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Joining the Team

Sam edited this page Nov 13, 2024 · 34 revisions

Introduction

Welcome to the Expunge Assist team! This guide will help get you up to speed on what you need to know to get started as a project team member.


Let's go!

  1. Read the HackforLA Guide for New Volunteers.
  2. Read Introduction to the Project.
  3. Join the #expunge-assist Slack channel and introduce yourself.
  4. Join your respective discipline team Slack channel(s) (e.g. #expunge-assist-design-and-content)
  5. Slack our PMs/Leads with your desired volunteer role, github username, and email address.
  6. PMs will onboard you using the GitHub onboarding issue for your team:
    1. Accept your Google Drive invite to access the shared folder.
    2. Add yourself to the Team Roster and inform PM after you have done so.
  7. Review Team Resources / Bookmark links
  8. Attend Weekly / Monthly Team Meetings according to your discipline.
  9. Review Communication & Style Guidelines for the project
  10. Review Guides about using GitHub
    1. HfLA Guide: Kanban for Successfull Open Source Projects (WIP)
    2. HfLA Getting the Most Out of GitHub Issues
    3. Basic GitHub HOW-TO GitHub for Expunge Assist Team

Accessibility standards

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that all websites be accessible to people with disabilities. The World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA function as the current legal standard for website accessibility.

Get acquainted with accessibility: https://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm


Who are you?

Click the link that applies to you to find a sequence of immediate action steps:

Web Developer

UX Designer

UX Researcher

Content Designer/UX Writer

Product Manager/Owner