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From: johny casanova <computertech2124@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:58:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Slack team for Apache NiFi
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Matt,

I think this is an awesome idea. Slack is so awesome for all the things you
mentioned. 1+

On Oct 10, 2016 10:53 AM, "Matt Burgess" <mattyb149@apache.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> I'd like to revisit the idea of having (and promoting) a Slack team
> for the Apache NiFi community. We broached the subject in an email
> thread a while back [1]. The email lists are great and IRC per se is
> still popular in the open-source community, but I think for folks that
> are more comfortable in the Slack environment, this would be another
> good avenue for the community to get together.
>
> We could perhaps add integrations with the email list(s), IRC
> channel(s), GitHub, etc. as sort of a one-stop shop for NiFi
> communication, or just use it for online collaboration.
>
> I'm thinking it would be invite-only (to avoid bots, spam, etc.) but
> that it would be fully open to the community, just an email to an
> admin (such as myself) to request an invitation (kind of like a manual
> version of the Apache Mailing List subscribe bot). The code of conduct
> would be the Apache Software Foundation's CoC [2], as it is a
> "communication channel used by our communities". I have seen this same
> invite-only approach work well for other ASF projects with Slack
> teams.
>
> I grabbed a URL [3] just in case the community would like to proceed
> (nifi.slack.com is taken, but if someone in the community owns it and
> wants to use that instead, it's all good). The PMC would be
> owners/admins, my email address (mattyb149@apache.org) could be the
> destination for invite requests, and we could discuss what
> integrations, access rights (creating new channels, e.g.), etc. are
> appropriate.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> [1] https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/nifi-users/
> 201511.mbox/%3CCA+w4d5RJvxvFEnGVsexCSmEvzL_TxG_Ne2KEiFsrGEapCwoOAQ@mail.
> gmail.com%3E
>
> [2] https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct
>
> [3] https://apachenifi.slack.com
>

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