Instructor Notes

Before each onboarding session

Set up the Etherpad using this template

Welcome to the Maintainer Community

Pronouns and Names

Using correct names and pronouns is important to setting a tone of respect. Learning these is hard to do quickly, so we recommend displaying it prominently during the training.

If on Zoom, give everyone a moment to update their display name to reflect this information.

If in person, encourage attendees to put this information on worn name tags or table-displayed name placards.

Note that pronouns are personal and some participants might prefer not to share them. Do not force people to share their pronouns.

Ask participants to sign in with their name, pronouns, institution, lesson assigned, and potentially a short icebreaker question (“Tell us one good thing that happened in the past week.”) in the course’s shared notes.