Wikimedia Technology/Communication

Weekly to Monthly meetings
The following meetings are specific to the Technology department or especially relevant:
 * Weekly Technology Managers' meeting


 * Scrum of Scrums (weekly cross team tech scrum)


 * 5 Minute Demo

Face to Face (F2F) Technology Management meetings
As the Technology management team is highly remote (only 4 out 13 regular members are local to SF), managers try to get together physically multiple times per year to have high-bandwidth in-person meetings.
 * Notes from Past Meetings
 * Upcoming in-person meetings (planned)
 * FY2017-18 Q1 (Jul-Sep): August 14, 2017: In Montreal in conjunction with Wikimania 2017
 * FY2017-18 Q2 (Oct-Dec): None.
 * FY2017-18 Q3 (Jan-Mar): January 24, 2018: In San Francisco, in conjunction with DevSummit 2018 and WMF's All Hands
 * FY2017-18 Q4 (Apr-Jun): May 21, 2018ː In Barcelona, after the Hackathon.

Contacting People
There are no contact lists specifically for the Technology Department. General resources include:
 * Office wiki contact list (internal or private and managed by the individual folks)


 * Wikimedia Foundation Staff & Contractors page (Public - managed by Talent & Culture)

Chat
IRC and Google chat are the main methods of communication. IRC has extensive documentation, is recorded, and depending on the channel, is open to the public. Documentation. List of WMF Channels.
 * Technology uses #wikimedia-tech-mgt
 * TBD: norms for the department? Should each team have a channel?  What are the expectations for responsiveness, if any?  When should you use IRC to ask for attention vs filing a ticket or emailing or other?

Video
There are no video tools or norms specific to the Technology Department. General resources include:
 * Google Hangouts are the easiest and can be added to any meeting via the calendar.
 * Bluejeans (We use for Tech meetings) can be controlled through OIT or our admins.

Shared Calendars
TBD

Mailing Lists
Some lists are open to any subscriber or archived publically. Other lists are restricted to WMF staff or subsets of staff. Assume that anything written to any list may ultimately become public.