Recruit volunteers for team open roles

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Dependency

• need to recruit new team members to Food Oasis team

Overview

We need volunteer(s) to work on the open issues we have so that we can move the project forward.

Action Items

Creating a new role post

• Copy the template post (Resource 1.01)
• Paste the template in a comment below
• Customize the comment to reflect your open role
• Open a new issue by using the Open Role template (Resource 1.02)
• Copy and Paste your customized comment to the new issue
• Add the label for the role that you are recruiting for
• Submit the new issue
• Assign yourself to the new issue
• Add the issue to the HfLA: Open Roles project board (Resource 1.03)
• add the link of the new issue to the related comment on this issue
• keep yourself assigned to this issue until the role is filled

Marketing the new role post

• Post a link to the new issue in the Slack channel for the related Practice Area
  • Copy the Slack message (Resource 1.04)
  • Copy the message into the Slack Channel for the relevant Community of Practice (The Slack channels can be found on Resource 1.01)
    • Replace the text [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE] with link to the issue
  • check your team Slack channel for people reaching out after every onboarding and at least every other day

Once Filled

• Hide the comment on this issue for the role you just filled
• Add the following comment to the role posting issue

  This role has been filled by @[Replace with GITHUB HANDLE OF PERSON WHO IS TAKING ROLE]
  

• Close the role posting issue
• Unassign yourself from this issue
• If there are no open roles on this issue (i.e., if there are open roles, there will be unclosed comments)
  • Add the label: Dependency and uncheck the dependency on top of this issue
  • Move this issue to the icebox, on the project board

Resources/Instructions

• 1.01 Open Role Draft

Details

<img src="https://tinyurl.com/picfoodoasis" width=400px>

#### Body
**Project Name**: Food Oasis

**Name of Role**: [Replace with NAME OF ROLE]

**Volunteer Opportunity**: [Replace with CUSTOM RECRUITMENT MESSAGE]

**Duration**: [Replace with On-going, or SPECIFY DURATION]

**Meeting Times**: [Replace with the MEETING TIMES THAT THIS ROLE MUST ATTEND AND ANY OPTIONAL MEETINGS, MARKING THEM AS OPTIONAL)

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#[Replace with NAME OF SLACK CHANNEL]]([Replace with LINK TO YOUR SLACK CHANNEL])
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/food-oasis

• 1.02 OPEN ROLE TEMPLATE
• 1.03 HfLA: Open Roles board
• 1.04 Copy to post in CoP Slack Channels when there is an open role

  Hi, the Food Oasis team has a volunteer posting, which includes details of how to get in touch with us if you are interested. [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE]
  

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Role posts from the Previous Product Management Open Roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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![LOGO food oasis horizontal 2](https://tinyurl.com/picfoodoasis)

**Project Name**: Food Oasis

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We're looking for 1-2 Product Managers who can help us drive our project to the next stage with some new features we're adding to our product. Great opportunity for someone looking for experience working cross-functionally with designers, researcher & engineers. You'll be expected to attend and help run weekly meetings. Experience working with Non-profits or the government is a plus.

**Duration**: On-going

PM Meeting 5pm PT Wednesdays
Leads & PM Team Meeting : 6-7 PM Pacific Time Thursdays

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack name of the person to contact in the channel: Erin Dean

[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/food-oasis)

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Project Name: Food Oasis

Volunteer Opportunity: We're looking for 1-2 Product Managers who can help us drive our project to the next stage with some new features we're adding to our product. Great opportunity for someone looking for experience working cross-functionally with designers, researcher & engineers. You'll be expected to attend and help run weekly meetings. Experience working with Non-profits or the government is a plus.

Duration: On-going

PM Meeting 5pm PT Wednesdays
Leads & PM Team Meeting : 6-7 PM Pacific Time Thursdays

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack name of the person to contact in the channel: Erin Dean

Read more about the project

Post 2

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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/162998736-844482ea-4e3a-4e83-a704-5d8588b7fd4b.png)

**Project Name**: Food Oasis LA

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for Product Managers with experience and/or connections in the Food Rescue Ecosystem. As a PM you'd be working on targeting organizations to embed our website and
onboarding the management of Data Entry Volunteers (training, session, recruitment) under Hack For LA.

**Duration**: ongoing / 10h week min

**Weekly Meeting**:
- Team meeting - Thursdays 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
- PM/Org meeting - To be negotiated with Bonnie

**Slack channel**: #fola
Slack name of person to contact in the channel: John Darragh

**Read more about the project**: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

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Project Name: Food Oasis LA

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for Product Managers with experience and/or connections in the Food Rescue Ecosystem. As a PM you'd be working on targeting organizations to embed our website and
onboarding the management of Data Entry Volunteers (training, session, recruitment) under Hack For LA.

Duration: ongoing / 10h week min

Weekly Meeting:

• Team meeting - Thursdays 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
• PM/Org meeting - To be negotiated with Bonnie

Slack channel: #fola
Slack name of person to contact in the channel: John Darragh

Read more about the project: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Research open roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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![LOGO food oasis horizontal 2](https://tinyurl.com/picfoodoasis)

**Project Name**: Food Oasis LA 
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: Looking for one Google Analytics (GA) focused researcher to join during discovery phase & work on reviewing and customizing GA for our site. Collaborate cross-functionally to identify, plan, and execute the appropriate metrics and analyses to improve user experience and increase engagement. Experience with GA or driven to self-learn about GA and UX research required. Beginners in the UX field will have support and guidance from other project members.

**Duration**: ongoing  (~6 hrs week)

**Weekly Meeting**:
- Research Team meeting - Tuesdays 6:30pm- 7:30pm Pacific Time

**Slack name of person to contact:** Gigi Patel

**Read more about the project**: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/w

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Project Name: Food Oasis LA
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them

Volunteer Opportunity: Looking for one Google Analytics (GA) focused researcher to join during discovery phase & work on reviewing and customizing GA for our site. Collaborate cross-functionally to identify, plan, and execute the appropriate metrics and analyses to improve user experience and increase engagement. Experience with GA or driven to self-learn about GA and UX research required. Beginners in the UX field will have support and guidance from other project members.

Duration: ongoing (~6 hrs week)

Weekly Meeting:

• Research Team meeting - Tuesdays 6:30pm- 7:30pm Pacific Time

Slack name of person to contact: Gigi Patel

Read more about the project: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/w

Post 2

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![LOGO food oasis horizontal 2](https://tinyurl.com/picfoodoasis)


**Project Name**: Food Oasis LA 
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for a UI/UX researcher who can collaboratively work with stakeholders and conduct surveys and interviews for our initiatives. You will be helping with user flow maps, guerilla style research, competitive analysis, usability studies, and benchmarking. Experience is not required and anyone interested helping people having trouble finding food is welcome to apply.

**Duration**: ongoing  (~6 hrs week)

**Weekly Meeting**:
- Research Team meeting - Tuesdays 6:30pm- 7:30pm Pacific Time

**Slack channel**: #fola
Slack name of person to contact in the channel: @Gigi Patel

**Read more about the project**: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

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Project Name: Food Oasis LA
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for a UI/UX researcher who can collaboratively work with stakeholders and conduct surveys and interviews for our initiatives. You will be helping with user flow maps, guerilla style research, competitive analysis, usability studies, and benchmarking. Experience is not required and anyone interested helping people having trouble finding food is welcome to apply.

Duration: ongoing (~6 hrs week)

Weekly Meeting:

• Research Team meeting - Tuesdays 6:30pm- 7:30pm Pacific Time

Slack channel: #fola
Slack name of person to contact in the channel: @gigi Patel

Read more about the project: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

Post 3

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**Project**: Food Oasis LA

**Duration**: Open-ended (6 hours / week)

**Volunteer opportunity**: (1-2) UX Researchers.

As a UX Researcher, you will work with various methodologies to analyze the scopes for improvement to enhance the experience of food seekers and data entry volunteers. You will also work on drafting hypotheses and finding actionable insights for the problem statements, that will solidify the establishment of the program conduct user interviews and usability tests( Both qualitative and quantitative). You also will analyze the found data and present it to the team. 

The Food Oasis project would be a fantastic addition to your portfolio. This position gives you an opportunity to not only sharpen your research skills but also improve your communication cross-functionally.
Read more about the project [here](https://foodoasis.la/about)

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack name of person to contact: @ gigi, @ Benjamin Baillou

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Project: Food Oasis LA

Duration: Open-ended (6 hours / week)

Volunteer opportunity: (1-2) UX Researchers.

As a UX Researcher, you will work with various methodologies to analyze the scopes for improvement to enhance the experience of food seekers and data entry volunteers. You will also work on drafting hypotheses and finding actionable insights for the problem statements, that will solidify the establishment of the program conduct user interviews and usability tests( Both qualitative and quantitative). You also will analyze the found data and present it to the team.

The Food Oasis project would be a fantastic addition to your portfolio. This position gives you an opportunity to not only sharpen your research skills but also improve your communication cross-functionally.
Read more about the project here

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack name of person to contact: @ gigi, @ Benjamin Baillou

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Design open roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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![LOGO food oasis](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/107142453/186766499-656225b9-9878-4932-b4cf-3a92e6621e93.png)

**Project Name**: Food Oasis LA 
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for UX/UI designers to join our current team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work on the [foodoasis.la](https://www.foodoasis.la/) site, designing solutions that support both the needs of food seekers using the site and the goals of the volunteers who keep the site up-to-date.

We're currently looking for people with familiarity and interest in both visual design as well as larger UX/product design methods:

**Duration**:ongoing  (~6 hrs week)

**Weekly Meeting**:
- All Hands Team meeting - Thursdays 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
- Design Team meeting - Thursdays 7:00pm -8:00pm Pacific time
- 
**Slack channel**: #fola
Slack name of person to contact l: @Bryan Wu or @Seiko Igi

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Project Name: Food Oasis LA
Food Oasis (http://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for UX/UI designers to join our current team. Here you'll have the opportunity to work on the foodoasis.la site, designing solutions that support both the needs of food seekers using the site and the goals of the volunteers who keep the site up-to-date.

We're currently looking for people with familiarity and interest in both visual design as well as larger UX/product design methods:

Duration:ongoing (~6 hrs week)

Weekly Meeting:

• All Hands Team meeting - Thursdays 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
• Design Team meeting - Thursdays 7:00pm -8:00pm Pacific time

Slack channel: #fola
Slack name of person to contact l: @bryan Wu or @Seiko Igi

Post 2

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**Project Name**: Food Oasis

**Volunteer Opportunity**: 
Food Oasis is looking for an UX Designer to support the redesign of our platform to serve food seekers and organizations. Ideally you have experience with databases, customer service and building B2B apps. 

**Duration**: 
Open ended, 3 to 6 hrs a week.
Team Meetings: Thursdays 6PM PST

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: #fola
- Contact Sameer or Gigi

[Read more about the project](https://foodoasis.la/)

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Project Name: Food Oasis

Volunteer Opportunity:
Food Oasis is looking for an UX Designer to support the redesign of our platform to serve food seekers and organizations. Ideally you have experience with databases, customer service and building B2B apps.

Duration:
Open ended, 3 to 6 hrs a week.
Team Meetings: Thursdays 6PM PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #fola
• Contact Sameer or Gigi

Read more about the project

Post 3

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**Project Name**: Food Oasis

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We're looking for a UI/UX designer to design updates to our website and volunteer interface. 

**Duration**: 1-2 months to begin with, with a possibility to extend with a bigger scope

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#FOLA](https://app.slack.com/client/T04502KQX/CMER3R1RD/files/F01T45XLGAF)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel:  

[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/food-oasis)
Our team meeting is 6-7 Pacific on Thursdays.  

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Project Name: Food Oasis

Volunteer Opportunity: We're looking for a UI/UX designer to design updates to our website and volunteer interface.

Duration: 1-2 months to begin with, with a possibility to extend with a bigger scope

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #FOLA
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel:

Read more about the project
Our team meeting is 6-7 Pacific on Thursdays.

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous Marketing open roles board,

Post 1 in the Marketing & Communications Coordinator column

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**Project Name**: Food Oasis

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are seeking a thoughtful and creative Marketing & Communications Manager to join the Food Oasis team and help us expand our message to food seekers. This position will help us create and implement communications, marketing, and SEO plan. You will work with our design team to create promotional materials.
 
**Responsibilities**:
- Design and implement marketing campaigns.
- Prepare reports by collecting and analyzing data on our marketing campaign’s performance.
- Craft clear product marketing copy.
- Plan and manage our social media platforms.
- Create an SEO Strategy

**Duration**: Open

**Who to communicate your interest to**:
- Slack channel link: #fola
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Erin Dean

[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/food-oasis)

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Project Name: Food Oasis

Volunteer Opportunity: We are seeking a thoughtful and creative Marketing & Communications Manager to join the Food Oasis team and help us expand our message to food seekers. This position will help us create and implement communications, marketing, and SEO plan. You will work with our design team to create promotional materials.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement marketing campaigns.
• Prepare reports by collecting and analyzing data on our marketing campaign’s performance.
• Craft clear product marketing copy.
• Plan and manage our social media platforms.
• Create an SEO Strategy

Duration: Open

Who to communicate your interest to:

• Slack channel link: #fola
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Erin Dean

Read more about the project

• Review the post and determine if you want to repost it, then follow the instruction in the issue above

Post 2 in the Context Strategist (UX Write)

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![LOGO food oasis horizontal 2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/107142453/186766499-656225b9-9878-4932-b4cf-3a92e6621e93.png)

**Project Name**: Food Oasis LA 
Food Oasis (https://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for 2  UX Writers who can:
- Write clearly with the voice of the project
- Collaborate with designers &  PM and other professionals on emails, blog content & static web pages
- Edit and proofread copy as needed

**Duration**: ongoing  (~6 hrs/wk)

**Meetings**:
- FOLA All Team meeting - First Thursday of each month 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
-UX Writer weekly meeting - Time TBD (Will happen sometime between 9am-noon PT based on European team member.

**Slack channel**: #FOLA
Reach out to Erin Dean on #FOLA slack channel and please share any relevant experience.

**Read more about the project**: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

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Project Name: Food Oasis LA
Food Oasis (https://foodoasis.la/) is a website that helps food seekers find food pantries and meal programs near them

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for 2 UX Writers who can:

• Write clearly with the voice of the project
• Collaborate with designers & PM and other professionals on emails, blog content & static web pages
• Edit and proofread copy as needed

Duration: ongoing (~6 hrs/wk)

Meetings:

• FOLA All Team meeting - First Thursday of each month 6:00pm- 7:00pm Pacific Time
  -UX Writer weekly meeting - Time TBD (Will happen sometime between 9am-noon PT based on European team member.

Slack channel: #FOLA
Reach out to Erin Dean on #FOLA slack channel and please share any relevant experience.

Read more about the project: https://github.com/hackforla/food-oasis/wiki

• Review the post and determine if you want to repost it, then follow the instruction in the issue above

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

• Posted on 2024-09-16 FOLA: Open Role for: Business Analyst #2208

Project Name: Food Oasis

Name of Role: Business Analyst

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for a Data Scientist who can help us build a data set of Neighborhood councils that have or don't have food resource pages or mentions. This data will be displayed on a webpage on the https://www.foodoasis.net/ site and be an important part of a go-to-market strategy

Duration: 2-3 months (maybe less, depends on how fast you are and what we can learn from the data)

Meeting Times: 5:00-6:00 pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #fola
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

• posted on 2024-09-19 FOLA: Open Role for: Business Analyst #2208

Project Name: Food Oasis

Name of Role: Front End Developer

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for a developer to help solve a problem we are having with our site

When viewing a list of organizations, and tapping one to get details about it, the map does not update show or highlight the organization’s pin. Often the pin is way off-screen.

The map should re-center (ideally with a smooth scroll/pan) on the highlighted pin automatically, ideally showing both the user’s current location and the pin so that they can determine the relative location.

Skills: Mapbox, React, JavaScript

Duration: 2 or more months

Meeting Times: 6pm PST Mondays

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #fola
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

• Just opened this issue FOLA: Open Role for: UX Designer #2292

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• Opened another issue FOLA: Open Role for: UX Researcher #2293