Joining the Team

Welcome

Welcome to the Civic Opportunity Project Team! This guide will help get you up to speed on what you need to know to get started as a project team member.

Getting Started

If you have not read the Guide for New Volunteers, please do so.

Read Introduction to the Project
Fill in our Volunteer Interest Form
Join the Civic Opportunity Slack channel and introduce yourself
Slack our PM Ray with your Gmail address
Accept your Google Drive invite to access the shared folder
Create Github profile/handle and notify Bonnie. She will add you to the project board.
Add yourself to the Team Roster and inform Ray once complete
Review the project OKR document
Review the Project Initiatives
Review the Glossary (in progress)
Attend our weekly meetings on Thursdays @ 4pm PST and Sundays @ 9am PST via Zoom
Review the contents of our Continuous Milestone and complete any relevant tasks
Document project questions in this Github Issue

Who are you?

Click the link that applies to you to find a sequence of immediate action steps:

Roles we are currently recruiting for:

Roles we will be recruiting for soon (express your interest now):

Web Developer
Data Analyst
Content Strategist/UX Writer
QA Engineer
Other Volunteer

If you are looking to join another project immediately, you can check out other projects staffed by Hack for LA, please see Hack for LA's Getting Started guide.

Tackling a Project Issue

Once you feel like you have a good grasp on what we are trying to accomplish with the project, let your PM know that you are ready to take on your first issue! For a list of open project issues, please review the Project Issues page.

Accessibility Standards

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that all websites be accessible to people with disabilities. The World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA function as the current legal standard for website accessibility.

Get acquainted with accessibility: https://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm

The Wiki is a working document and we would love to improve it. Please compile any questions and suggestions you may have and submit it via creating an issue.