Augment JROST Communications & Information Infrastructure

[xolotl]

From @xolotl on May 11, 2018 18:46

JROST is a new project and as such has communication and information needs to help the project coordinate not just during this sprint, but on an ongoing basis. While JROST already has a domain (jrost.org), a generic email address, a basic website, and a basic wordmark, additional needs include:

• Clear licensing policies and practices
• Clear contributor policies and practices
• A code of conduct
• Augmentations to the website
• A blog
• A better logo and/or wordmark
• Transparent processes for individuals and organizations to join JROST
• A channel for email communication
• A channel for chat communication
• Channels for social media communication
• Probably other things, suggestions welcome!

Copied from original issue: OpenScienceRoadmap/mozilla-sprint-2018#21

[xolotl]

JROST has adopted the strongly open licensing policies and practices established for our participation in the 2018 Mozilla Global Sprint.

[xolotl]

JROST has adopted the code of conduct established for our participation in the 2018 Mozilla Global Sprint.

[xolotl]

The JROST website is currently hosted on GitHub pages using the Minimal Jekyll theme.

[xolotl]

JROST published its first blog post during the 2018 #mozsprint.

[xolotl]

A separate issue is tracking work on a new JROST logo and/or wordmark: #33

[xolotl]

Work on a separate issue to improve processes for individuals and organizations to join JROST formally (#9) has resulted in a new Participants repository with instructions.

[xolotl]

You can now subscribe to the JROST Google Group to receive and post emails to the community.

[xolotl]

During the 2018 #mozsprint, participants have been chatting on the #opensciroadmap IRC channel on freenode, via Twitter, and in a Zoom call that will only persist during the sprint. None of these chat channels seem optimal to me. It would be great to establish a chat mechanism with the following characteristics, but maybe such a thing is a mythical unicorn:

• easy to find and use
• open source
• non-commercial
• inexpensive
• easy to maintain
• persistent
• maintains history

Suggestions welcome!

[xolotl]

Twitter seems to be the most widely used social media channel among JROST participants, so for now, we have established the @OpenSciRoadmap Twitter handle.

[xolotl]

From @HeidiSeibold on May 22, 2018 7:37

If I search for JROST on twitter I don't find the right account. Maybe add JROST to the profile description?

https://twitter.com/search?f=users&vertical=default&q=jrost&src=typd

[xolotl]

I added JROST to the Twitter profile. Not showing up in "jrost" searches yet, but let's check back. Maybe needs to index?

[xolotl]

Added Slack join info to website: https://jrost.org/join#slack