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title: Training Steering Group September
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# Training Steering Group September
**Date & Time:** 25/9 13:00-15:00
**Connection details:** https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/62955236256
**TrSG book:** https://hackmd.io/@elinkronander/TrSG/%2F5SYwXztaTpKrn95vDPh1jw

## Welcome 🙌🏽

## Code of Conduct reminder
Adopted from the [Recurse Rules](https://www.recurse.com/social-rules)
* Be respectful, honest, inclusive, accommodating, appreciative, and open to learning from everyone else.
* Do not attack, demean, disrupt, harass, or threaten others or encourage such behavior.
* Be patient, allow others to speak, and use the zoom reactions & chat if you would like to voice something. 
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## :hourglass_flowing_sand: Agenda:

| Duration    | Activity                                                     | Time        |
| ----------- |:------------------------------------------------------------ |:----------- |
| 5 mins      | Welcome and housekeeping                                     | 13:00-13:05 |
| 15 mins     | (information) NBIS TrC                               | 13:05-13:20 |
| 30 mins     | (information) NBIS TrLs              | 13:20-13:50
 **10 mins**  | **Break**                                                                       | 13:50-14:00 |
| 15 mins     | NBIS retreat                                    | 14:00-14:20 |
| 20 mins     | Intranet                                   | 14:20-14:40 |
| 10 mins     | AOB (any other business)                                   | 14:40-14:50 |
| 10 mins     | Wrap-up & communications                                   | 14:50-15:00 |

## Links & Resources:


## Rollcall:
🗣 Name/🐸 pronouns/✍🏼 Team affiliation and Site
Elin/ she, her / Training and DM, Uppsala
Richel / he/him / NBIS, Uppsala
Gisele / she, her / BIIF, Stockholm
Louella/She/NBIS HaC, Lund
Anna /she, her/ CMB, Uppsala
Tomas / he/him / NBIS, Gbg
Lokesh / he/him /NBIS, Lund
Caroline /she, her/AIDA, Linköping

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## Information from NBIS TrC
* Support/Outreach/DM meeting outcome
    * onboarding document will be moved to the intranet
    * update information on time allocations for NBISers and estimates for courses
    * outreach group will create outreach guidelines for course announcements
* Time reporting: 
    use the issue Task [#4727](https://projects.nbis.se/issues/4727) using the activity training 
* Course email credentials
    * will be managed using vidar.nbis.se 
* NBIS retreat - discussion group
    * sign up for the training discussion group
* TrC recruitment
    * more information to be sent out this week

## Information from NBIS TrLs
How is onboarding going? Reflections from Train the trainer course?

|  Team | Notes |
| -------- | -------- |
| AIDA |   |
| BIIF | Onboarding meeting with all members to inform new colleagues and update the whole group
| Cell & molecular biology|  One new, will be onboarded soon     |
| Data Management     | One new, will be onboarded soon.      |
| EvoBio | One initial onboarding presentation together during last team meeting. Will have a short follow up soon. |
| Health and Clinical  | 3 new starters (1 Lund, 2 KI), will have to onboard   | 
| Microbiology, Immunology and Structural Biology     |One new person starting soon and will be scheduled for a meeting and onboarded, the second person will be onboarded after he starts (later in one or two months)|
| Systems development     |   |
| UPPMAX/Compute and Storage| No onboardings |

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## Break (10 mins)

## NBIS retreat presentation 

 * (4 mins, Richel) Richel will present the TrSg at the NBIS retreat. He could use our current ideas of what are the goal of the TrSG. 
    * maintain and update training documentation/handbook
    * Be the point of contact for questions related to training
    * engaging NBISers in training
    * Link between NBIS teams and training coordinators - training liasons
        * Advertise courses
        * Help find TAs and teachers
    * Make sure NBIS training is constantly up-to date and "evolving" and that courses are following a similar well thought-through structure.
    * (Indirectly) assess and monitor quality of course
        * We discuss all courses :-)
    * Facilitate collaboration among NBIS's diverse training initiatives for support and inspiration.
    
## Intranet brainstorming

- ### Useful information to have (linked) on the intranet training page
    * current year course calendar, dates, weblink, site
    * FAQs, slack channel
    * Move all documents to-be-reused on Google drive there; chop up text like a proper wiki
    * List of Training Steering Group Coordinators
    * List of Training Steering Group Liasons
    * Link to Onboarding procedure
    * Link to list of courses:
        * For professional development, e.g. link to Train The Trainer course
        * Taught in the past, to have an example
        * NOT list of courses in the future (to prevent double information), do link to the NBIS/ELIXIR course schedule
    * Courses
    * Canvas instructions
    * ELIXIR Training
    * Link to TrSG meeting notes
    * List or course leaders?
    * Advisory program

## AOB

 * (2 mins, Richel) The NBIS Python course (Monday Oct 9th to and including Friday Oct 13th) as coordinated by Dimitris Bampalikis could use some technical assistants



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## Wrap-up & Communications

* ### What to BRING BACK to your team?
    * course leaders will be invited to vidar.nbis.se password manager for management of course email credentials
    * The NBIS Python course is in need of TAs in Umeå and Uppsala, see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oSJxFZ2WEo32rlaBOYynl9TuckAP9Wtb0Xz3-Dww5cU/edit#gid=0 when/where you are needed

* ### What to CATCH from your team? 
     * 


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## Next meeting: 
October 16 13:00-15:00
