This page serves as an orientation guide for people who are new to Code for Milwaukee (CfM). Below are some of the FAQ's an important links.
Here's a link to our Orientation slides
We ask that new members & first-time Hack Night attendees fill out our CfM Orientation Form. It takes 5-10 minutes. Providing us with a background about you and your interests will help us to best serve you and the citizens of Milwaukee.
Slack is a popular messaging app, and CfM has a "channel" on slack that we use to distribute some information and updates from our projects. Here are the instructions for signing up:
- Go to Mke-slack.herokuapp.com and enter your email
- This is a URL you will use only once, just to sign up the first time.
- Open the link in your email and sign in to Milwaukee.slack.com.
- This is the URL you will use to visit the slack channel from now on.
- Join the
#code-for-milwaukee
channel- All the CfM discussions happen here.
- Check out the other channels for other interesting events in Milwaukee!
FAQ about slack:
- "Can I participate in CfM without joining Slack?" ... Yes!
- "I'm having problems joining" ... Please talk to one of the CfM Core Team members, or email
info@CodeForMilwaukee.org
- "Where can I learn more about Slack?" ... Check out this Slack guide