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# SSI Fellows Community Call - February 2025

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* Monday 24th February 2025, 13:00-14:00 GMT (UTC)
* Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82726607925 (no registration required)
* Recording: 
* Previous calls: [https://bit.ly/3eu7NjT](https://bit.ly/3eu7NjT)
* Summary: We will hear Fellows updates from Aman Goel on [RSE Competencies Toolkit](https://rsetoolkit.github.io/rse-competencies-toolkit/)
 (2023 Fellow)
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## Agenda
Times in [GMT] (check your [time zone here](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=SSI+Fellows+Community+Call+January+2025&iso=20250109T14&p1=%3A&ah=1))

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome
14:05 - 14:20 Fellows' Updates
14:20 - 14:50 Breakout room discussions
14:45 - 15:00 Closing

## Roll call
_Name / Cohort year / Affiliation / Location / Pronouns / Social media_

* Sarah Gibson / 2020 / 2i2c / Midlands, UK / she,her /
* Jannetta Steyn / 2022 / Newcastle University / Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK/ she, her / [Mastodon](https://hachyderm.io/@jannettas), [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/jannettas.bsky.social)
* Sangeeta Bhatia/ 2025 / Imperial College London/ London/ She-Her/
* Jez Cope / 2020 / The British Library / North Yorkshire / he, him / [@petrichor@digipres.club](https://digipres.club/@petrichor)
* Loïc Lanelongue / 2023 / Cambridge Uni / Cambridge, UK / he, him / loiclnlg.bsky.social
* Phil Reed / 2025 / University of Manchester / he/him / PhilReedData
* Catherine Inglis / SSI Staff / University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh / she, her
* Aman Goel / 2023 / University of Manchester / Manchester / he/him
* Shoaib Sufi/ SSI Staff / University of Manchester / Manchester 
* Robert Chisholm / 2025 / University of Sheffield / Sheffield
* Yo Yehudi / 2018 / OLS / Cambridge UK / Most pronouns are cool / social media is my nemesis 
* Rosa Filgueira / 2025. University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh/ she, her
* Esther Plomp / 2025 / University of Aruba / Aruba / she,her

### Check-in
_Include your name and answer any of the following prompts: How are you today? What are you working on? Where do you need support?_
* Sangeeta: overwhelmed with work; not sure how I'll manage it all :(
    * Yo: I felt the same when I started as a fellow <3 (not just from the fellowship, mostly because my career was getting TOO BUSY)
    * I fully appreciate it is a good problem to have!
* Loïc: drowning in email 🙃 Working on discovering PI life and whether I'll ever do fun science again 😂
    * Yo Yehudi: Nah, your life is now writing grants, reports, and filling forms. Sorry! (But when you do get to do science it'll be SO refreshing). 
* Jez: Recovering from IDCC25 last week; waiting to find out what changes our new CEO is going to make :fearful: 
* Catherine: Feeling more energised now the sun is shining and the days are longer!
* Aman: Doing community bits today!
* Yo: Recovering from the flu. Also trying to defeat my email backlog. 
* Rosa: Just came back from holidays - we spent a week in Lanzarote! 
* Esther: managed to get corona so not doing too good - trying to scale down work this week :)

## 1. Welcome - 5 min [14:00-14:05]

### General Guidance

* 🤝 Please follow the [Code of Conduct](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eQu4EKHKbL-EMCwbwy7F_YGCOFhBcpBbwsET7QAvA1U/edit?usp=sharing), report any issues to [Oscar](mailto:oscar.seip@manchester.ac.uk) and / or [Catherine](mailto:c.inglis@epcc.ed.ac.uk).
* 📹 The Fellows updates are being recorded and the videos will be made available on the [SSI YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/SoftwareSaved) after the call. 
* 📝 This document is for SSI Fellows only, so please do not share the link publicly. Feel free to take notes, ask questions, add friendly comments, +1, etc. 
    * Outputs such as blog posts or guides may result from the discussions and shared insights. We will not share any personal information, but if you would like to be contacted and included as a contributing author on any outputs, please include your full name as part of any shared insights.

### Goals of these Community Calls
* Facilitate community building and encourage collaboration within the SSI Fellows community.
* Check in with the Fellows and community care - What are the Fellows up to? How can the SSI Community team support them?
* Provide a welcoming and inclusive space for Fellows to share and explore topics of interest and network with others.

### Breakout room discussion topics 
Feel free to add your own and include your name:
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## 2. SSI and Fellows' updates - 15 min [14:05-14:20]
_This is an opportunity for Fellows to share/show and tell during our community calls. During this call, we will hear from 1 member of the SSI team and 1 Fellow, who will each have 7 min (+ 3 min Q&A) to introduce themselves and share any updates to the network, such as:_
* _Your Fellowship plans, demos of projects, upcoming events or other activities_
* _Projects for which you are seeking support or collaboration_
* _Life after the Fellowship and how the Fellowship impacted your career_

Timer for speakers: [https://cuckoo.team/ssi-fellows-community-call](https://cuckoo.team/ssi-fellows-community-call) 

### Speaker 1: Aman Goel - 10 min + 5 min Q&A
* Useful links:
    * Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lkuIG55jKIg0B4sPI65ep9rZ3lHPtKYKZ3EeVd4qurA/edit?usp=sharing
    * Google Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/g/rse-competencies-toolkit
    * Github Repo: https://github.com/RSEToolkit/rse-competencies-toolkit
* Notes:
    * Renaming Options:
        * Digital Research Skills Framework (DRES)
        * Digital Technical Research Skills Framework (DTRES)
        * Digital Research CompeTencies Framework
        * Digital Research CompeTencies Framework (DIRECT Framework) +1 :+1:
        * dRTP competencies framework
        * Other Suggestions?
* Questions:


## 3. Breakout room discussions - 30 min [14:20-14:50]
_Please take notes of your discussion while you are in your breakout rooms in the relevant section below for others to catch up with._

### Main room: hangout
* Participants:
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* Notes: 
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### Breakout Room 1: CW25 proposals
* Participants:
    * Sangeeta, Rosa, Robert, Jyoti
* Notes: 
    * Rosa and Robert have submitted lightining talks for CW25
    * Sangeeta is submitting a proposal for a workshop
    * We think llms are the future, whether we like them or not
    * verification and information security will become more important

### Breakout Room 2: Pre-CW25 Event
* Participants:
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* Notes:
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### Breakout Room 3: Introductions & catch-up
* Participants:
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## 4. Closing - 10 min [14:50-15:00]

### Next call: TBC
* We aim to schedule the next Fellows Community Call in March. Keep an eye on your email / Slack for a poll to find a date.
* Sign-up/register your interest to speak on a future call: https://forms.office.com/e/As1GrML5rA

### Upcoming events / calls
_Event name / date, time & venue / website / description_

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### Requests for peer assists, collaboration and/or support
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*Note that there is now a recently launched channel in the Fellows slack workspace called #collaboration (another is #peer-review). This is a place to ‘find your people’ and support each other, so please join the channels, and make the most of it!*

### Other updates, shares and shout-outs
_Please feel free to add any updates or thank-yous that you wish to share with the community._
 
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### Feedback

* What did you enjoy about this call? What worked well?
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* What topics would you like to explore on future calls?
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