Create a Guide: Terms and Conditions for your project

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Overview

We need to create a guide to making Terms and Conditions so that we have a template available for any project that require them.

Action Items

The phases in the guide-making process are listed below. Each phase displayed in blue is linked to a wiki page with instructions on how to complete that phase. Open the wiki page in a new tab, copy the instructions for each part into the section labelled 'Tasks' at the bottom of this issue, and complete each task listed.

• Gather Examples Solo (open in a new tab)
• Gather Examples Collaboratively
• Create a Guide Draft
  • If needed, create a template
• Have your guide peer reviewed
• Present your guide for leadership review

Resources/Instructions

Original text: #21

• Refer to Create a document template for Guides product-management#123 for how to write a guide and the guide template
• Update issue Tracker: Templates & Guides product-management#128 with the name of item you are working

Examples

TDM calculator Terms and Conditions: https://tdm.azurewebsites.net/termsandconditions
The only reason a project needs a terms and conditions is if there might be some liability created by people relying on the information. The TDM example, the liability is that people will use it and then create permit applications based on it, and then not have their applications approved.

Projects to Check

Tasks

• This is where you will copy instructions from the wiki page for the step you are currently on.

[SheIsBukki]

Dependency

Bonnie finding the T&C from TDM

Overview

We need a template Terms & Conditions document for projects to use.

Action Items

• make a copy of copy of the terms and conditions doc from TDM in google docs. We are keeping the copy so that we can refer back to it, after you finish your draft
• Generisize your copy
  - [ ] Ask for Dean Church's review
• pilot the template by customizing it with one of these projects
  • Home Unite Us
  • Expunge Assist
• Update template based on what you learned from pilot
• Add notes about how to use the template in the issue - this will be useful when a guide is made that uses the template

Resources

• Template Terms & Conditions draft
• Preview Copy of T&C from TDM
• Copy the Copy of T&C from TDM

[aymarmsba]

Outdated Description Content:

Overview

We need to create a guide to making Terms and Conditions so that we have a template available for any project that require them.

Action Items

• Gather examples of how other Hack for LA projects have done, adding each example as a link in the resources section
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Gather Examples" label and add the "TG: Draft Template" label
• Create a draft template, either in markdown format in this issue or a google doc in the old product management google drive new product management google drive>Product Management Guides
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Draft Template" label and add the "TG: Create Guide" label
• Create a guide on how to use the template
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Create Guide" label and add the "TG: Review Guide" label
• Review the guide with product management communities of practice
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Review Guide" label and add the "TG: Leadership Review" label
• Present to Hack for LA leadership team for sign off
  • Once approved, remove the "TG: Leadership Review" label and add the "TG: Place Guide" label
• Possibly create an issue template on .github
  • Include link to template under resources if you add it as a template in .github

Resources

Original text: #21

• Refer to Create a document template for Guides product-management#123 for how to write a guide and the guide template
• Update issue Tracker: Templates & Guides product-management#128 with the name of item you are working

Examples

TDM calculator Terms and Conditions: https://tdm.azurewebsites.net/termsandconditions
The only reason a project needs a terms and conditions is if there might be some liability created by people relying on the information. The TDM example, the liability is that people will use it and then create permit applications based on it, and then not have their applications approved.

[aymarmsba]

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