A cohort may also request input from Brett or Lynn. Cohorts can also decide to meet jointly with another cohort or with both other cohorts. ADs keep an ongoing list of who is in attendance. Each meeting the group determines someone to keep the meeting minutes and send them to the staff list. The list of who is present is part of the minutes.
ADs follow up with phone calls or personal visits with absentees.
The goal is to increase instructors' sense of connectedness and belonging, to help them feel well supported in the lab, and to discover if there are problems that need to be addressed. It's critical not to let people feel alienated, especially over something that can be remedied. The larger goal is to build and maintain an environment of mutual trust, creativity, professional development, exploration, and pleasurable activity, rather than surveillance and punishment.