Welcome to Carpentry@UiO’s documentation!

Vision/Mission Statement

Carpentry@UiO is the UiO local relay of the international Carpentries organisation.

We are a group of volunteers from the University of Oslo and beyond. With support from the University of Oslo Library, we offer to PhD students, researchers and others at UiO, and beyond:

  • foundational coding and data science skills workshops from Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry
  • Study Group events to dedicated to open and reproducible science, knowledge sharing, re-enforcing learning or discussing new subjects for future workshops/lesson development
  • educational development and networking opportunities with the possibility to become Certified Carpentries instructor and/or Carpentries Instructor Trainer

Our activity and community is open to any member of the UiO community including staff, faculty, and students, paid, and volunteer. We believe the Carpentries’ teaching methods are efficient and can speed up take up toward the adoption of Open Science at UiO.

Check out the Carpentry@UiO Charter.

Who are we?

Carpentry@UiO board (when elected)

Carpentry@UiO instructors

TODO

does not differentiate Oslo from other cities (NORWAY only)

Here we should make sure we acknowledge member participation one way or another.

What do we do?

Our primary activity is organizing and teaching hands-on foudnational coding and data science skills workshops using the materials and practices of the Data and Software Carpentry organizations. The club will also provide educational development and networking opportunities for instructors. To maintain transparency, board meeting notes, workshop schedules, and all other club activities will be posted publicly on the web (when possible) at the Carpentries@UiO website.

Code of conduct

We follow the Carpentries’ Code of Conduct to provide an inclusive and supportive environment for our learners and our members. Any violation of our Code of Conduct should be reported to ??? where it will be handled as quickly as possible and will remain confidential.

TODO: reporting guidelines

Contributing

Carpentry@UiO is open to anyone interested in teaching foundational coding and data science skills outside of the traditional UiO curriculum. All our members abide to the Carpentry@UiO code of conduct.

If you wish to teach or help at upcoming workshops, add your name to the signup sheet.

Carpentry@UiO Charter

Organization

The Club board is made up of 6 members:

  • 4 members elected for 2-years.
  • 2 members are designated by the UiO Library.

Elections will be organized every year for renewing half of the elected members of the board (2 members).

The board will appoint a board chair and board secretary and these positions will rotate every semester e.g. 1st February and 1st August.

The board chair and board secretary are in charge of organizing annual election for board renewal.

Elections

Elections will be held at the start of each fall semester. Candidates will self nominate with a short (<300 words) statement that will be publicly posted for voters to review.

The criteria for individuals to stand for election to the board are:

  • Is a member of the Carpentry@UiO, broadly defined
  • Has participated in a Carpentries event in any capacity (learner, helper, instructor, organizer, or host) at UiO or elsewhere in the past 2 years

Anyone who has participated in a Carpentries event in any capacity (learner, helper, instructor, organizer, or host) at UiO or elsewhere in the past 2 years will be eligible to vote. An election manager will be identified by the board to maintain the eligible voter list, notify voters, and tally votes.

The board will select the two candidates who received the largest number of votes to constitute the newly elected members of the next board. In case of ties,the board may use any method to choose among tied candidates to ensure that no more than two candidates are selected to constitute the newly elected members of the next board.

Amendments to the Charter

Amendments to the charter can be proposed by existing board members in writing in advance of any board meeting.

Amendments require a 2/3 majority vote to be accepted.

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