hackforla
Recruit volunteers for team open roles
Dependency
- [x] need to recruit new team members to website team
Overview
We need volunteer(s) to work on the open issues we have so that we can move the project forward.
Action Items
Creating a new role post
- [x] Copy the template post from the Community of Practice WIKI, Open Roles Templates (Resource 1.01)
- [x] Paste the template in a comment below
- [x] Customize the comment to reflect your open role
- [x] Open a new issue by using the Open Role template (Resource 1.02)
- [x] Copy and Paste your customized comment to the new issue
- [x] Add the label for the role that you are recruiting for
- [x] Submit the new issue
- [x] Assign yourself to the new issue
- [x] Add the issue to the HfLA: Open Roles project board (Resource 1.03)
- [x] add the link of the new issue to the related comment on this issue
- [x] keep yourself assigned to this issue until the role is filled
Marketing the new role post
- Post a link to the new issue in the Slack channel for the related Practice Area
- [x] Copy the Slack message (Resource 1.04)
- [x] Copy the message into the Slack Channel for the relevant Community of Practice (The Slack channels can be found on Resource 1.01)
- [x] Replace the text
[Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE]with link to the issue
- [x] Replace the text
- [ ] check your team Slack channel for people reaching out after every onboarding and at least every other day
Once Filled
- [ ] Hide the comment on this issue for the role you just filled
- [ ] Add the following comment to the role posting issue
This role has been filled by @[Replace with GITHUB HANDLE OF PERSON WHO IS TAKING ROLE] - [ ] Close the role posting issue
- [ ] Unassign yourself from this issue
- If there are no open roles on this issue (i.e., if there are open roles, there will be unclosed comments)
- [ ] Add the label: Dependency and uncheck the dependency on top of this issue
- [ ] Move this issue to the icebox, on the project board
Resources/Instructions
- 1.01 WIKI: https://github.com/hackforla/communities-of-practice/wiki/Open-Roles-Templates
- 1.02 Open new Post open role issue
- 1.03 HfLA: Open Roles board
- 1.04 Copy to post in CoP Slack Channels when there is an open role
Hi, the Website has a volunteer posting, which includes details of how to get in touch with us if you are interested. [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE]
Title
HfLA website: Open Role for: Back End Developer
Issue
- https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/6987
Body
Project Name: Hackforla.org Website
Name of Role: Back End Developer
Volunteer Opportunity: Need someone with experience with GitHub actions automation, Google AppsScript, and working with REST and GraphQL calls. The developer will work very closely with the VRMS and CivicTechJobs teams, who manages the data we receive. Note: The Website project is unique in that it is hosted on GitHub Pages. This means we do not have an official backend.
Duration: Open-ended
Meeting times: See project page below
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above
Resources:
Title
HfLA Website: Open Role for: Product Manager
Issue
- https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/7007
Body
Project Name: Website
Name of Role: Product Manager
Volunteer Opportunity: [Replace with CUSTOM RECRUITMENT MESSAGE]
Duration: 2-3 months
Meeting Times: Flexible
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above
Role posts from the Previous Product Management Open Roles board, Filled column
Post 1
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**Project Name**: Hack for LA website
**Volunteer Opportunity**: You will learn to manage the Kanban board and run interdisciplinary team meetings. You will move the product forward by working on one of the [open product management issues](https://github.com/hackforla/website/projects/7?card_filter_query=label%3A%22role%3A+product+management%22#card-55870123) on a weekly basis work with Design Lead and help build out the product roadmap
**Duration**: On-going
**Meeting Times**: Sun 10 am to 12 pm
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#product-management](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/CJY4R382X)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Bonnie Wolfe
[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/website)
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Project Name: Hack for LA website
Volunteer Opportunity: You will learn to manage the Kanban board and run interdisciplinary team meetings. You will move the product forward by working on one of the open product management issues on a weekly basis work with Design Lead and help build out the product roadmap
Duration: On-going
Meeting Times: Sun 10 am to 12 pm
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #product-management
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Bonnie Wolfe
Post from previous UI/UX Design open roles board, Filled column
Post 1
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**Project Name**: Hack for LA Website
**Volunteer Opportunity**:
We are looking for a Design Lead to help lead the Hack for LA website design team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work closely with design, research, stakeholders, product management, & engineering teams to plan the design teams actions and support designers.
We're looking for someone who wants to:
- Improve their leadership and public speaking skills
- Be the bridge between design and other multifunctional teams.
- Collaborate with others
- Work on solutions that not only benefit the users but also the business needs and goals.
**Duration:**
Ongoing, 6-8 hours per week
**Meetings:**
UX team meetings: Thursday 5-6pm PST
All team meeting (design, dev, PM): Sunday 10-11am PST
**Who to communicate your interest to**
Slack channel link: #hfla-site-ux
Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Phu
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Project Name: Hack for LA Website
Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for a Design Lead to help lead the Hack for LA website design team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work closely with design, research, stakeholders, product management, & engineering teams to plan the design teams actions and support designers.
We're looking for someone who wants to:
- Improve their leadership and public speaking skills
- Be the bridge between design and other multifunctional teams.
- Collaborate with others
- Work on solutions that not only benefit the users but also the business needs and goals.
Duration: Ongoing, 6-8 hours per week
Meetings: UX team meetings: Thursday 5-6pm PST All team meeting (design, dev, PM): Sunday 10-11am PST
Who to communicate your interest to Slack channel link: #hfla-site-ux Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Phu
Post 2
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~~**Project Name**: Hack for LA Website
**Volunteer Opportunity**:
We are looking for designers to join our current team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work on the [hackforla.org](https://www.hackforla.org/) site, designing solutions that support both the needs of our users and the goals of the Hack for LA organization as a whole.
We're currently working on a big redesign of the site and are looking for people with familiarity and interest in both visual design as well as larger UX/product design methods:
**Duration:**
Ongoing, 4-6 hours per week
**Meetings:**
Design team meetings: Wednesday 2:30 PM-3:30 PM PST
All team meeting (design, dev, PM): Sunday 10-11am PST
**Who to communicate your interest to**
Slack channel link: [hfla-site-ux](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C018FMQTWMT)
```@Phuong Van```
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~~Project Name: Hack for LA Website
Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for designers to join our current team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work on the hackforla.org site, designing solutions that support both the needs of our users and the goals of the Hack for LA organization as a whole.
We're currently working on a big redesign of the site and are looking for people with familiarity and interest in both visual design as well as larger UX/product design methods:
Duration: Ongoing, 4-6 hours per week
Meetings: Design team meetings: Wednesday 2:30 PM-3:30 PM PST All team meeting (design, dev, PM): Sunday 10-11am PST
Who to communicate your interest to
Slack channel link: hfla-site-ux
@Phuong Van
Post from previous UI/UX Research open roles board, Filled column
Post 1
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**Project Name**: HfLA website
**Volunteer Opportunity**:
We are conducting qualitative and quantitative research that will play a critical role in the website design process. In this process, UX researchers would conduct research, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and assist the entire user experience team.
**Duration**: Open-ended
**Meeting times**: Wed 2PM PST, Sun 11AM PST
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#hfla-site-ux](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/website)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Vaisali
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Project Name: HfLA website
Volunteer Opportunity: We are conducting qualitative and quantitative research that will play a critical role in the website design process. In this process, UX researchers would conduct research, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and assist the entire user experience team.
Duration: Open-ended Meeting times: Wed 2PM PST, Sun 11AM PST
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site-ux
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Vaisali
Post 2
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**Project Name**: Hack for LA website
**Volunteer Opportunity**: (Need 1-2 UX Researchers)
Help conduct user interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, and other research to help guide designs of new pages and improvements of existing pages. Incorporate Google Analytics findings. Also set research processes for the project.
**Duration**: Open-ended (6-10 hours/week)
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack name of person to contact: @ Danielle Nedivi
[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/website)
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Project Name: Hack for LA website
Volunteer Opportunity: (Need 1-2 UX Researchers) Help conduct user interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, and other research to help guide designs of new pages and improvements of existing pages. Incorporate Google Analytics findings. Also set research processes for the project.
Duration: Open-ended (6-10 hours/week)
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack name of person to contact: @ Danielle Nedivi
@roslynwythe, @ExperimentsInHonesty
Please add update using the below template (even if you have a pull request). Afterwards, remove the 'To Update !' label and add the 'Status: Updated' label.
- Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?"
- Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered."
- Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?"
- ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?"
- Pictures (optional): "Add any pictures of the visual changes made to the site so far."
If you need help, be sure to either: 1) place your issue in the Questions/In Review column of the Project Board and ask for help at your next meeting, 2) put a "Status: Help Wanted" label on your issue and pull request, or 3) put up a request for assistance on the #hfla-site channel. Please note that including your questions in the issue comments- along with screenshots, if applicable- will help us to help you. Here and here are examples of well-formed questions.
You are receiving this comment because your last comment was before Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 12:07 AM PST.
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Post from previous Engineering open roles board, Back End column
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**Project Name**: HackforLa.org website
**Volunteer Opportunity**: Javascript Developer, anyone wanting to learn how to do Git commits in a collaborative work environment
**Duration**: Open Ended
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#hfla-site](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C4UM52W93)
- Contacts: https://github.com/hackforla/website/wiki/Meet-the-Team
[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/website)
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Project Name: HackforLa.org website
Volunteer Opportunity: Javascript Developer, anyone wanting to learn how to do Git commits in a collaborative work environment
Duration: Open Ended
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site
- Contacts: https://github.com/hackforla/website/wiki/Meet-the-Team
@roslynwythe, @ExperimentsInHonesty
Please add update using the below template (even if you have a pull request). Afterwards, remove the 'To Update !' label and add the 'Status: Updated' label.
- Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?"
- Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered."
- Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?"
- ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?"
- Pictures (optional): "Add any pictures of the visual changes made to the site so far."
If you need help, be sure to either: 1) place your issue in the Questions/In Review column of the Project Board and ask for help at your next meeting, 2) put a "Status: Help Wanted" label on your issue and pull request, or 3) put up a request for assistance on the #hfla-site channel. Please note that including your questions in the issue comments- along with screenshots, if applicable- will help us to help you. Here and here are examples of well-formed questions.
You are receiving this comment because your last comment was before Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM PST.
@roslynwythe, @ExperimentsInHonesty
Please add update using the below template (even if you have a pull request). Afterwards, remove the '2 weeks inactive' label and add the 'Status: Updated' label.
- Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?"
- Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered."
- Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?"
- ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?"
- Pictures (optional): "Add any pictures of the visual changes made to the site so far."
If you need help, be sure to either: 1) place your issue in the Questions/In Review column of the Project Board and ask for help at your next meeting, 2) put a "Status: Help Wanted" label on your issue and pull request, or 3) put up a request for assistance on the #hfla-site channel. Please note that including your questions in the issue comments- along with screenshots, if applicable- will help us to help you. Here and here are examples of well-formed questions.
You are receiving this comment because your last comment was before Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 12:04 AM PST.
@sofiatajide Please create a new open role issue. Here is an example issue you can see what the final version will look like https://github.com/civictechindex/BOP/issues/282. When you are done creating it, please add it to this board https://github.com/orgs/hackforla/projects/67/views/6 (with a status of: Not Ready for Volunteers Yet).
Title
HfLA website: Open Role for: Data Scientist
Issue
- https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/7853
Body
Project Name: Hackforla.org Website
Name of Role: Data Scientist
Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for a Data Scientist with experience in Google AppsScript to analyze and automate time-tracking data for our internship program. This is an excellent portfolio item, as it will be used organization-wide by numerous volunteers reporting their hours. You will have direct access to stakeholders and significant input into how the data is displayed.
Duration: Open-ended
Meeting times: See project page below
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above
Resources:
Title
HfLA Website: Open Role for: Homepage Launch Product Manager
Issue
- https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/7952
Body
Project Name: Hackforla.org Website
Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for 3 product managers to manage the relaunch of the website with new homepage and doubling the size of the website with supporting page. We believe we are 80% done with the pre-launch items. We are working to build tracking for the remaining items, identify gaps, find bugs, and create a more accurate timeline. See https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/2481 to read more about the current work
Duration: On-going
Meeting Times: Tuesdays 1pm PST
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #hfla-site
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above
@ExperimentsInHonesty Ready for review (new Open Role post for Homepage Launch PM)
Title
EA: Open Role for: frontend dev
Issue
https://github.com/hackforla/expunge-assist/issues/1761
Body
Project Name: Expunge Assist
About: Expunge Assist is a free step-by-step tool that helps people with past convictions in California write a declaration. It is one part of the expungement process.
Volunteer Opportunity: Expunge Assist is looking for frontend developers to help us wrap up the final tickets needed to reach our next milestone, a final review with Hack for LA. Once completed, we’ll begin collaborating with a community partner to adjust our site for their use case. This is a unique chance to contribute at the ground level of a meaningful project launch and help shape a new community partnership.
Duration: On-going
Meeting Times: Mondays evening 8pm pacific ~15 minutes standup meeting (flexible) Thursday 6pm pacific all team meeting
Who to communicate your interest to
- Slack channel link: #expunge-assist-dev
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: @rick p
Read more about the project Project site
