def load_shefcodefirst_python_members(file_path):
    """Given the `file_path` to the file containing a list of #ShefCodeFirst Python
    course members, this function loads them into a list and return such list back."""
    
    # Explicitly open file with the UTF-8 encoding to ensure non-standard English characters
    # show up properly too!
    with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as input_file:
        python_course_members = [member.strip() for member in input_file]
    return python_course_members