# Skills Team: rose, thorn, bud exercise (8Feb22) ###### tags: `skills-team-catch-ups` [TOC] --- Example: ``` * [name=Name] 🌹 = Something great that happened (a rose!) 🌵 = Something not-so-great that happened (a thorn!) 🌱 = Something you're looking forward to (a bud!) ``` --- ## Today * [name=Becky] 🌹 = We pulled off the December 2022 DSG - and it went well 🌵 = Christmas holidays got in the way of Feb 2023 DSG participant applications 🌱 = Seeing an online DSG (Feb 2023) * [name=Ayesha] 🌹 = Educators' programme sign-off! Also, got back into training/cycling after a long Christmas period of being ill. 🌵 = I put a post out on Slack and didn't get any traction AND I realised I have to complete a DPIA - anyone done one of those before?! 🌱 = A few things: relaunching the educators' programme, my AL coming up, working on the widening participation D&S project * [name=Harriet] 🌹 = Turing Research Fellowships interviews underway and on track for target timeline 🌵 = TSG subgroup meeting wasn't as discussion based as I would have liked (more update focused) 🌱 = Holiday at the end of the month! * Sarah 🌹 = Responsible AI courses are ACTUALLY almost done! 🌵 = AIUK planning/booking is a bit of chaos 🌱 = Launching the OLP to the world next month (looking forward to it but also it's quite nervewracking)! * [name=Vera] 🌹 = Grant letter for BridgeAI has been received. Turing just reviewing T&Cs. Means we can almost get started with funded work. 🌵 = A few Data Protection related issues have reared their heads. No budget yet. 🌱 = Lots of threads are coming together. External people are excited about what we are planning * [name=Jules] 🌹 = A good looking pipeline of DSG challenges :airplane_departure: 🌵 = AI UK chaos :crossed_swords: 🌱 = End of March when the crazies are over :crab: * [name=Bridget] 🌹 = Finalised the four Skills Policy awardees :heart_eyes_cat:, sending out the contracts today and looking forward to introducing y'all 🌵 = Big birthday weekend and still recovering :unamused: 🌱 = Assiting in finalising Turing Commons RRI materials and entering the next stage of community management work after March :camel: * [name=Chloe] 🌹 = Wrapping up the courses and launching OLP sooooon 🌵 = ?????? 🌱 = Showing the product to the world and get actual feedback! * Anna 🌹 = Current focus is on meeting SMEs for introductory meetings for pilot 2 and collecting feedback from partners and interns on the programme that soon wrapping up. Excited to see what has gone well and what not. 🌵 = The launch of TIN on the 1st of Feb was canceled because of two partners pulling out last minute. Poor communication from their side was one of the main reasons for this happening. 🌱 = The future of TIN * [name=Frank] 🌹 = Newcastle DSG launching (Challenges confirmed and applications for participants open) 🌵 = DSG PI Recruitment 🌱 = Going to Newcastle for the DSG (Never been!) * [name=XXX] 🌹 = 🌵 = 🌱 = * [name=XXX] 🌹 = 🌵 = 🌱 = * [name=XXX] 🌹 = 🌵 = 🌱 = * [name=XXX] 🌹 = 🌵 = 🌱 =