Channel name,Visibility,Description (copy-paste into Slack),What goes here (operating norm),Create
announcements,Public,"Company priorities, decisions, and the weekly numbers recap. Low-noise.","Peter / leads post only; everyone reads. Friday numbers recap lands here.",Now
general,Public,"Team-wide chat, quick questions, and coordination.","Anything that doesn't fit a specific channel. Keep it skimmable — use threads.",Now
daily-standup,Public,"One short post per person each morning: focus + blockers.","Mon–Fri AM: 'working on / blocked on / need.' Mirrors the outreach daily rhythm.",Now
outreach-sponsors,Public,"Nearby Paws local sponsor pipeline — pet vets, chip clinics, groomers.","Prospects, outreach status, and closes. Tracker CSV is the source of truth; closes go to #wins.",Now
outreach-attorneys,Public,"Recently Busted county attorney sponsorships — firm prospects, county locks, closes.","One exclusive firm per county (the 60-Day County Lock). Build firm lists with the RB prospect research; Union County is the priority. Closes to #wins.",Now
outreach-affiliates,Public,"Affiliate program applications, approvals, and wiring hand-offs (Nearby Paws).","Post each program's status change; when approved, note the key so it can be wired.",Now
blog-interviews,Public,"Interview sourcing, booking, and draft review — veterans + service pets, caregivers, K-9.","Subjects, scheduling, consent status, draft links. Keep subject personal info out of public posts.",Now
follow-ups,Public,"The daily follow-up queue — who is due to be contacted today.","Each morning, post the day's due next-touches. Clear them before any new outreach.",Now
leads-inbound,Public,"Inbound interest + site contact-form and lost-pet lead notifications.","Paste inbound leads here (manual for now); assign an owner in the thread.",Now
wins,Public,"Closed sponsors, published stories, and milestones.","Celebrate every close and publish — morale, plus proof to reuse in pitches.",Now
nearby-paws,Public,"Nearby Paws site ops — content, bugs, deploys, receipts.","Project channel. One channel per active project; this is the first.",Now
resources,Public,"Pinned reference: the operating manual, the tracker, templates, affiliate package, brand assets.","Reference only. Bookmark the manual + tracker at the top of the channel.",Now
content-social,Public,"Facebook / Instagram / YouTube planning and scheduling.","What's going out, when, and the links. Distribution notes.",Add later
recently-busted,Public,"Recently Busted ops — cards, distribution, and county sponsorship status.","Project channel for RB. County-lock status, media-kit links, sponsor deliverables.",Now