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# SSI Fellows Community Call - July 2024

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* Wednesday 31st July 2024, 14:00-15:00 GMT (UTC)
* Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84287426114 (no registration required)
* Recording: 
* Previous calls: [https://bit.ly/3eu7NjT](https://bit.ly/3eu7NjT)
* Summary: We will hear Fellows' updates from Loïc Lannelongue (2023), who will give an update on “Green DiSC and the sustainable computing community”, and Meag Doherty (2022), who will talk about “Life after the Inaugural Fellowship year and how the Fellowship has impacted your career”.
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## Agenda
Times in BST (UTC +1) (check your [time zone here](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=SSI+Fellows+Community+Call+-+July+2024&iso=20240731T14&p1=304&ah=1))

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome
14:05 - 14:25 Fellows’ updates
14:25 - 14:50 Breakout room discussions
14:50 - 15:00 Closing

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

* Catherine Inglis / SSI Staff / EPCC at the University of Edinburgh / she/her / Twitter: @cafi_epcc
* Martin Donnelly / 2018 / University College London / he, him, etc / @mkdonnees (but I seldom tweet)
* Jannetta Steyn / 2022 / Newcastle University / she, her, hers / :bird: @jannettas / :elephant: @jannettas@hachyderm.io
* Jez Cope / 2020 / The British Library / he, him, his / :elephant: [@petrichor@digipres.club](https://digipres.club/@petrichor)
* Sarah Gibson / 2020 / 2i2c / she,her / :octopus: :cat: @sgibson91
* Colin Sauze / 2021 / National Oceanography Centre / he, him his / :octopus: @colinsauze
* Patricia Herterich / 2019 / OLS + available for smallish freelance jobs / Edinburgh / She, her / @pherterich(@openbiblio.social)
* Yo Yehudi / 2018 / OLS / Cambridgeshire / Eh. 
* Loïc Lannelongue / 2022 / Uni of Cambridge / Cambridgeshire / he,him / @Loic_Lnlg
* Riva Quiroga / 2022 / Universidad Católica de Chile | Programming Historian / Valparaíso, Chile / she,her / @rivaquiroga 
* Oscar Seip / SSI Staff / University of Manchester / he/him / https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarseip/
* Iain Barrass / 2021 / University of Glasgow / Glasgow / he,him /
* Meag Doherty / 2022 / NIH / Boston, MA, USA / she,her
* Olexandr Konovalov / 2014 / University of St Andrews / Scotland / he,him / [GitHub: @olexandr-konovalov](https://olexandr-konovalov.github.io/)


### 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?_

* Catherine: Feeling refreshed after an amazing two weeks visiting Galicia in Spain where I spent a university year abroad and catching up with lots of old friends for the first time in 20 years; heading off on a different trip tomorrow - two nights camping in a local country park with my 11-year-old daughter!
* Martin: enjoying the sunny weather here in Edinburgh
* Sarah: Glad for some heat at last, but unmotivated to do anything other than lay around in it.
* Yo: Ahh, I went for a lunchtime bike ride today. Given I was on crutches in March, I feel great to be able to do this! 
* Patricia: Already tired again after some holidays, but glad that the mysterious Scottish summer might be around and I'm trying to work less and make sure I spend time in the hammock
  - Ah summer, a Scot's favourite day of the year... :laughing: — [name=Jez Cope]
* Colin: triple booked myself for this slot, but otherwise good. Currently trying to debug a python script running on a Raspberry Pi in a tide gauage remotely over a slightly dodgy 4G connection. 
* Loïc: Trying to catch up with all the deadlines coming up on 31st of July :)  
* Riva: Cold. It's winter down here.
* Jez: Down at the BL in London this week; nice to see people but also tiring to travel and sit in unpredictably noisy office...

## 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 [Catherine](mailto:c.inglis@epcc.ed.ac.uk) and / or [Oscar](mailto:oscar.seip@manchester.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. Fellows’ updates - 20 min [14:05 - 14:25]
_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) 

### Loïc Lannelongue (2023) - 7 min + 3 min Q&A
* Useful links:
    * Green DiSC page: https://www.software.ac.uk/GreenDiSC
    * [Green DiSC announcement (blog post)](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/announcing-green-disc-new-digital-sustainability-certification)
    * ESCS community: http://www.escs-community.org 
    * Green Algorithms project: https://www.green-algorithms.org
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### Meag Doherty (2022) - 7 min + 3 min Q&A
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## 3. Breakout room discussions - 25 min [14:25 - 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
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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 September. 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://docs.google.com/forms/d/1slQ09G31ikM44x1RPjZyufwUpY8J98V5GB_qkO-_f-c/edit 

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

* RSECon24 - the Research Software Engineering Conference / 3-5 September 2024, Newcastle - https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/ Registration is now closed, but if you are attending, keep an eye out for other members of the SSI community there!
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### Requests for peer assists, collaboration and/or support
* Meag Doherty (2022, and one of today's speakers) is starting a new Fellowship in Bioethics this Fall and would like to find Fellows who are also interested in this topic.

*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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