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Carpentries Clippings, 18 May

Image of Executive Council members displayed on Zoom call with hands raised and leaning to the right to imitate Carpentries logo.

The Executive Council at the 2023 hybrid retreat. Image Credit: K. Jordan

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Updates from the Core Team


Community Development Team


Monthly Welcome Sessions

If you are new to The Carpentries community or want to learn more about the organisation, consider joining us for one of our upcoming Welcome Sessions hosted by members of our Core Team: Wednesday, 24 May, 12:00 UTC (find your local time) and 21:00 UTC (find your local time). You can sign up to join one of the calls on our Community Discussions Etherpad.


Director of Community Office Hours

Our Director of Community continues to host office hours each month (recurring dates and times). The next one will be 25 May at 0:00 UTC (find your time). Bring your questions or drop by to say hello at any time during the hour.


Curriculum Team

We are excited to announce that all of the official Carpentries lessons now use The Workbench! You can check out all the details on our website.  


Executive Team

The Executive Council will host its second Community Session of the year (UTC) Monday 14 June 2023 20:00 PM. During this discussion there will be an overview of the EC's quarter 2 meeting and opportunity for community members to ask questions about our Governance. Sign up to attend on the Community Discussions Etherpad.


Membership Program

The Member Council meetings will be held next week: 23 May at 14:00 UTC (find your time) and 24 May at 03:00 UTC (find your time). If you are a representative of one of our member organisations, please join us! You can find full details on the meeting in your email, or email membership@carpentries.org for more information.


Workshop Administration Team

Carpentries Instructors, be sure to sign up on the etherpad for the next Instructor Meeting, Tuesday 13 June at 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC.


You can add your name to any of the segments you would like to contribute: Pre/Post workshop discussion, share a tip/trick. To learn more, check out the blog post.

Highlights from the Community Calendar


Community Discussions and Themed Discussions in The Carpentries 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 calls that may pique your interest and are in a befitting hour depending on your time zone and schedule. Sign up to attend on the Community Discussions Etherpad.

  • 20 May

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 04:00 UTC

  • 22 May

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 10:00 UTC

    • UK Community Call 15:00 UTC

  • 23 May

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 18:00 UTC

  • 24 May

    • Themed community discussion 09:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

      • CarpentriesOffline: Running workshops with no or little Internet access

  • 25 May

    • Themed Community Discussion 0:00 UTC

      • Curriculum Specific Onboarding info session: The Carpentries will begin offering onboarding to prepare Instructors to teach specific curricula. This info session will be used to gather feedback from the community about how best to structure these onboarding opportunities so they are maximally useful to new Instructors and experienced Instructors preparing to teach new curricula.

    • Africa Community Call 10:00 UTC

  • 29 May

    • US Midwest Community Call 16:00 UTC

  • 8 June

    • DACH community call 13:30 UTC

  • 14 June

    • Carpentries Conversation 20:00 UTC

      • During this discussion there will be an overview of the Executive Council's quarter 2 meeting and opportunity for community members to ask questions about our Governance.

  • 16 June

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 16:00 UTC

  • 19 June

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 18:00 UTC

  • 20 June

    • Themed Community Discussion 13:00 UTC

      • Curriculum Specific Onboarding info session: The Carpentries will begin offering onboarding to prepare Instructors to teach specific curricula. This info session will be used to gather feedback from the community about how best to structure these onboarding opportunities so they are maximally useful to new Instructors and experienced Instructors preparing to teach new curricula.

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 18:00 UTC

  • 22 June

    • Africa Community Call 10:00 UTC

  • 26 June

    • UK Community Call 15:00 UTC

    • US Midwest Community Call 16:00 UTC

  • 27 June

    • Pre- post workshop discussion 18:00 UTC

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