Mattermost
What is Mattermost?
Mattermost is an open source application for team collaboration, simmilar to Slack, for those of you who have used slack before. It runs on APC server, so it is fully under our control and very safe. Conversations are securely stored and data protected. Confidentiality is guaranteed as not even system administrators cannot have access to your private conversations.
How to connect?
Simply connect with your browser to the Mattermost address https://mm.apc.org and enter your username and password -- the same ones you use at inside.apc.org and convening21.apc.org.
If you have forgotten your username and password, you can reset it using your registered email address at inside.apc.org
You can also use apps on your phone or desktop to access Matermost. Check what is available at mattermost.com/download/#mattermostApps
You are all part of the 'convening' team on the APC Mattermost server.
Channels
Once you login you will see channels (and direct messages) in your sidebar on the left.
Use 🐢 ALL Participants - Sea turtles to get updates on sessions and other announcements and to connect with everyone at the convening.
Use Tech Support -Ocean park to ask for help from the tech team on any tech issues might be having, someone in the tech team is always monitoring the chat.
Direct messages
Below the channels, you will see your direct messages. direct messages can be with any person in the convening team, every APC member, partner, and staff participating in the convening is in the team. You can have DMs with just one person or with multiple people at a time.
Click on the `+` sign to start a new conversation.
