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Add notes from this afternoon's retro #296

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There's broadly two sections here:

  • notes from our discussions
  • raw comments from easyretro


There’s lots of things we can do here in the future.

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For posterity, this was extracted via:

var data = [];
document.querySelectorAll('.easy-card-list').forEach(elem => {
   var col = [];
   data.push(col);
   elem.querySelectorAll('.easy-card-main').forEach(card => {
      col.push(card.innerText);
   });
});

then

import textwrap

data = # from JS
for title, col in zip(
    ('Liked', 'Learned', 'Lacked', 'Longed For'),
    data,
):
    print(f'### {title}')
    for entry in col:
        print('* ' + textwrap.indent(
            entry.replace('---', '\n---\n').replace('\n\n', '\n'),
            '  ',
        ).lstrip())


However we do always benefit from more mentors.

Would we benefit from running more explicit training sessions as a way to maintain engagement?
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Not sure where to comment on this but my response is yes (especially for people who are relatively new to volunteering for SR)

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The docs are really good but I wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing as a mentor. When I was new to volunteering I would not have been confident enough to take this on

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I just realised that this isn't specifically about mentoring but it still applies generally. At the physical competition, you would be given a 5-10 min rundown on the task before starting.

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On a related (mentoring) note, I realise it likely doesn't match up to an in-person guide, but it would be great to get your input on srobo/runbook#109 @antoinepetty.

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Some comments on the topics instead of actually relating to this PR - not sure what to do with them


Would be really useful to have some pre-made graphics or templates for social media, along with a list of hashtags and where to post etc.

There were lots of teams this year on Instagram. We do have a small presence there, but the platform itself isn’t actually very usable.
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Posting to Instagram can be done through Facebook on desktop - perhaps I should document this somewhere (at the risk of the GUI changing)

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To be addressed srobo/runbook#110

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Ooh, that's worth knowing. Is there a third party guide we could link to about this? To save us re-documenting this.


Action Karina: pull together some guidelines for the runbook. James can help.

YouTube’s moderation tooling is limited. Let’s explore what we can do with them.
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Enabling slow mode before starting the stream would limit the spammy messages

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Feel like we’ll have a better idea of how to do this next time.

This could be a way to get people involved in commentary -- as an easy way in to doing a small bit.
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This and the friendlies commentary is a good way to introduce new commentators

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It also proves that SR isn't just Alistair and I, and gives volunteers a sense of involvement and accomplishment

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Some comments on the topics instead of actually relating to this PR - not sure what to do with them

Thanks!
I think probably the next thing here would be that we turn some of the actions/questions into being tasks so that the discussions can continue there. Feel free to start doing that if you want to kick start the discussions. (please do cross link though!)

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We should asses the reach that our emails have.

Feels like we’d benefit from a volunteer coordinator for all of SR, someone who can specialise on this.
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Feels like we’d benefit from a volunteer coordinator for all of SR, someone who can specialise on this.
Feels like we’d benefit from a volunteer coordinator for all of SR, someone who can specialise on this and sits outside the regular team structure.

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Feel like we’ll have a better idea of how to do this next time.

This could be a way to get people involved in commentary -- as an easy way in to doing a small bit.
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It also proves that SR isn't just Alistair and I, and gives volunteers a sense of involvement and accomplishment

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