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

[Justin Hopkins]

+1 Ben

On 1/23/15 10:29 AM, Ben Shum wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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