ER: Issue templates are missing prerequisite text

[daras-cu]

Emergent Requirement - Problem

The Blank Issue Template and Emergent Request template do not have the Prerequisite section at the top of the template body

Issue you discovered this emergent requirement in

• N/A

Date discovered

9/7/2026

Did you have to do something temporarily

• YES
• NO

Who was involved

@daras-cu

What happens if this is not addressed

Individuals who have not completed onboarding may attempt to assign themselves to issues. This will prevent issues from being available to members as they will have to be cleaned up and re-prioritized by merge team/dev leads.

Resources

• Example of template with prerequisite section-Compare to the below templates missing this section
• Blank Issue Template
• Emergent Request-Missing prerequisite section at top
• GitHub's template documentation-General information about templates; note we use .md files for our templates

Recommended Action Items

• Make a new issue
• Discuss with team
• Let a Team Lead know

Potential solutions [draft]

• Create a small issue for each of the Blank Issue and Emergent Request templates to add the following text to the top of the template body:

### Prerequisite
1. Be a member of Hack for LA. (There are no fees to join.) If you have not joined yet, please follow the steps on our [Getting Started Page](https://www.hackforla.org/getting-started).
2. Before you claim or start working on an issue, please make sure you have read our [How to Contribute to Hack for LA Guide](https://github.com/hackforla/website/blob/7f0c132c96f71230b8935759e1f8711ccb340c0f/CONTRIBUTING.md).

• Include an action item with these instructions for template update PRs

Issues to Make from this ER

Issue 1: Add Prerequisite section to the Blank Issue Template

• Size: 0.25pt
• Complexity: Low
• Add the standard Prerequisite section to the top of the Blank Issue Template.
• Include the instructions for template update PRs.

Issue 2: Add Prerequisite section to the Emergent Request Template

• Size: 0.25pt
• Complexity: Low
• Add the standard Prerequisite section to the top of the Emergent Request template.
• Include the instructions for template update PRs.

[Programer-Ed]

Hello can I work on this

[daras-cu]

@Programer-Ed it looks like you haven't onboarded to the website team yet, please take a look at our getting started page for info on how to volunteer.

[sushma110396]

@daras-cu ER looks good to me! I have added the "Issues to make from this ER" section. This is ready to be prioritized.