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Carpentries Clippings, 4 April

#ReignitingCommunity

CarpentryCon Dublin at University College in 2018.

Image credit: Bérénice Batut

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Updates from The Carpentries

Community Engagement Team

Reigniting Community: Coffee with The Carpentries Executive Director

Did you miss the third Reigniting Community: Coffee with The Carpentries Executive Director? The session held 19 March focused on the community survey responses summarised in our recently released 2023 Carpentries Community Survey Evaluation Report. Weigh in on the discussion by visiting the conversations repo on GitHub. We want to hear from you!

Workshops and Instruction Team

Instructors meeting

Please join the Workshops and Instruction Team for the upcoming Instructors meeting on 9 April at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to your calendar) and a repeat session at 21:00 UTC (find your time; add to your calendar). We will learn more about why the Carpentries Workshop webpage is important and how to create one of your own.

Code of Conduct Committee

2024 Q1 Transparency Report

The Code of Conduct Committee recently published a transparency report for the first quarter of 2024. Between January 1 and April 1, there were no formal Code of Conduct incident reports published. Learn more about the Code of Conduct Committee by visiting our website.

Board of Directors

2024 Q1 Board of Directors meeting

The Quarter 1 meeting of The Carpentries Board of Directors took place on 26 February during the Board of Directors retreat. The meeting focus included strategic planning, fostering team cohesion, and sparking constructive dialogues to strengthen our bonds and advance The Carpentries mission. The community is invited to engage with the Board anytime. Learn more by visiting our website.

Membership Program

Task force to explore The Carpentries Membership model

Member organisations have expressed evolving needs and desires, seeking resources to enhance community sustainability, inclusion of curriculum development training, and support for workshop attendees post-training. Therefore, The Carpentries will soon convene a task force to explore our Membership model, and we want you to be involved. If you're interested in learning more, email membership@carpentries.org.

Swapping Instructor Training seats for Collaborative Lesson Development Training

Member organisations are now able to allocate Instructor Training seats to Collaborative Lesson Development Training when renewing their memberships. Trainees can join Collaborative Lesson Development Training in teams of 2-5 participants each. Learn more about the training on our website, and contact curriculum@carpentries.org to ask questions and register your interest.

Forfeiting membership benefits

We would like to remind member organisations that your benefits will be forfeited if they are not used before the end of your membership term. Please get in touch by emailing membership@carpentries.org if you would like to discuss your membership benefits.

Highlights from the Community Calendar

Community Sessions are a great way to interact with, learn from and share your knowledge and experiences with other Carpentries community members from around the world. Subscribe to our community calendar for updates on Community Sessions that may pique your interest and are in your time zone. Sign up to attend on the Community Sessions Etherpad. To request an accommodation to attend a community session, please fill out the accommodation request form.  

• 5 April

  • How to set up a workshop website (find your time; add to calendar)

    • A hands-on session on how to create a website for your Carpentries workshop. You will need a GitHub account.

• 8 April

  • Welcome Session at 13:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • New to The Carpentries community? Join members of the Core Team and community to learn about the organisation, ways to engage, and to have your questions answered. These sessions provide onboarding for new Instructors and are ideal for new Member contacts and anyone curious to learn more about The Carpentries community. This is also a great place to re-onboard if you haven’t been engaged with us for a while!

    • This session will be repeated on 16 April at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), 19 April at 09:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), and 24 April at 12:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar) and at 23:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).

    • All upcoming Welcome Sessions are listed on the Welcome Sessions Etherpad.

• 11 April

  • DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Regional Call with Rabea Müller at 12:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • A regional call to discuss the CarpentryConnect in Heidelberg and other updates for this subcommunity.

• 16 April

  • Reigniting Community: Coffee with The Carpentries' Executive Director at 22:00 UTC (find your time; add to your calendar)

    • This discussion is open to all Carpentries community members. Join Dr. Kari L. Jordan, Executive Director for The Carpentries, in a conversation about our mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.

      
      

  • Australia and New Zealand Community Call with Nisha Ghatak at 01:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • A regional call to discuss the upcoming Australia/New Zealand CarpentryConnect 2024.

• 17 April

  • Workshop debrief and teaching discussion at 17:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • Discussion designed for Instructors getting ready to teach or having recently taught to come discuss their workshop with the community and new Instructors going through the check-out process.

• 22 April

  • Regional UK Community Discussion with Aleksandra Nenadic at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • This is a monthly call for community members in the United Kingdom.

• 24 April

  • Localisation Call with The Turing Way at 14:30 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • This is a bi-weekly call open to all community members of The Carpentries and The Turing Way interested in our communities’ localisation efforts.

• 25 April

  • Regional Africa Community Discussion with Angelique Trusler at 10:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • This is a monthly call for community members in Africa.

    
    

  • Skill-up Session: Library Carpentry Curriculum Onboarding for Instructors at 16:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • A session to help Instructors prepare to teach Library Carpentry workshops. Presented by members of the Library Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committee, the onboarding will provide an overview of the Library Carpentry curriculum, and provide guidance to Instructors about how to teach these lessons effectively. The onboarding is intended for any Instructor who wants to start teaching Library Carpentry lessons. We also welcome experienced Instructors who want to share their perspective and insights to benefit others. This session will be recorded.

• 29 April

  • Regional US Midwest Community Discussion with John MacMullen at 16:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)

    • This is a monthly call for community members in the midwestern part of the United States.

What you may have missed on the Carpentries blog

Community Opportunity Postings

• The Collaborations Workshop 2024 (CW24) will bring together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software. The Software Sustainability Institute invites all members of the research software community to join the discussions. Registration is open via Eventbrite. The deadline to register to participate in-person is Friday, 5 April 2024. The deadline to register to participate remotely is Thursday, 11 April 2024.

  
  

• The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Kenya seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Qualitative Impact Evaluation to support the qualitative impact evaluation activities at the center in various research thematic areas. Applications close on 10 April 2024.  

  
  

• The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame seeks a broadly trained and innovative bioinformatician at the Assistant Professor of the Practice level to contribute to service in the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility (GBCF), and to teach courses and workshops in computation and genomics. This non-tenure track position is available starting fall semester 2024, and is renewable and expected to be a long-term, continuing position with opportunities for promotion. Review of applications will begin on 15 April 2024.

  
  

• The Smithsonian Institution is seeking a Data Scientist to be responsible for developing, planning, and executing basic and applied research in bioinformatics as applied to biodiversity genomics and conservation biology, and to provide bioinformatics and computational expertise and training to the Center for Conservation Genomics (CCG)/National Zoological Conservation Biology Institution (NZCBI) scientists. Applications close on 26 April 2024.

  
  

• The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University invites applications for two full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure-eligible Teaching Assistant Professor in Computational Biology positions with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2024. Applications close on 26 April 2024.

  
  

• The Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, an international centre for the study of human brain function, has an opening for an Open Science Manager. Presumably open until filled.

• The University of Oklahoma (OU) invites applications for a joint appointment as a Research Scientist with a focus on defense/security related supply chain and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools. This position is instrumental in realizing their vision of establishing a Center of Excellence in Defense Supply Chain at OU-Norman campus. Presumably open until filled.

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