CVS Slack Workspace
The Center for Visual Science has a CVS Slack workspace open to all members of CVS. The workspace is meant to be a means for members to interact and collaborate with each other. To join the workspace requires you to be invited to it by an existing member...if you'd like to join please send an e-mail to me (Chris Freemesser - cfreemes@ur.rochester.edu ) and I'll send you an invitation.
Beginners Tutorials
If you're unfamilar with Slack the company has several new user tutorials available here: https://slack.com/help/articles/218080037-Getting-started-for-new-Slack-users
CVS Slack channels
Within the Slack workspace are several "channels"...each designed to be a place where members can discuss matters pertainting to a certain topic. You can think of them as a breakout sessions of a much larger meeting. When you are added to the CVS Slack workspace you're added to a group that identifies your position in the department (faculty, staff, grad, postdoc, etc.), and membership in that group defines which channels you have access to.
Channels follow the nomenclature (group_specific-topic) where "group" basically indicates what group of users the channel is meant for, and "specific-topic" is simply the topic discussed in the channel. The current list of channels (which is still being ironed out and thus subject to change) is listed below...as a member of CVS you will have access to some, but not all, of these channels:
cvs_admin-general: General discussion of matters pertaining to the administration of CVS
cvs_admin-grants: Matters related to grant management in CVS
cvs_admin-intranet: Matters related to the CVS Slack workspace and other "internal" online resources for CVS
cvs_admin-it: Matters related to IT within CVS
cvs_admin-visibility: Matters related to public visibility and promotion of CVS
cvs_admin-webpage: Matters related to the CVS website
cvs_admin-polls-surveys: A channel for discussing CVS polls and survey
cvs_lab-staff: A channel for CVS lab staff to discuss matters of interest
cvsall-colloquia: Mmatters related to CVS colloquia
cvsall-computing: Matters related to general computing issues in CVS
cvsall-core_modules: Matters related to the core modules in CVS
cvsall-events: Announcements about upcoming events of interest to CVS members
cvsall-general: A catch-all channel for topics of general interest to CVS members
cvsall-information: An "FYI" channel to let CVS members know about various bits of important info
cvsall-mutualhelp: Need some help from other members of CVS? Ask your questions here
grads-general: General discussion channel for CVS grad students
members_in_training-career_opportunities: Announcements of career opportunities for CVS members-in-training
members_in_training-social: Info regarding social events for our members-in-training
postdocs-general: General discussion channel for CVS postdocs