If you can't find it, click Create Channel at the top of the channels list or use the Create a channel option under the + icon. Use the Browse channels option to see if the channel you are thinking of already exists.At the top of your list of channels in the Slack app, click the + icon.If it does not, any member of the workspace can add the channel. Setting up a project channelīefore setting up a new project channel, search the ASF workspace to make sure it does not already exist. It is good manners to send a hello message to a channel you join, possibly with a short statement of why you are there. If you are a single-channel guest, you cannot join other channels. Someone who is already in the channel has to invite you to join such a channel. Some ASF channels are private or locked, and do not appear on the list of channels you can join. Select any channel to add it to your channel list.Use the Browse channels option to display a list of open channels in the workspace or enter text in the search field.
Once you are part of the ASF workspace as a member or a multi-channel guest, you can join any open channels you wish to.
Member: has full access to all Slack's features, including inviting others to join the workspace.The PMC can then extend an invitation to that person, if they choose. Projects can invite interested parties (via their or lists or a note on their website) to send a request to join the channel either to the list or to an email address the project specifies. Infra has disabled the option that would let you provide a link to the workspace to anyone who wanted it, as spammers were taking advantage of it. Use the Single channel guests option and, in the form that appears, provide the email addresses of the people you would like to invite to a specific channel.To do this, someone already part of the workspace needs to invite the interested party or parties:
Other contributors and interested parties (observers, former members, software evaluators, members of the media, those without an address) who want to participate in channels in the ASF workspace can use a guest account.
You can also download an app to use on your computer or mobile device. You can then browse for the open channels you want to join.
Joining the ASF Slack workspaceĪnyone with an email address can become a full member of the ASF Slack workspace. All formal PMC decisions should take place in one of the project's email lists, so we all have an audit trail of who decided what, and when. However, coming to agreement about something on Slack does not mean the PMC has agreed to or approved something. The Apache Software Foundation has a workspace on Slack to provide channels on which people working on the same ASF project, or in the same area of the Foundation, can discuss issues, solve problems, and build community in real-time.Ī thread in a Slack channel can be a great place to work through a knotty question and move toward consensus.