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Create the README document which summarizes the contents of the repository, links to related resources, etc.

Subtasks

• Demo: Using GitHub tools and Slack to collaborate
• Demo overview section

Talking points

• What you are working on
• What you are no longer working on
• When you've done a thing
• Your hopes and dreams!

Subtasks

• Demo: Using GitHub tools to make accessible onboarding material
  • README.md
  • Wiki
• Demo overview section

Talking points

• What it is
• Why do it
  • Make work distributable
  • Make onboarding simpler
  • Make project progress trackable/measurable
  • Make collaboration easier

Talking points

• Atomic commits & PRs
• Documentation
• Collaborative brainstorming

Talking points

• Managing task definition, assignment, and progress
• Facilitating discussion
• Maintaining focus on the mission
• Evangilism
• Opening up feedback channels for users
• Managing project needs/resources

Subtasks

• Demo: Using GitHub tools to Roadmap a project
  • Wiki
  • Issues
  • Milestones
  • Projects?
• Demo overview section

Talking points

• What is it
• How to do it successfully
  • Make current project status easily knowable
  • Make current needs/tasks easily knowable
  • Accessible and current material on how to get started on developing the project (on all platforms!)
  • Documented code base
  • Human contact!

Talking points

• Reviewing onboarding material
• Talking to active project members

• Start with a mission
• Survey for previous work on that mission
• Why survey

Talking points

• Deduplicating efforts
• Keeping up momentum
  • Regular checkins
  • Goals/deadlines