Joining the Team

Introduction

Welcome to the Civic Tech Jobs team! This guide will help get you up to speed on what you need to know to get started as a project team member.

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Let's go!

If you have not read the Guide for New Volunteers, please do so.

1. Read Introduction to the Project if you haven't already read it.
2. Join the Civic Tech Jobs Slack channel and introduce yourself and mention the role you are interested in. Our PM's Sabrina Heasley & Kanika Chotani will help you get onboarded with the following steps.
3. Complete this form Team Roster Onboarding Form and inform PM after you have done so.
4. Accept your Google Drive invite to access the shared folder.
5. Review the Glossary.
6. Attend our weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 5pm PST. You can find the link pinned in our slack channel.

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Who are you?

Click the link that applies to you to find a sequence of immediate action steps:

Web Developer

UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Researcher

Data Scientist

Content Writer

Product Manager/Owner

Other Volunteer

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Accessibility standards

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that all websites be accessible to people with disabilities. The World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA function as the current legal standard for website accessibility.

Get acquainted with accessibility: https://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm