[Noisebridge-discuss] Let's use a Git repo to manage our massive, sprawling bureaucracy

[Dean Mao]

You guys can checkout the southbay hackerspace's github repo for ideas:
https://github.com/hackerdojo  :-)



On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Jeffrey Carl Faden
<jeffreyatw at gmail.com>wrote:

> If we're using GitHub, it's quite easy to create an account and then an
> issue on any specific repository. No command-line or programming knowledge
> necessary; it's just like using a forum.
>
> Jeffrey
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Gregory Dillon <gregorydillon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  is this a good idea before its time?   My perception is that many
>> people, even at Noisebridge, are not yet fluent and comfortable working
>> with GIT / GITHUB
>>
>>      The concern then translates into people being excluded from full
>> participation by the lack of particular git skill.   So I'd suggest  an
>> education effort on GIT, and taking a temperature of the git level that
>> exists, and the git level needed for good implementation.  But yes, nice
>> idea, and good presentation of why it would be helpful.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Beat me to it. :) I was thinking of going through the wiki and finding
>>> all the policy related stuff that has passed consensus and putting it into
>>> a single wiki page, but a git repo is a better idea.
>>>
>>> Right now Noisebridge leans too much on oral tradition. It's about time
>>> we hack together a printing press.
>>>
>>> -Al
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Tom Lowenthal <me at tomlowenthal.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, I'm Tom, and I enjoy the way that git allows for structured
>>>> modification to documents.
>>>>
>>>> tl;dr: I think we should use a git repository as the canonical version
>>>> of our policies and procedures.
>>>>
>>>> Over the past six months, we have reached consensus on several
>>>> proposals to change or tweak the way we do things. We've modified our
>>>> access policy, our membership process, the responsibilities of some of
>>>> the officers, and instituted an anti-harassment policy. These changes
>>>> are constructive; all have the intention of improving Noisebridge.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I have periodically had trouble, made errors, or
>>>> omitted things when trying to update our wiki pages to reflect
>>>> changes. I fear that the clerical errors I've made are symptomatic of
>>>> a general difficulty mentally applying new proposals to our current
>>>> policies, and have also exacerbated confusion.
>>>>
>>>> I propose that we use a git repo as the canonical location of these
>>>> documents. Proposals for change should come with a branch or fork
>>>> which can be merged to implement the desired change. Changes should
>>>> still occur only by consensus, and changes should still have a
>>>> human-readable summary. Each of the policies should continue to be
>>>> mirrored on the wiki, just not edited there.
>>>>
>>>> I'm happy to volunteer to get things working and help people start
>>>> using it, as well as to maintain & operate the system. I think that
>>>> operating such a system is a good responsibility to place on the
>>>> secretary in general.
>>>>
>>>> -Tom
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>>
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