[Draft] Alex Fracazo Parental Leave Issue (pt. 2) 2026-09-14 until 2026-11-15

Context

This is the second part of my parental leave.

Intent

This issue describes how team members help each other take meaningful time away from work. The goal is for those taking PTO to not feel like they need to "catch up" before and after taking a well-deserved vacation.

🤝 Responsibilities

List the priorities that the responsible backups need to cover. Backups can be a peer, your manager, or a peer/manager in a different department (e.g. product manager). Responsibilities include reviewing Community Contribution merge requests, responding to UX-related questions, providing feedback related to inflight development work, or responding to Slack inquiries.

Priority Responsibility Link Primary backup DRI Secondary backup DRI
HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW e.g. Reviewing Community Contribution merge requests ADD LINK @assignee @assignee

💪 Coverage Tasks

Include specific issue links for tasks to be completed by your backups.

  • Item - Link - @assignee

🚙 Parked tasks

List the larger responsibilities that aren't moving forward until I return, such as creating a prototype or planning/conducting research.

  • Item - Link

📖 References

Here are some references for how I and my group generally works:

  • Group Process Handbook Page
  • Key direction pages
  • Additional References

✅ Issue Tasks

⭕ Opening Tasks

  • Assign to yourself
  • Title the issue Coverage for YOUR-NAME from XXXX-XX-XX until XXXX-XX-XX
  • Add any relevant references including direction pages, handbook pages, and so on
  • Fill in the Responsibilities table with broad based responsibilities
  • Fill in the specific Coverage Tasks with distinct items to complete and assignees
  • Assign this issue to anyone with a specific task or responsibility assigned to them
  • Share this issue in your section, stage, and group Slack channels, and with your manager
  • Link to this issue in the "Role Description" section of the Time Off by Deel coverage for your out of office dates
  • Update your GitLab.com status with your out of office dates
  • (Optional) Add an issue comment for your retrospective titled: :recycle: Retrospective Thread

❌ Closing Tasks

  • Assign back to yourself and remove others
  • Review any Retrospective items with your counterparts and manager

Do not remove the items below