Carpentries Clippings, 22 June

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Gratitude of the Month

A million thanks to Malvika Sharan and Karen Cranston who have stepped down as co-chairs of our Code of Conduct Committee (CoCc). Moving forward, Malvika will continue to serve on the committee and Sarah Stamps will be the new committee chair. THANKS to all of our past and present CoCc members for all you do to support our community through this very important role.

Do you have a gratitude to share? We would love to feature it.

Email community@carpentries.org to have it posted to our newsletter.

Updates from the Core Team

Community Development Team

Quarterly Community Development Program Meeting

The Community Development Program quarterly meetings are being hosted next week: 27 June, 14:00 UTC (find your time) and 23:00 UTC (find your time). These meetings are great for anyone supporting a Carpentries subcommunity or interested in community management. You can sign up on the Etherpad if you plan to attend.

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, 28 June, 12:00 UTC (find your local time) and 23:00 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). You can drop in at any point during the hour to ask a question or bring up any topic for discussion.

10 July, 20:00 UTC (find your time)
17 July, 16:00 UTC (find your time)
27 July, 0:00 UTC (find your time)

Workshop Administration Team

Carpentries Instructors, be sure to sign up on the Etherpad for the next Instructor Meeting, Tuesday 11 July 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.

Instructor Training Team

The Instructor Training team will be rolling out updates to our Instructor Checkout process in late July. Updates are based on feedback we received in 2022 during our project to evaluate this process. Stay tuned to our communications channels for information!

Highlights from the Community Calendar

Community Sessions 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 sessions that may pique your interest and are in your time zone. Sign up to attend on the Community Sessions or Welcome Sessions Etherpad.

06 July
- Open Refine: Sharing tips and questions about teaching OR in workshops at 13:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - What would you like to share about teaching OpenRefine (whether Library, Software, or Data Carpentry versions)? Any concerns or hurdles? What tips can you share about how you teach OR in the past few years? How are you marketing OR workshops to translate to current jargon and general audiences? Would you prefer this were a Skill-up Session on OpenRefine?
07 July
- Part 1 (skill-up session): Communication with and convening your Carpentries subcommunity at 0:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - A Carpentries subcommunity brings together a subset of the global community and can be local, regional, domain-specific, or a group of community members sharing a common language or interests. This interactive session will review the tools and documentation available to support communicating and convening your subcommunity with space for attendees to share their ideas on what is working well (or not so well). This skill-up will lay the foundation for a later collaboration session (Part 2) to co-create a tip sheet on the same topic. Anyone interested in community building is welcome to join one or both sessions!
  - This session will be repeated on Friday, 14 July at 15:30 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
10 July
- Welcome Session 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 are ideal for recently trained Instructors, 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 throughout July. All upcoming Welcome Sessions are listed on the Welcome Sessions Etherpad.
- Pre/Post Workshop Meeting at 20:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This session will be a chance for you to discuss your previous experience helping/teaching at a workshop or ask questions about teaching/helping at an upcoming workshop with an experienced instructor. You can also get any of your questions about checkout or the Carpentries community in general answered.
12 July
- Carpentries Fitness Jam at 14:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - Join Sher! in a workout that will get you moving and grooving and working up a sweat!
13 July
- Regional DACH Community Discussion at 15:30 UTC (add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the DACH region (i.e., Germany, Austria, Switzerland) of Europe.
14 July
- Part 1 (skill-up session): Communication with and convening your Carpentries subcommunity at 15:30 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
18 July
- Welcome Session at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
- Community Discussion Session at 18:00 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.
  - This session will be repeated on Tuesday, 25 July at 18:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
20 July
- Regional AU/NZ Community Discussion 02:00 UTC (add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in New Zealand and Australia.
21 July
- Welcome Session 09:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
24 July
- Regional UK Community Discussion 15:00 UTC (add to calendar)
  This is a monthly call for community members in the United Kingdom.
25 July
- Community Discussion Session at 18:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
26 July
- Welcome Session 12:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar) and 23:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
27 July
- Regional Africa Community Discussion at 10:00 UTC (add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in Africa.
31 July
- Regional US Midwest Community Discussion at 16:00 UTC (add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the midwestern part of the United States.

Resurfacing past blogs you may have missed (but are still relevant)

Carpentries Gratitudes: 2022 and beyond

In 2019, the community initiated The Carpentries Gratitudes project as an opportunity to share an appreciation for each other and all that we have been able to accomplish together. We have carried on this tradition each December through blog posts, social media posts and recorded messages of thanks. Although the end of the year is a great time to reflect and show appreciation, we want to provide ongoing opportunities for members of our community to share their appreciation throughout the year. Therefore, starting in December 2022, we created multiple channels to say thanks.

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Become an Instructor and help bring data and coding skills to people across the globe!

We often receive inquiries from people who are interested in becoming certified Carpentries Instructors or in recommending an opportunity for certification to a friend or colleague. In this post, we will review a few frequently asked questions and share a new avenue for priority admission to our Open Instructor Training program.

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Teaching Centrally-Organised Workshops

If you are a certified Instructor for The Carpentries, you may have received an email/Slack message or two announcing “Upcoming Teaching Opportunites” around the world. Specifically for our Centrally-Organised workshops. These workshops are requested by organisations and come with the full support of The Carpentries Workshop Administration Team and Instructors. Whether you are a newly certified Instructor or an experienced Instructor, this blog post will provide detailed information that will give more insight to Centrally-Organised workshops

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Our Tips and Tricks for Online Workshop Teaching

Alessia, Flavia and Stefania, part of the King’s College London Carpentries Instructor Team, run regular Carpentries-like workshops on Unix and Git (8 so far, more to come!) and here they shared their tips and tricks with us!

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Building and Sustaining Carpentries Subcommunities

In October of 2021, the Community Development Team (CDT) announced that it would be launching a new effort to support community building across The Carpentries organisation. The primary goal of the Community Development Program is to improve how The Carpentries’ subcommunities are supported to maximize benefits to our community members and to ensure the long term sustainability of the organisation as we continue to grow globally. We define a subcommunity as a group of community members serving in the same role within the organisation, located in the same geographic region, or who come together because they share common interests.

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Community Opportunity Postings

The Story Collider is currently seeking to hire a full-time Storytelling Education and Research Director and a freelance producer in Seattle. The position remains open until filled, but submissions by 22 June are strongly encouraged.
The Research Engagement department of the University of Arizona Libraries is hiring a Data Repository Specialist. This posting will remain open until filled. To ensure your application is considered, please submit your application materials by the first review date of June 23, 2023.
The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Chapel Hill is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to assist with research involved in an NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute project entitled, Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning. Closes 2 July 2023.
The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, is looking for a Research Systems Analyst to work within their Research IT team. Closes 7 July 2023.
The Center for Open Science (COS) is looking for a Training and Education Manager.
The University of Pennsylvania is looking to hire a Frontend Engineer for the Community for Rigor (C4R), based out of the Kording Lab.
The University of Oslo is offering a temporary position as a Bioinformatician (Head engineer/Senior engineer) at the Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), in the Department of Psychology.
Illinois Institute of Technology is still looking to hire a Research Software Engineer. Open until filled.
UC Santa Barbara is still seeking a Carpentry Community Lead. Open until filled.
NC State is still wishing to hire a Manager HPC Computation Support. Open until filled.

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