[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen OPW Style Guide Group: Help Wanted!

[Ben Shum]

To follow-up on this, post meeting since I wanted to see how it went
first... I mentioned in IRC that I wondered about having these
meetings in the main #evergreen channel, rather than a separate
dedicated IRC channel just for OPW-evergreen.  While it's not hard to
position the bots into another channel for logging purposes (which was
also requested at one point), I feel that the general structure of the
discussion warrants being placed in the main IRC channel.  It was
pretty cool seeing how many people stopped by the separate channel to
see what was being discussed anyways, but I think that we can see the
same or even broader community involvement if we move it into the main
channel.

And if we're worried about cross-talk/other discussions interrupting,
I'd say we mark off the time on the Evergreen events calendar
indicating when IRC office hours are being held for OPW and use this
as an opportunity to get the whole community to watch/be-involved.
Even if some random discussions do end up occurring, the whole
community should use this time to engage with the OPW student and
process and we can work together to curtail other discussions and
focus on the OPW work.  Kind of like we'd do for any interest group or
developer meeting.  It seems like that would be beneficial for
everyone (not just those in the separate channel) to see what is being
done as part of OPW.  Separating the conversation also does not really
afford the OPW candidate the chance to interact with the whole IRC
community using the same general methods we'd use with any other new
developer.  It's good for them to get to know us in the main channel,
and for us to get to know them too.

So, to re-summarize, this is my motion to move the OPW discussions
into the main #evergreen channel.

-- Ben

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This email is an open invitation to join the #opw-evergreen channel,
> particularly from 9am-noon eastern on Wednesdays and Fridays (our regular
> OPW group meeting times).  Given the duration of these events, we’re opting
> to keep using the separate channel for now and see how things go.
>
> Overall, we’re still in the early stages labeling and understanding the
> staff client layout, with the goal of unifying (where it makes sense) the
> different screen flavors within the client.  We’re also dabbling in
> different colors, icons, and fonts.  Though you may see some mockups
> exploring all of this, I want to emphasize that nothing is “decided” and
> everything will be subject to the normal level of community input and
> review.  The mockups at this point are primarily to give points of reference
> for discussion, as it is very difficult to discuss style and design without
> having something to actually look at!
>
> Please reply if you have any questions, and we hope to see you there!
>
> On behalf of the OPW team,
> Dan
>
>
> Daniel Wells
> Library Programmer/Analyst
> Hekman Library, Calvin College
> 616.526.7133
>
>
>



-- 
Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070, ext. 113