NDA-Slack

NDA and Slack Access

Mozilla’s Slack is a great tool for working collaboratively on Mozilla projects. As of February 2018 volunteers who have signed Mozilla's Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) can be invited by their NDA Administrator to sign up to Mozilla Slack (via SSO) and have the same level of access as staff. You can see if a Slacker is a staff member or a volunteer by clicking on their Slack profile.

What do I commit to when I join Slack?

Mozilla’s Slack is primarily a professional environment where people collaborate to get work done in a safe and positive environment.

As a Mozilla space, staff and volunteers are required to follow the Community Participation Guideline in all of their interactions on Slack, failure to abide by the CPG may result in temporary or permanent loss of access.

However Slack is a microcosm of Mozilla's professional environment has norms and etiquette expectations beyond the CPG, you can read the in progress etiquette guide here.

How long does Slack access last:

Having a valid NDA is a prerequisite for Slack access and your access will only last as long as you are a member of the NDA group.

NDA’s expire after one year, in order to make sure that those on the list are regularly active. One year from the acceptance date, inviters will have the opportunity to re-invite volunteers to the NDA group.

What happens once I get my invitation:

Once you receive your invitation, you will be directed to read and agree to the Community Participation Guidelines, and the etiquette guide. Make sure you read them both carefully before you agree to their terms. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to your inviter!

Once you have accepted the terms of the Guidelines you will:

• Be able to sign up to slack via SSO using your Github identity
• You will have access to all public channels.

If at any point you have any questions jump into the #slack-onboarding channel or reach out to your Inviter.

Who Can Join Slack?

Slack access is available by invitation to contributors who are have signed an NDA and who have also been invited to join the slack-access group by administrators of a Mozilla Community.

Mozilla Staff can see who has vouched for a contributor by visiting their Mozillians.org profile and looking under "Access Groups".

Staff who are not administrators can also vouch for contributors to join the NDA Group with Slack access, if they believe that their ability to contribute effectively would be benefited by having an NDA and the capacity to synchronously communicate through Slack - using this form.

Groups like Reps, L10N, Security and SUMO may also have additional procedures for determining who should receive Slack access. Here is the information for each of these groups.

Add-ons Contributors

Synchronous chat with members of the add-ons team almost always occurs in irc.mozilla.org in the following public channels: #addon-reviewers, #addons, #amo, #themedev, or #webextensions.

While the add-ons team prefers communications to happen IRC, we understand that some contributors may need to have access to slack. Please email Caitlin Neiman at cneiman [at] mozilla [dot] com to discuss.

Mozilla Community Web Services

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Staff Requests for Contributor Access

In order to receive access to Slack, if you are not in any of these groups, you must be invited by a staff member. Staff members can vouch for contributors using this form.

Please note that contributors must have a Mozillians.org account and must also meet the criteria to be added to the NDA Group.

Staff: Please note that you will accountable for your invitee while they are on Slack. In order to accommodate for changes in position or employment you must also list a “back-up” inviter who will assume responsibility for your contributors should you leave the organization.