Hi Comdev members, and to Ezra, Seth, Julius. Your application for an ALC in Ghana has been approved!
Next Steps: (I apologise but this is quite long :D ) There is some documentation to read and an area in the Comdev Confluence wiki that belongs to your ALC to look after and fill out. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/462815761/ALC+Ghana This page is for general information on the Ghana Chapter - currently that will be Ezra , you are ALC Lead for Ghana, plus Seth and Julius. You have Rich Bowen as Mentor, so you are already off to a good start! There are other wiki pages related to your ALC which are sub-pages of the above https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/462815763/ALC+Ghana+Events https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/462815765/ALC+Ghana+Reports https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/462815767/ALC+Ghana+Team+Meetings Hopefully those are self-explanatory but do ask if you need to. Again in the wiki , this page https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/123899294/ALC+Chapters lists other chapters in other cities/countries. I encourage you to take a look around those pages for some ideas on what these other ALC groups do, and what information they provide on their pages. I would go as far as to suggest contacting some of the people listed in the other ALC pages, especially those listed as (Chapter Lead) to get some insights on what they do. One last piece of 'paperwork' I want to point out for now , is your reporting page https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/462815765/ALC+Ghana+Reports Starting next month November, and for every 3 months you should aim to put in a report of activity, however small or large, of what the ALC members have been up to. Initially this will just be setup stuff, and trying to organise your first meeting. (We could also push your first report out to December if you feel next month is going to be too soon, nothing much to report) An example from another ALC on what they report on, as an example is , https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/158863417/ALC+Warsaw+Report+March+-+June+2020 But you can use your own reporting style. For the successful start and continuation of your ALC Chapter, I strongly suggest you fill out these reports, so that the rest of us can see how things are going, whether you are doing great or whether you might need some assistance in some areas. It also tells me that the ALC is at least active and current. As well as emailing this mailing list [email protected] you can also talk with us on Slack the-asf.slack.com instance in the #alc slack channel - please come join us there even just to say hello! - And other ALC members may be around for any advice with any luck. (If you do not have Slack accounts please let me know and I'll get you invited in, same for Confluence, create accounts there using selfserve.apache.org and I'll get those added to the Ghana pages.) I feel that this is enough information for now. I hope you will be able to locate a suitable venue and get a meetup of some kind organised soon! So again, congratulations. Let's make a success of this new ALC Ghana! -- *Gavin McDonald - * Systems Administrator, ASF Infrastructure Team V.P Travel Assistance Committee ALC Organiser, Comdev.
