This document describes collaborative tools available to WormBase team members.

Accounts

WormBase uses a number of tools provided by Google Apps to facilitate collaboration, increase transparency, and decrease administration requirements.

This list includes WormBase documents (Docs), email (Gmail), a project calendar, discussion lists (Google Groups), collaborative chat, and contact information for all team members.

Project members with a you@wormbase.org account automatically have access to core documents, contact information across the project, and automatic privileges on the new WormBase site.

Interested users can request an account from Todd. If you're not interested you can continue to use your existing account information with less seamless integration.

Discussion Groups (Mailing Lists)

WormBase uses a number of mailing lists for discussion. You can manage subscriptions yourself, add posts, view threads, and search the archive all from the web.

Creating your own discussion group

With your wormbase.org account, you can also create your own groups, a perfect way to support new projects. One advantage of this approach over using ad-hoc distribution lists in your email client is the ability to archive discussions and made searchable to wormbase.org account holders or to the wider web. This option can be disabled if desired.

See the groups main page for details.