This repository will hold ideas and resources to support community building efforts by Carpentries community members as part of the Community Development Program.
| EXISTING RESOURCES | DESCRIPTION | NOTES ABOUT RESOURCE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Development Program Etherpad | Notes from quarterly meetings for the Community Development Program. | started by Community Development Team in Q1 2022. | launched |
| The Carpentries Community Glossary | Glossary that defines common terms used in The Carpentries community. | developed by Carpentries Core Team in 2022. Updated Q3 2024. | launched |
| The Carpentries Community Overview Video | Video, lasting 4:30, provides an overview of The Carpentries community. Captions available in French, Japanese, Spanish, and English | developed by Community Development Team for CarpentryCon 2022. | launched |
| The Carpentries Community Cookbook | With a primary focus on workshops and activities in The Carpentries, the cookbook contains ‘recipes’ or practical tips, tricks and resources to aid you in creating your own strong, local communities. | developed by Carpentries Champions with guidance from Belinda Weaver and Jonah Duckles in 2017 and 2018. | not launched |
| The CarpentryConnect Planning Kit | Developed in 2020 to guide Carpentries community members as they organise local and regional Carpentries events, whether online or in-person. It contains checklists to work with, recommendations for best practices and resources on event planning for further reading. | developed by Serah Njambi Rono in Q1 2020. Updated Q1 2024. | launched |
| The Carpentries Toolkit of IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Strategies) | Practical resource for Carpentries’ Instructors, helpers, and workshop hosts. We know that many people care about inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility but are not sure how it connects to teaching foundational coding and data science skills. This toolkit aims to bridge this gap. | developed by Tara Robertson Consulting, July 2022. Revised by Kari L. Jordan with input from The Carpentries community, August 2022. Updated Q4 2023. | launched |
| The Carpentries Welcome Tip Sheet | Practical resource for new members of The Carpentries community, providing various ways to engage. | adapted by Community Development Team in Q4 2021 from an original by the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) under a CC-BY 4.0 license doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4161782 (https://zenodo.org/records/10785524). Updated Q1 2024. | launched |
| The Carpentries Welcome Sessions | Community discussion sessions ideal for recently trained Instructors, new Member contacts, and anyone curious to learn more about The Carpentries community. | initiated by Community Development Team in Q4 2021. | launched |
| Zotero Library: Community Development Collection | Curated resources in support of community development within The Carpentries. | initiated by Community Development Team in Q3 2022 with contributions from the community. | launched |
| The Carpentries Internationalisation Handbook | Handbook in development to support translation of The Carpentries lessons. | initiated by David Perez-Suarez. | not launched |
Here is a list of resources to support community development that have been suggested or requested for.
| RESOURCES NEEDED | NOTES | SUGGESTED / REQUESTED BY | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar for regional events | Also, a regional webpage/site that shows an event calendar would be great (something similar to the current one for Africa) especially if the regional pages within the Handbook is replaced with something else. | Naoe Tatara | pending |
| GH repo for each regional community | For a local/regional community that is not institution-based one, it would be ideal if the Carpentries could provide a platforms/tools for communication and archive. Topic-box, slack channel, CodiMD and possibility to use Zoom for community call are all very nice already, but it will be even better if the community can have a GH repo under the "carpentries" account! GH repo can be used for many different purposes, but one great thing is the possibility to archive documents etc. such as meeting minutes taken on CodiMD note. If a regional page inside the Carpentries handbook will continue, this repository should be linked from there, too. (Maybe the region page (like https://carpentries.org/regions_nordic/) should also have a link to the region page in the Handbook or the repo directly?) | Naoe Tatara | pending |
| guides for new community members keen on setting up spaces for local or regional community conversations. | The Carpentries already has a go-to process used every time someone reaches out with this request, and it need only be documented to be formalised / clarified for all | Serah Njambi Rono | pending |
| local and regional community governance | - how should local and regional communities define leadership, determine terms, share responsibilities, rotate in leadership roles, onboard, offboard? - what leadership development resources would be available to them? - which team on Core Team would be their liaison to support them, keep them accountable, connect them with opportunities, funding, swag |
Serah Njambi Rono | pending |
| local and regional community building | - recommended activities for local and regional Carpentries communities - cases studies of recommended activities as successfully carried out by other local and regional Carpentries communities - local and regional community metrics ( keeping record of these) - What support is available from The Carpentries for local and regional communities? i.e. swag requests |
Serah Njambi Rono | pending |
| best practices and recommendations for local and regional community organising | - Carpentries Code of Conduct - documentation - communication - equity and inclusion in local community activities |
Serah Njambi Rono | pending |
| cross-border / cross-region collaboration | Serah Njambi Rono | pending |