Slack Access Guidelines

Slack is the league’s primary communication platform. Access is granted according to membership status and is reviewed whenever that status changes.

Principles

• Slack access must reflect a member’s current role in the league

• Access should be appropriate, limited, and purposeful

• Full access is reserved for full league members.
  
  

Slack Access by Member Category

Full Members

• Slack role: Full Member

• Access includes:

  • All public channels

  • Private channels where appropriate eg committees

Rookies

• Slack role: Guest

• Access includes:

  • Rookies #rookies

Guest Travelling Team Skaters

• Slack role: Guest

• Access includes:

  • WFTDA Team Channel #team-wftda

  • Event-related logistics channels as required
    
    

• Does not include:

  • League-wide channels

  • Training channels outside the invited event

  • Committee or internal operational channels
    
    
    

Adding Members to Slack

Full Members

tbc

Limited Channel Guests

Slack access Gotchas and Restrictions

To maintain appropriate access control and data security, the following practices must be followed when managing Slack access.

Do Not Use Slack Connect

• Avoid adding via Slack Connect Slack Connect creates cross-workspace access that cannot be reliably limited or audited

Do Not Over-Provision Access

• Do not add members to channels “just in case” or “for visibility”

• Channel access must be:

  • Relevant to the member’s current role

  • Limited to the duration of that role

• Extra access increases noise and risk and should be avoided

Guests Are Not Full Members

• Guest users must not be upgraded to Full Members unless membership has been formally approved

• Temporary or event-based access must remain guest-scoped