Carpentry@UiO Meeting Minutes January 2022 Board Meeting === [![hackmd-github-sync-badge](https://hackmd.io/k3qaFCiTRxG79B-p-KtnpA/badge)](https://hackmd.io/k3qaFCiTRxG79B-p-KtnpA) ###### tags: `minutes` `Meeting` :::info - **Location:** Zoom - **Date:** 21 January 2022 - **Board members present**: Annika, Lex, Anne, Mohamed, Désirée, Aino. - **Board members absent**: Tobias, Viviane. - **Agenda** 1. Wecome and round of introduction 2. How does the board operate 3. Q&A about the reading material [1][2][optionally: 3] * [1] website https://uio-carpentry.github.io * [2] charter https://uio-carpentry.github.io/about/charter/ * [3] board meeting minutes https://github.com/uio-carpentry/organisational/tree/master/meetings 4. UiO membership of The Carpentries 5. Planning of workshops spring 2022 6. Report from the meeting between Carpentry@UiO and Fagrådet for eInfrastruktur 6. december 2021 7. Meeting with the TASK-team at USIT 8. Any Other Business ::: :::info 1. Onboarding of new board members: Short introduction of all board members (new and old). 2. Lex and Annika drew up the board’s main tasks concerning the [Charter](https://www.ub.uio.no/english/writing-publishing/dsc/carpentry-uio/). Roles of the board members were specified, and particular stress was given to the importance of drawing up a strategic plan for Carpentry@UiO. Questions about the administration of workshops were answered. →` Action`: Draw up a strategic plan for Carpentry@UiO; redefine the tasks and roles of board members. 3. Reference to important info for new (and old) members. 4. Annika gave an overview of what it entails to be a member of Carpentries.org and the recent changes of membership conditions and benefits. Carpentry@UiO is a silver tier member until July 2022. → `Action`: Involve the University library in a discussion about membership tier 2022/2023. 5. Planning of future workshops (spring 2022) will be sorted by Annika and Aino in a separate meeting. → `Action`: Separate meeting to plan for workshops spring term 2022. 6. The issue is how PhD students can get credit for taking Carpentry courses. → `Action`: Further discussions 7. Carpentry@UiO needs to coordinate the workshop schedule with USIT's TASK team. → `Action`: Communicate workshop agenda with TASK team.