{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911","id":85844477,"number":1911,"title":"Request: Collaborator forum","user":{"login":"chrisdickinson","id":37303,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37303?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson","html_url":"https://github.com/chrisdickinson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisdickinson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/labels/meta","name":"meta","color":"fef2c0"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":24,"created_at":"2015-06-07T02:58:32Z","updated_at":"2015-06-09T21:01:53Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We have a lot of collaborators now, and we're about to get even more via the [fifth onboarding](https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/issues/1552), not to mention [node's onboarding](https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/25481). This is great!\r\n\r\nHowever, I feel we're getting to the point where a pinch of organization would cure a pound of potential ills. It would be great to have a forum for collaborators:\r\n\r\n* To ask advice on how to deal with issues\r\n* To run check-in / \"stand up\" threads on a regular basis to get an idea of where everyone's at\r\n* To coordinate sprints on issues, labelling, features, etc.\r\n* To work out disagreements-in-approach in advance\r\n* To develop, document and retain \"communal\" knowledge about the codebase\r\n* Getting the word out about merge freezes, sprints, immediate roadmap, etc.\r\n* To build more of a community around the project (vs. Node-at-large)\r\n\r\nEssentially, I'd like a place for collaborators – not all of whom are on IRC – to be able to discuss the work of collaboratorship. At first, I was convinced that this should take the form of a private GitHub repository, but after some thought & discussion; I think a forum might be the best venue. The attributes I'd like are:\r\n\r\n* Moderation tools\r\n* ACLs for posting or responding to topics, not necessarily for viewing them\r\n* Archivable\r\n* Ability to \"sticky\" important topics to the topic of the list\r\n* Preference for medium-to-long-form content\r\n\r\nRight now I'm leaning towards Discourse or phpBB, though I'd be open to other suggestions. Slack and Gitter are not viable solutions for this problem – they solve immediate discourse, and prefer short-form content. I'm looking for something more like [es-discuss](https://esdiscuss.org/) or [es-discourse](http://es-discourse.com/). \r\n\r\nAre there other options to consider? Are folks strongly opposed to adding another place to check for information about the project? Would anyone else be willing to step up and moderate?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/comments/110503035","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911#issuecomment-110503035","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/io.js/issues/1911","id":110503035,"user":{"login":"sam-github","id":17607,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17607?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github","html_url":"https://github.com/sam-github","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sam-github/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-09T21:01:53Z","updated_at":"2015-06-09T21:01:53Z","body":"I would like some kind of forum to ask questions specific to collaborators  and not of general interest - such as how to find a PR in the io.js multi build. This isn't worth creating and issue to ask, and the current irc channels seem a bit overwhelmed. #v8 used to be effectively the collaborator conversation repo for node, but there doesn't seem to be a replacement."}}