Dear
affiliates,
In response to multiple individual and team
requests, we’re happy to announce that this week we’ll be migrating our
real time communications from IRC to Slack. Slack is a messaging and
collaboration tool that operates much like IRC, but allows users to have
public and private channels as well as direct messages. You can access
Slack through the browser, the desktop app (for Linux, Mac OS, and PC,)
or the mobile app on iOS and Android.
While IRC has been a good
choice in the past, Slack is more mobile friendly and integrates with
the workflows of users who are using Slack for other projects, creating a
more robust (and chatty) community. In addition, Slack scores high for
accessibility, public familiarity, and adoption. The best news? You
don’t have to give up IRC if you don’t want to! We’re building a bridge
from IRC to Slack so you can continue hanging out in #creativecommons if
that’s where you feel most comfortable. We’ll also continue to monitor
the IRC channels for those who come looking for support.
This
won’t replace our other methods of communication, like email lists, but
will give us a great tool to engage existing and new communities. It’s
important to us that we have an open space for collaboration, and we
hope you’ll join and invite others as well.
We encourage you to
join at
https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/ (you’ll
be automatically validated), and come say hi in the #general channel.
We’ll be adding channels as communities form around particular topics or
areas of interest, so please do start a conversation about what you
want to see in our Slack organization.
Lastly, we’re extending
this invitation to our affiliate network before we open it up fully to
the public to allow our global community to get familiar with the
platform before making the CC Slack entirely public in mid-October.
Steps
to sign up:
* Access the “Steps for new users” document:
https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/218080037-Getting-started-for-new-usersNote:
We got in touch with Slack and they are in the process of translating
their documents, but for now it’s English only.
* And follow the
directions at
https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/
That’s
it! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Best
regards,
Jennie, Rob, and Eric
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Jennie
Rose Halperin
Communications Manager
Creative Commons
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