Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Onboarding/Jaime/WMF checklist
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Important Foundation Accounts
[edit]| When | What | Who starts it | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 or 2 | Review the 'do it yourself' technical support office wiki page | You |  Done
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| Day 1 or 2 | Read the instructions for setting up and enhancing your GMail account (such as: logging in / out, sending a test email, adding your profile picture and increasing the timeout for undo send) | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 | Access your Gmail calendar to view your scheduled meetings, subscribe to various calendars (your manager is a good one to start with, along with the Staff Calendar), setup your working hours / timezone and much more. | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 | Turn on Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for Google (required) and other accounts. | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 | Set up your Slack account and join the #tech-department channel. | You | Done
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| 1st week | Join the tech-all@ Google Group | You | |
| 1st week | Confirm that you can access the Technology Department Google Folder. (Access enabled by joining the tech-all@ Google Group.) | You |
First days
[edit]| When | What | Who starts it | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Read our Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles (skim the Bylaws) | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 (or 3ish) | Write a brief intro about yourself for your manager to share on the #welcomeandtransitions slack channel | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 (or 3ish) | Add yourself to the contact list on office wiki. Bookmark this page. | You | Done
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| Day 1 or 2 (or 3ish) | Create a public user page | You | Done
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First week
[edit]| When | What | Who starts it | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st week | Read the Guide for New Hires for general but important information about the Foundation. | You | |
| 1st week | Read about Our Projects and what they do | You | |
| 1st week | Read about our various wiki's, the difference between personal and work wiki accounts, and community wikis that are of interest. | You | |
| 1st week | Add your dietary preferences, our Travel Team uses this information when planning catering and restaurant reservations for All-Hands and other events. | You | |
| 1st week | Setup your Betterworks account by emailing the Learning and Development team | You | |
| 1st week | Read about the Foundation's Distributed Toolkit for insights on workspaces, connectivity, collaboration, and community. | You | |
| 1st week | Read about our Wellness Program | You | |
| 1st week | Read the Foundation's Code of Conduct | You | |
| 1st week | Read up on Coupa; it is our expense reimbursement, procurement and contract management system. | You | |
| 1st week | Learn about taking time off by reading the staff handbook for non-US employees. | You | |
| 1st week | Familiarize yourself about the staff computer equipment policies | You |