17 January - 1 February, 2016: SCF Election Candidates, Lessons Learned, Instructor Survey Results, and an Intermediate R Lesson

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

##Highlights: Steering Committee Election

• The 2016 Software Carpentry Foundation Steering Committee election dates are set for February 15-19. Remember to join our Community Lab Meeting on 9 February to meet the candidates.
• Read more about the candidates for the 2016 elections by following the links below:
  • Dhavide Aruliah
  • Jonathan Guyer
  • Rayna Harris
  • Kate Hertweck
  • Karin Lagesen
  • Cam Macdonell
  • Lauren Michael
  • Bill Mills
  • Giacomo Peru
  • Raniere Silva
  • Anelda van der Walt
  • Leanne Wake
  • Belinda Weaver
  • Jason Williams

##Published

• You can read the latest revision of Software Carpentry: Lessons Learned on F1000 now.
• The 2015 instructor survey results are available in PDF report format. The report contains rich suggestions for improvement and great feedback from instructors about the value gained from involvement with Software and Data Carpentry. Please let us know if you have any comments.
• A short paper titled A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub has been published in PLOS Computational Biology. It includes topics such as “What not to version control” and “Managing large files” as well as a tutorial on basic git and GitHub usage.
• Scott Richie shared their lessons aimed at intermediate R users including functions such as reshape2, plyr, foreach loops, and R Markdown.

##Vacancies

• The Software Sustainability Institute is hiring a Communications Officer. Applications close Thursday 18th February 2016.

##Other

• Several non-Software Carpentry workshops are being taught by our instructors and might be of interest to the community. Want to add your course to the list? Please let us know.
• Do you know any good cartoons that can enhance our lessons?
• The Software Sustainability Institute participated in several Software and Data Carpentry-related events towards the end of 2015 and have a lot in store for 2016. Aleksandra Pawlik has summarised their recent activities and plans for this year.
• 18 workshops were run over the past 16 days. For more information about past workshops, please visit our website
• Upcoming Workhshops
  • February: QUT - Research Bazaar (Python), QUT - Research Bazaar (R), ResBaz 2016 R Course at the University of Sydney, University of Oslo, Simon Fraser University, NESI - ResBaz Auckland, NESI - ResBaz Otago, USGS Flagstaff Science Campus, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, New York Academy of Sciences - R, New York Academy of Sciences - Python, University of Guelph, University of Illinois, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Online, Queen’s University, Sir John A. MacDonald Hall Room 2, University of British Columbia Okanagan, UC Davis, Tulane University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois
  • March: Notre Dame, University of British Columbia
  • April: Online
  • May: CSDMS Annual Meeting