Ahh, thanks Rex. I was going to propose IRC as a 5th option. I wouldn't be
averse to trying to use IRC, but I do think that Slack has many of the same
functions and is easier for people to join as you don't need a client. I'm
currently trying to start an internal staff Slack channel, but we could
also have a community Slack channel which other people could join.
John
On 19 August 2016 at 20:11, Rex X <rexx(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
In times gone-by, we used to host "office
hours" on the WMUK channel on
irc.
For anybody not familiar with it, our channel is at
irc://freenode/wikimedia-uk
For anybody not familiar with irc, it requies a client, like mirc or a
browser
plugin like chatzilla. It allows large numbers of participants, is
real-time
chat, and gives a lot of control over the channel.
It might be considered old technology now, but may be worth a thought.
--
Rexx
On 19 August 2016 at 19:53 John Lubbock
<john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Hello all, I've been thinking about how WMUK can communicate better with
our community and let Wikimedians communicate with each other. I've heard
from some community members that they were a little disappointed that
people were no longer using the Water Cooler page for discussions.
I'd like to propose some different options and ask if you have any other
suggestions about how you'd like to communicate with us and others in the
community. So I've put a poll on Twitter
<https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/766703544275767297> with some
options for communications channels. I couldn't put more than four
options,
so I chose Facebook, the Water Cooler, Slack and
the Mailing List.
I'd really appreciate if you could take the time to vote which one you'd
prefer or reply here or to the Tweet with any other suggestions for how
you'd like to communicate with us.
What I'm really keen to communicate are the opportunities for our
community
to engage with us, propose projects, receive
funding and other assistance
from WMUK. To this end, it would be good to have an open channel or
discussion group of some kind where we can respond to your ideas and
allow
you to ask us questions about our work. We'd
like to be as open as the
knowledge we promote, so please let us know your views about how we can
do
that better.
Have a great weekend!
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
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