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Joining the HackforLA.org Website Team

Bonnie Wolfe edited this page Mar 6, 2022 · 27 revisions

Introduction

Welcome to the Hack for LA website development team! This guide will help get you up to speed on what you need to know to get started as a project team member.


Meeting Times

Typical Attendees PST Time GMT Time MST Time EST Time Meeting Link
UI/UX 5 PM Thursday 12 AM Friday 6 PM Thursday 8 PM Thursday Google
UI/UX, Product Management 12:15 PM Tuesday 8:15 PM Tuesday 1:15 PM Tuesday 3:15 PM Tuesday Zoom
Developers - Frontend 7 PM Tuesday 2 AM Wednesday 8 PM Tuesday 10 PM Tuesday Zoom
Developers - Backend 7 PM Thursday 3 AM Wednesday 8 PM Thursday 10 PM Thursday Zoom
Developers, UI/UX, Product Management 10 AM Sunday 6 PM Sunday 11 AM Sunday 1 PM Sunday Zoom
Developers, Product Management (Optional) 7 PM Tuesday 3 AM Wednesday 8 PM Tuesday 10 PM Tuesday Zoom
Product Management 12 PM Wednesday 8 PM Wednesday 1 PM Wednesday 3 PM Wednesday Zoom

Let's go!

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

  1. Make sure you can make the appropriate meeting times.
  2. Join the #hfla-site Slack channel and introduce yourself.
  3. Reach out to one of our PM's ⬆️ on our Slack channel with your Gmail address (To find the names of our PMs, check out our project page).
  4. Accept your Google Drive invite to access the shared folder and admin drive (only if required for your role).
  5. Add yourself to the Team Roster.
  6. Slack your lead (engineering/developer, Research, Design, Content) a link to the Team Roster. To ensure you get added to our Github.
  7. Read Introduction to the Project.
  8. Review How Hack for LA uses Kanban.
  9. Add any questions as comments to the guide to improve onboarding experiences.

Other useful links


Who are you?

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

Web Developer

UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Researcher

Data Scientist

Copywriter

Product Manager/Owner

Other Volunteer


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

List of WCAG 2.0 Compliance Checkers

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