From 459e3f69769d1c377ad207304f6ea73faeb71dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Cotton <bcotton@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Dec 09 2021 15:02:35 +0000
Subject: Add some "welcome to Council" docs


This is intended to be a one-stop shop for new Council members. It's
probably missing a lot, but it's better than what we had before, which
was nothing.

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diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
index ffb9868..8c7c8f8 100644
--- a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
+++ b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ** xref:policy/edition-promotion-policy.adoc[Edition Promotion Policy]
 ** xref:policies.adoc[Additional Policies]
 * Council Procedures
+** xref:procedures/welcome.adoc[Welcome to Council]
 ** xref:procedures/team_directory.adoc[Team Directory]
 ** xref:procedures/tickets.adoc[Ticket Queue]
 * xref:history.adoc[Council and Board Historical Membership]
diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6c4406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+= Welcome to Council
+
+Welcome to the Fedora Council!
+You have just joined
+(or perhaps you are thinking about joining)
+and now you want to learn your way around.
+If you have any questions,
+don't hestitate to ask for help.
+Ask for a mentor if you think that would help you.
+
+== General expectations
+
+*Be brave.*
+You are on the Council because you represent the Fedora community.
+We expect you to share your ideas and opinions.
+If you are the representative of another group
+(i.e. Diversity & Inclusion, FESCo, and Mindshare Committee representatives),
+you are expected to speak on behalf of the group you represent.
+Let the rest of the Council know when you need help.
+Share what's going well.
+Communicate Council goings on back to the group you represent.
+
+*Take action.*
+The Council is an active leadership body,
+which means Council members should feel empowered to _do_ things,
+not just _discuss_ things.
+You don't need to wait to be assigned a task.
+If there's something that needs to be done,
+feel free to do it!
+
+*Ask for help.*
+Every member of the Fedora Council was new at some point.
+Don't feel bad if you need to ask for help or if something is unclear.
+Think of it as finding a bug in the documentation!
+
+
+== Access
+
+When you were elected or appointed to the Fedora Council,
+the FPgM (or someone else) opened an issue in our https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issues[ticket tracker].
+This provides a checklist for all of the places you need to be granted access.
+Don't worry!
+There's not much you need to do there.
+If there's something Council-related that you don't have access to,
+open an issue or ask in xref:_#chat[chat].
+
+== Communication
+
+We have asynchronous conversations in the https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/project/council-discuss/60[Council Discussions topic] on Discussion.
+This is a public forum,
+so we expect—and welcome—input from community members who are not on Council.
+On the rare occasions when we need to discuss confidential matters,
+we have a private mailing list.
+
+For synchronous communication,
+we use the https://matrix.to/#/#council:fedoraproject.org[*#council*] channel on chat.fedoraproject.org
+(briged to the *#fedora-council* IRC channel on https://libera.chat/[Libera.Chat]).
+
+== Meetings
+
+The Council holds bi-weekly business meetings.
+These are an opportunity to check on the progress of tasks
+and have conversations about open issues.
+Attendance is not mandatory,
+but we encourage you to attend and participate as often as you can.
+Business meetings are open to the community at large.
+
+Once a month,
+we hold https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Video_Meetings[video meetings].
+These are an opportunity to let the community showcase their work
+and ask the Council and broader community for help.
+Video meetings are open to the community at large.
+
+From time to time,
+the Council holds face-to-face meetings.
+These are private and in-person when possible.
+Attendance at these meetings is strongly encouraged.
+The Council will pay travel expenses when necessary.
+
+== Tickets
+
+*Expectation:*
+Tickets are for discussing and voting on a specific proposal.
+If you have an idea that needs broader discussion or brainstorming,
+start a thread on Discussion.
+
+Procedures for labels, priorities, and voting on tickets are in the xref:tickets.adoc[Ticket Queue docs].

