list examples of communities that use the Searchable Linkable Open Public Indexed (SLOPI) communication style

[pdurbin]

I started a Google spreadsheet called "Examples of communities that use the Searchable Linkable Open Public Indexed (SLOPI) communication style" at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wvG3XTd5YwA-SliOUCavQgqfK1jLVnlL9tuUsjHR0Ik/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a screenshot to give you a visual of the spreadsheet so far:

I'm struggling a bit with definitions of the various channels but here's roughly what I'm thinking:

• Chat: Gitter or similar.
• Community Call Notes: Notes from voice or video calls.
• Governance Transcripts: Transcripts of board meetings or similar.
• UI/UX: A landing page for current visual design efforts.
• QA: Build status from Jenkins or Travis or similar.
• Q&A: Stack Overflow or similar.
• Kanban: Trello or similar for day to day tasks.
• Roadmap: Where the project is going in the long term.
• Mailing List: Google Groups, Mailman, or similar.
• Forum: Discourse or similar.
• Issue Tracker: GitHub Issues, JIRA, Bugzilla or similar.

Also, I have some fundamental questions like if I should focus only on open source projects rather than the broader "communities" idea.

I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this (suggestions welcome!) but it's a start. 😄

[izahn]

What is the difference between public and open?

[pdurbin]

@izahn good question. 😄 Effectively there is no difference between "open" and "public". I was just going for something that I could pronounce as "sloppy". Of course, whether or not it's a good idea to call others and myself "sloppy", whether it will put people off or not, is being discussed in #3.

Here's the current defintion from the README:

• Open: Messages are in the open.
• Public: Messages are public.

I'd be happy to change the "o" or the "p" to something else. "Persistent" was suggested in #3 and I have some more thoughts on that that I'll probably share in that issue.

What do you or others think we should call it? 😄 I hope the idea is coming across. Also, I have another idea that takes advantage of the SLOPI style of communication but it's so half baked it doesn't even have a name yet. 😄 For now, please see https://gitter.im/good-labs/community/archives/2019/05/18 😄

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Update: I'd be remiss if I didn't say there's another issue on this: Think more about the definition of open #10

[ysuarez]

@pdurbin I tried to add Evergreen links last night to the spreadsheet, but I can only comment. Should I just add the links as a comment or do you want to give me more access? I can email you my preferred Google Drive email.

[pdurbin]

@ysuarez I'm happy to give you more access (and others reading this). Please click the "request access" button like this:

Also, I'd love to give you academic credit for helping if you're interested! You could be a "Data Curator"...

Or an author...

Please think about it. 😄