Carpentries Clippings, 23 December 2020

Thank you to The Carpentries Community!

The Carpentries Core Team spent time reflecting on 2020 as a team and wrote a blog post with our thank yous for the year:

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Community News & Updates from Our Committees / Task Forces

For more information about the campaign and what we are working towards, read Executive Director, Dr. Kari L. Jordan’s letter to The Carpentries Community and please consider supporting our $30,000 individual contribution goal by 31 December.

Donate to The Carpentries Campaign

We are so proud of our work with The Carpentries, and by supporting us at those levels, you will be able to show your pride too.

We hope you enjoy the designs!

Applications are Open to Join The Library Carpentry Advisory Group
For more information about what is involved and how to apply, please read the recent blog post calling for new members.

What you may have missed on the blog and mailing lists

Back to The Future: Online Carpentries Workshops, Now and in 2021
In this blog post, Carpentries Core Team member, Angelique van Rensburg highlights the work the Core Team does to support Carpentries Online Workshops and the future of online workshops in The Carpentries.

Outcome of October Community Discussion for Nordic and Baltic Countries
In this post, Carpentries Community Member Naoe Tatara discusses outcomes from an October 30 Community Discussion.

Community Opportunities

The Library Carpentry Git Lesson Needs a Maintainer
If you are interested in helping maintain the Library Carpentry Git Lesson, please reach out to Daniel Chen.
 

Apply to Join a Carpentries Lesson Development Study Group
The Carpentries is launching a new program to support community members wishing to develop a lesson in The Carpentries Incubator. Learn more and apply by reading this blog post by Carpentries Core Team member Toby Hodges. 
 

The Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania is Hiring Data Instructional Specialists

Learn more and Apply Specialist 1 - Specialist I

Learn more and Apply Specialist 2 - Specialist II 
 

Talarify, A South-African Based Company, is Hiring a Research Analyst and Trainer
Talarify, an organisation committed to addressing the need for computational and data skills, is hiring a Research Analyst and Trainer.

Learn more and apply at the Talarify website.

The University of California, Santa Barbara in the US is hiring an Applications Programmer
This role will work on the Climate Hazards Center and work to develop a shared code database, data archive management and more.

Learn more and apply at the University of California Santa Barbara Website.

Offcuts

• SQL Community Discussion - On Jan 6 at 18:00 UTC, Carpentries Community Member Christina Koch is running a community discussion around teaching SQL

• Carpentries in Italia | Community Member Giacomo Peru posted in the Carpentries TopicBox about assembling a team of Carpentries instructors, helpers, maintainers, and organisers with knowledge of Italian.

• Join our various mailing lists

• Going to a workshop or conference? Add the details to our events etherpad and meet other Carpenters.

• Twitter- Software Carpentry /Data Carpentry / Library Carpentry /  The Carpentries

• Slack

• GitHub-Software Carpentry /Data Carpentry / Library Carpentry /The Carpentries