Communication in the Fluid community

[Tirloni, Giovanni]

There are some concerns that were raised during our discussions that I think would be solved by Mattermost (archiving, file sharing, flexibility, etc). Mattermost is an open source alternative to Slack, which is a collaboration platform that has been gaining momentum among some projects but is proprietary and tied to a single company (so there are concerns around its continuity, privacy, ability to migrated to another service, etc).

For more information about Mattermost, please visit: http://www.mattermost.org

Available integrations and client software: http://www.mattermost.org/community-applications

For anyone interested in trying it out, I've installed Mattermost for *demonstration purposes only* at the following address: http://i-0027.tor1.inclusivedesign.ca:8065/fluid-project (development mode, not all features enabled and the app will be recycled/deleted without warning if needed). 

Feel free to create an account, play around and provide your feedback if it would fit your workflow, any concerns, missing features, how accessible it is (or is not), etc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fluid-work [mailto:fluid-work-bounces at lists.idrc.ocad.ca] On Behalf Of
> Justin Obara
> Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 7:29 PM
> To: Fluid Work <fluid-work at fluidproject.org>
> Subject: Communication in the Fluid community
> 
> 
> For the past two Community Meetings
> <https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Community+workshops>  we’ve
> conducted a retrospective on the communication practices within the Fluid
> community. The discussions have been captured on the Fluid Project
> Communication Synchrospective
> <https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Fluid+Project+Communication+Synch
> rospetive>  wiki page.
> 
> Immediate Action Items:
> 
> *	Add a channel description for fluid-tech ( Alan )
> *	Improve the channel descriptions to clear about what they should be
> used for ( Alan )
> *	Investigate slack or mattermost ( ? )
> *	Turn the notes into heuristics for community communication ( Michelle
> and Dana )
> 
> 
> However, the conversation is not over. Please feel free to continue the
> discussion and provide ideas on ways that we can improve how we
> communicate and manage all of the resources we generate every day.
> 
> Thanks
> Justin
>