[OSGeo Africa] Slack Channel

[Jeff McKenna]

On my side, I don't care where you communicate (in fact a week ago I had 
never heard of Slack).  These options are there if you want to use them. :)

-jeff



On 2015-09-04 8:39 AM, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Nhamo, Luxon (IWMI-South Africa)
> <L.Nhamo at cgiar.org <mailto:L.Nhamo at cgiar.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all
>
>     This seems more like a splinter/ elitist QGIS forum being formed here.
>
>
> ​Haha I guess QGIS is maturing...its the first time we were ever called
> elitist in my living memory...​
>
>
>     Sorry if my observations are wrong but what are the aims of this new
>     group which are different from the current group?
>
>
> ​There is no new group, only new and diverse channels of
> comunication....its good to use different channels - some people like
> the immediacy of online chat, some like the ability to digest their
> convesations via email. I was only pointing to the QGIS channel  by way
> of example of what we would get if we would get if osgeo-africa formed a
> chat room on gitter.im <http://gitter.im> (and also similar to what you
> would get on slack since the experience is almost the same).​
>
>
>     Is it still affiliated to GISSA‎? ​
>
>
> ​​And by the way forming special interest groups is not a bad thing (I'm
> not sure why you used such pejorative ​ language above) - if people want
> to share experiences and dive into detail in one particular topic area
> it's just a normal and healthy process of a community. osgeo-africa list
> is itself an example of this - otherwise we would all be subscribed to
> the parent osgeo list and not have regional chapters. And yes I believe
> there is still some affiliation with GISSA - Gavin could probably answer
> better exactly what that is.
>
> ​Have a good weekend!
>
> Regards
>
> Tim​
>
>
>     Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>     *From: *Tim Sutton
>     *Sent: *Thursday 3 September 2015 23:47
>     *To: *Africa local chapter discussions
>     *Reply To: *Africa local chapter discussions
>     *Subject: *Re: [OSGeo Africa] Slack Channel
>
>
>     Hi
>
>     For those wanting to join the gitter QGIS chat room, you can go here:
>
>     https://gitter.im/qgis/QGIS
>
>     You can also install the gitter desktop and mobile apps if you want
>     to - visit the gitter home page for details.
>
>     If there is interest I could set up an osgeo africa one (sorry to
>     usurp your Slack promulgation Jeff haha :-) ). The reason I don't
>     like slack is that their subscription fees are terribly expensive -
>     or at the least pretty confusing… https://slack.com/pricing whereas
>     gitter is linked right into github which is nice and is free for
>     public repos).
>
>
>     Regards
>
>     Tim
>
>>     On 03 Sep 2015, at 21:34, Jeff McKenna
>>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I don't monitor this list frequently so please e-mail me directly.
>>
>>     -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 2015-09-03 4:09 PM, Jea Munda wrote:
>>>     Hi,
>>>     I want to join.
>>>
>>>     -jea
>>>
>>>     On Thursday, September 3, 2015, Jeff McKenna
>>>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>        Hi Charles,
>>>
>>>        I've sent you an invite.  If anyone else wants to join just
>>>     ping me
>>>        directly.
>>>
>>>        -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On 2015-09-03 9:04 AM, Charles Rethman wrote:
>>>
>>>            Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>            This list has been really quiet lately… I’m wondering why?
>>>     Is it
>>>            because
>>>            email is so last-century and we all moved over to Slack?
>>>     If so,
>>>            how do I
>>>            join? If not, isn’t it time to set up a Team or a channel on a
>>>            team like
>>>            ZA Tech?
>>>
>>>
>>>            Charles Rethman
>>>
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