# Carpentry@UiO Board Meeting, June 11, 2021, Minutes # ###### tags: `minutes` `Meeting` :::info - **Location:** Online - **Date:** June 11, 2021 - **Agenda** 1. Board election in the Fall (2021): Strategy and dates 2. Carpentry@UiO social gathering? 3. Dates, topics for discussion (spread the word about our workshops, how to join, etc.) 4. Carpentry membership: Platinum membership - Naoe awaiting answers from the Carpentries core team. 5. Future workshop organisation: Carpentry@UiO/Digital Scholarship Center/UB to host Centrally organized workshops? `20min` - **Participants:** - All board members, except Tobias & Annika - **Contact:** Aino (firstname.lastname@ub.uio.no) - **Host:** AiR ::: ## Board election in the Fall (2021): Strategy and dates - 2 new board members will be elected for 2 years. **When:** In the Fall (September). **Action:** Leading up to the election, board members should reach out to potential candidates via e-mail and/or network and be informative about what a candidacy and board membership entail. ## Hosting a Carpentry@UiO Social Gathering - In the hope that the current "situation" will look different after the summer, we aim for a Carpentry@UiO social in the Fall. Here, we can inform about plans ahead, exchange ideas for future activities, stage a quiz event and strategically spread the word about upcoming elections. **When:** August (except during "Fadderuke" - week 33 - 16-20 Aug) **Where:** Blindern campus (we hope----) **Action**: Ahead of the gathering, exchange ideas and draft main points for a strategic plan to be presented. ## Carpentry membership issue - Still awaiting info **Action**: Await further info (from Naoe) ## Future organization of Carpentry workshops - Naoe has raised the question of hosting a Centrally-Organized Workshop. These events are organized for a fee and were hosted on earlier occasions. **Action**: Elaborate on the point of workshop organization in general, especially in terms of involving DSC to a greater extent. - Matthew Good to be invited to the next board meeting to discuss DSC-Carpentry@UiO workshops. ## Notes - Upcoming board meeting: Fall 2021 TBA