Call for ELIXIR Node Coordinators
The Coordinator would:
- (ideally) be a person who already is familiar with the Software and Data Carpentry initiatives;
- help identify institutions within their Node which would like to host workshops;
- act as the first point of contact in their respective Node for SWC/DC (coordinating the communication between the organisations within the Node that want to organise workshops, etc.);
- act as liaison between the Node and Software Carpentry/Data Carpentry;
- help promote and organise SWC/DC workshops within their Node;
- help in outreach within their Node: distributing announcements about workshops, hackathons and SWC/DC instructors training.
As the Organisational Membership model for Software Carpentry is now established, the DC/SWC Node Coordinator would support establishing Partnerships and Affiliations within their Node.
To start with, the Coordinators would help with identifying domain experts within the Nodes who would be willing to contribute to the training materials by taking part in the first hackathon: Developing new and improving existing Data Carpentry materials to adjust them for the domain-specific needs.
The hackathon will be hosted by the Finnish Node on 16-17th March 2015, and financial support for the hackathon attendees is available. The hackathon will be then immediately followed by a Data Carpentry workshop for life-science researchers. During the workshop we aim to test the training materials from the hackathon. Both events will be run by two experienced Data Carpentry instructors: François Michonneau (University of Florida) and Aleksandra Pawlik (University of Manchester).
If you are interested in being the Coordinator, please contact Aleksandra Pawlik.