diff --git a/inst/agendas/_welcome_core.Rmd b/inst/agendas/_welcome_core.Rmd
index b72080e..2ed3370 100644
--- a/inst/agendas/_welcome_core.Rmd
+++ b/inst/agendas/_welcome_core.Rmd
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ params:
     - Be inclusive and help new perspectives be heard.
     - Be open to learning from others.
     - Lead by example and match your actions with your words.
-   - Openscapes team here on this call: 
-      - Julie Lowndes, Openscapes
-      - ‎
-  - Land Acknowledgement: I am grateful I am for the land where I am here in Santa Barbara California and I want to honor the Chumash peoples who have been and continue to be stewards of the lands and waters here.
+  - **Our team here on this call:** 
+    - Julie Lowndes / Openscapes
+    - Stefanie Butland / Openscapes
+    - Ileana Fenwick / Openscapes
+    - Andy Teucher / Openscapes
+    - Openscapes Mentors - huge expertise; they can share and help answer questions
   
 - **Today’s goals** (1 min) – Julie
-  - ‎
+  - 
   -
 
 
diff --git a/inst/agendas/_welcome_first.Rmd b/inst/agendas/_welcome_first.Rmd
index 10b9b30..11fee2d 100644
--- a/inst/agendas/_welcome_first.Rmd
+++ b/inst/agendas/_welcome_first.Rmd
@@ -12,20 +12,24 @@ params:
   - <font color="red">We are now recording this meeting.</font> 
   - <font color="red">Live transcriptions are available.</font>
   - **Cohort goals**
-    - To strengthen habits for immediate benefit that will help create long-lasting resilience in teams and workflows. Focus on open data science. 
+    - To strengthen habits for immediate benefit that will help create long-lasting resilience in teams and workflows. Focus on open science. 
   - **Today’s goals**
-    - ‎
-  - **Openscapes team here on this call**: 
-    - ...
+    - Start working towards a common understanding of the Openscapes mindset and what pathways forward can look like for you / your team.
+  - **Our team here on this call:** 
+    - Julie Lowndes / Openscapes
+    - Stefanie Butland / Openscapes
+    - Ileana Fenwick / Openscapes
+    - Andy Teucher / Openscapes
+    - Openscapes Mentors - huge expertise; they can share and help answer questions
+
   - **Land Acknowledgment** (Julie): I am grateful for the land where I am here in Santa Barbara California and I want to honor the Chumash peoples who have been and continue to be stewards of the lands and waters here.
   - Here’s a place you can go to learn more about where you are: https://native-land.ca. 
-  
-‎
+
 
 - **Organizer Welcome** (2 min) – co-lead
-  - ‎
   - 
-‎
+  - 
+
 - **You are all welcome here** (3 min) – Julie
   - This is a positive learning space where everyone is welcome to ask questions and participate.
   - Our Code of Conduct ([full version](https://www.openscapes.org/code-of-conduct/))
@@ -41,9 +45,8 @@ params:
     - We're all accountable to each other
     - Vulnerability: yes! Shame: no.
     - If something doesn’t feel right, let’s talk about it
-  - The pandemic 
-  
-‎
+  - The pandemic still affecting us, the climate emergency, it’s all a lot.
+
 
 - **Openscapes mindset** ([slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1giEW0EIYVnxneGpOBSJnEqg-1CVBUGrbH8Z5gawdeBc/edit#slide=id.p) 1-3) (3 min) – Julie (potential brief screenshare to help orient)
 
diff --git a/inst/agendas/_welcome_second.Rmd b/inst/agendas/_welcome_second.Rmd
index 869aabf..73c3321 100644
--- a/inst/agendas/_welcome_second.Rmd
+++ b/inst/agendas/_welcome_second.Rmd
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ params:
   - CoC Reminder ([full version](https://www.openscapes.org/code-of-conduct/))
     - Be respectful and value each other’s ideas, styles and viewpoints.
     - Lead by example and match your actions with your words.
-   - Openscapes team here on this call: 
-    - Julie Lowndes
-    - Stefanie Butland
-    - Ileana Fenwick
-  - I am grateful I am for the land where I am here in Santa Barbara California and I want to honor the Chumash peoples who have been and continue to be stewards of the lands and waters here.
+  - **Our team here on this call:** 
+    - Julie Lowndes / Openscapes
+    - Stefanie Butland / Openscapes
+    - Ileana Fenwick / Openscapes
+    - Andy Teucher / Openscapes
+    - Openscapes Mentors - huge expertise; they can share and help answer questions
   
 - **Today’s goals** (1 min) – Julie
   - ‎