Deputy Guide

Each week, deputies are selected at random. The idea isn’t to add any pressure, it’s just to pick a person to smooth out the interactions and keep everyone on task.

A week prior to the meeting, deputy assignments along with breakout groups are posted. Each group has their own Jitsi link and 5-6 participants. On the day of the study session, go straight to your assigned breakout room.

Your job isn’t to lead but to facilitate. You are a timekeeper and a traffic cop. There is no expectation to be an authority on all subjects. Ask others to take turns talking and exploring the questions. Use the jitsi metrics (jitsi records how long everyone has spoken for) as a guide of who to draw into the conversation.

As a deputy, you should:

• Make sure everyone introduces themselves before you get started.

• Individuals were asked to come up with their own questions. Ask people to share the new questions they came up with in their 1:1 groups. Invite participants in your room to answer the new questions or answer them yourself.

• If there are no new questions, you have the discussion questions for the week to fall back on. Share your screen to display the discussion questions. Read out the questions and invite participants in your room to answer or answer them yourself.

• Ensure each participant answer at least one question in a round-robin format. After a response to a question, one or two participants may add their thoughts.

If you need a hand or feel like things are sort of dead, you can defer to the chaperone in your breakout room.

There will be a post in the Discord channel alerting everyone when it’s time to return as a full group for wrap-up. This will be the last ~30 minutes of our session. Encourage your group to join their wrap-up rooms when alerted. Then you’re off duty!

Have fun!