27 PM GMT+02:00, Jiri Vlasak <
> >>> jiri.hubacek at gmail.com> 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.
> >>>
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> >>
> 
> -- 
> 
> *Felix Delattre*
> Technical Project Manager
> felix.delattre at hotosm.org
> 
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