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# nf-core outreach

## 2026-01-16

### Agenda

- training
- Hackathon
- bytesize
- weekly helpdesk
- events
- community engagement (Chrus' and James' idea)
    - blog posts

### Attendance

- [x] Maxime
- [x] Geraldine
- [x] Marcel
- [x] Kurayi
- [x] Fran

### Meeting notes

- lots of activity on the nextflow training side due to v2 syntax and workflow output
    - training week is second week of February
    - Phil will do all videos for hello nextflow
- Translation?
    - Infrastructure is maintained
    - Updates are challenging
- Hackathon
    - Seqera is keen on supporting local in person groups
    - Continue the development of the hackathon in a box document
- Bytesize
    - Edmund for end of january
    - workflow output from Chrus in early February
    - Fran for a seqinspector one
- Weekly Helpdesk
    - not that many people, still vacation
    - maybe 1-1 meetings to book on-demand
    - Or Maxime live coding on Twitch
    - Use automation in #help to publicize about helpdesk?
- events
    - Tutorial proposal for ISMB
        - online for hello nexflow
        - in person for hello nf-core
    - Tutorial proposal for ECCB
        - hello nextflow
    - Tutorial proposal for ASHG
    - accepted proposal for train the trainer
    - Festival of Genomics
    - ANF workflow reproducibility
- Chrus and James idea:
    - automation for advertising new modules

### Action points

- Translation could be leveraged via ISCB - RSG
    - Kurayi to follow up
- Marcel to bring this up in the coming nf-core core meeting
    - Registration opens February 1st
- Marcel to look into the hackathon in a box document
- Maxime to check bytesize links
- Maxime to investigate helpdesk-on-demand
- Maxime to see with Chris and Arthur
- Geraldine to send abstract for ECCB
- Geraldine to send abstract for ASHG
- Maxime to investigate events publication
    - Will talk with infrastructure
- Maxime to follow up on the automation