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Group kickoff, 2026-09-16

How to use: the agenda is pre-filled. Fill notes, decisions, and action items during the meeting. Open a pull request the same day and ask another member to review it.

  • Type: kickoff
  • Date and time: Wed 2026-09-16, :
  • Location or call link (no personal details):
  • Facilitator: Jerad Dunne (Formation Scrum Master)
  • Note taker:
  • Attendees: [ ] Leticia Aderhold [ ] Jerad Dunne [ ] Allie Hodges [ ] Hina Kramer
  • Related documents: docs/decisions/ADR-0006-group-reinstated.md, TEAM_CHARTER.md, docs/sprints/00-formation/review.md, docs/sprints/sprint-1/planning.md, docs/workspace/DECISION_LOG.md (open questions)

Agenda (75 minutes)

  1. Welcome and confirm the group (10 min). Walk through ADR-0006: why the project briefly went solo on 2026-09-14 and what the four-person setup restores. Each member confirms they accepted the repository invitation and can open the board.
  2. Confirm roles (5 min). Review the proposed rotation in TEAM_CHARTER.md section 3 (Sprint 1: Product Owner Jerad Dunne, Scrum Master Leticia Aderhold). Record changes in project.yml through a pull request.
  3. Working agreement (10 min). Read TEAM_CHARTER.md v2.0 together, especially sections 7 (reviews), 8 (contribution), and 9 (validation independence). Each member signs section 14 in their own onboarding pull request; nobody signs for anyone else.
  4. Topic (10 min). Walk through P-01 (issue #41) and RESEARCH_QUESTION.md. Confirm P-01, or agree that someone opens a Decision needed issue before Sprint 1 planning on Thu 2026-09-17.
  5. Validation second raters (10 min). Choose who second-rates each kind: signals (209 rows), lineage (58 pairs), drift (18 pairs). A split across Leticia (la), Allie (ah), and Hina (hk) is allowed. Explain the blindness rule and the target date, Fri 2026-10-16. Record the result in docs/workspace/WORK_SIGNUP.md section 6.
  6. Communication and meeting times (10 min). Choose the team channel. Fix the standing time for Thursday planning and check-ins and the review and retrospective on the last Wednesday.
  7. Tooling check and onboarding help (10 min). Each member runs make setup and make test; pair on any failure. Start make data if time allows.
  8. Sprint 1 preparation (10 min). Each member files a Work sign-up for Sprint 1, states available hours, and picks one onboarding-sized issue. Confirm the topic brief goes to the instructor today.

Notes

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Decisions

# Decision Rationale Needs an ADR? Record
1 Four-person group confirmed ADR-0006 no (ADR exists) ADR-0006, D-018
2 Role rotation confirmed / changed no D-008, project.yml
3 P-01 confirmed / revisit issue opened no ADR-0004, D-012
4 Second raters: signals ___, lineage ___, drift ___ no D-020, WORK_SIGNUP.md
5 Team channel: ___; meeting time: ___ no DECISION_LOG.md

Action items

Action Owner Due Issue # Status
Submit the Team member onboarding issue Each member 2026-09-16
Open an onboarding PR: profile plus charter signature Each member 2026-09-17
Review one other member's onboarding PR Each member 2026-09-18
Send the topic brief to the instructor Product Owner 2026-09-16
File Sprint 1 work sign-ups Each member 2026-09-16
Update project.yml roles if changed Scrum Master 2026-09-17
Record kickoff decisions in DECISION_LOG.md Scrum Master 2026-09-17
First stand-up row Each member 2026-09-18

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