How to Onboard

Every new joiner receives a short Mission Document to bring them up to speed with life at Ideas and Board, and the context for their role.

You can pull this together in less than an hour.

1. Copy-and-Fill Template

# Welcome to Ideas On Board, {{Name}}!

We’re thrilled to have you join the team.

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## Your Mission (Why You’re Here)

Ideas On Board exists to push open-source multimedia forward.
The {{sub-team / project}} north star is **[fill-in: one-sentence purpose]**.

You were hired because **[fill-in: one-paragraph context – e.g. “we need deeper ISP expertise for Project X”]**.

### Key responsibilities (first 6-8 weeks)

- **R1** – [fill]
- **R2** – [fill]
- **R3** – [fill]

Success looks like: **[fill 2–3 bullets or leave blank until week 2]**.

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## Your Onboarding Schedule (week 1)

| Day | Time | With whom | What | Notes |
|-----|------|-----------|------|-------|
| Mon | 10:00 CET | Lead | “Hello” call & handbook tour | VC link |
| Mon | PM | Self-paced | Set up systems / repo / chat 
| Tue | 11:00 | {{Peer}} | Walk through current project| 
| Tue | PM | Self | First small issue: {{link}} | |
| Thu | 15:00 | {{Customer}} (optional) | Sit-in on project call | |
| Fri | 16:00 | Lead | Week-1 retro (15 min) | |

*Adjust times / days freely.  The template is just a starting point.*

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## Learning Path (60 days)

**Days 1–20 – Learn**
- 1
- 2
- 3

**Days 21–40 – Contribute**
- 1
- 2
- 3

**Days 41–60 – Own & Improve**
- 1
- 2
- 3

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## People

| Name | Role (one line) | Time-zone |
|------|-----------------|-----------|

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## Tools & Comms

| Purpose | Tool / Link |
|---------|-------------|
| Chat (all-hands) | **#[chat-general]** in {{platform}} |
| Code | Git repo `[fill]` |
| Issues / Kanban | `[fill – GitLab? GitHub Projects?]` |
| Handbooks | This repo, `handbook/` folder |
| Time-off notice | Email `hr@ideasonboard.com` |

Glossary / jargon: `[fill – optional]`

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## First-Week Reflection (optional)

End of each day, jot quick answers and DM your lead:

* What was most interesting today?
* Anything unclear or blocking you?
* One thing that went well?

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_Questions at any time → ping [name] or `hr@ideasonboard.com`._

2. Hiring Lead / Manager Checklist

1. Copy template to [place] and tailor it to your new hire.
2. Create calendar invites for the first-week slots you filled.
3. Make sure the new joiner has [systems] access before Day 1.
4. Share the completed doc with the joiner on their first call.
5. Touch base at the end of Week 1 and Day 30 to reflect on the onboarding journey.