InterMine community call

Time/date: 5 December 2019, 17:00 UK time.
Other timezones: https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2019-12-05/17:00

Joining the call:

Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/328144808

• Meeting ID: 328 144 808
• Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abbfWdnE78

Once you've joined the call:

• Add your name to the attendee list below
• Don't forget to turn on your webcam! :)

Attendees: Name / InterMine / social handles if desired / Emoji mood

• Yo Yehudi / InterMine Cambridge team / Twitter @yoyehudi @intermineorg GitHub @yochannah / 👩‍💻
• Anmol Mishra/ Student / GitHub @octamois / octamois.github.io
• Bérénice Batut / Galaxy team Freiburg / Twitter @bebatut - Github @bebatut /
• Sara /ACMHI/Twitter @yalahowy/Github @selgebali
• Andrew Farmer NCGR/LegumeInfo
• Asher Pasha BAR ThaleMine, University of Toronto / Twitter @AsherPasha GitHub @asherpasha /

Icebreaker question: Where's your ideal destination for an indulgent vacation?

• Yo Anywhere I can go for a long hike or bike and see more nature than people. I miss the UK's peak district!
• Anmol [ Anywhere I can have a long running session, have lush green environment and take a break from social life]
• Bérénice Bike tour + camping
• Sara [Long hike/camping in Sweden- Skåneleden]
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Agenda

Introduction

(Yo)

• 🎥 This call is being recorded - please turn your camera off if you'd rather your face doesn't end up on youtube :)
• Reminder: Code of Conduct! View code of conduct
  • Generally: please treat others with respect and kindness, no matter who they are. We know you do this already!
  • If you have any issues, please speak to:
    • Yo Yehudi [e-mail] or
    • Daniela Butano [e-mail]

Today's theme: Training as community outreach

Dos and don'ts for computational training

(Sara El-Gebali)

• Notes / slides:

  • Slides are available on zenodo
  • Join the poll and feedback at slido.com #Intermine

• Questions / comments?

  • adf Can you suggest good ways to start "icebreakers" under the know your audience section?
    https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/icebreakers/
    https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/

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Galaxy Training Network

(Bérénice Batut)

• Notes / slides:
  • Slides
• Questions / comments?
  • Yo What technology is used for the feedback form?
    • Google Form, embedded in the tutorials. Don't just link!
      • Auto-submits to GitHub, creating a github issue.
  • Yo I'm inspired to create a "how to do intermine training" resource now based on the Galaxy pages - nice!!
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Other good training resources

• Two mentoring programs accepting applications until December 8th:
  • eLife Innovation Leaders (focused on creating open tech platforms for life science publishing)
  • Open Life Science (focused on training people to lead open science projects in life science).
• The Carpentries Instructor Training - 2-day course, can be done online anywhere in the world.
• InterMine-specific training: http://intermine.org/tutorials/

Upcoming events

• 🎄 Christmas slow period: The InterMine office will be quiet over the next few weeks! Back to normal in January.

Next calls

• Next techie community call: 9 January 2020
• Next community outreach call: 6 Feb 2020
  • Featuring the fabulous Jason Williams - founder of lifescitrainers.org

Possible topics:

Please "+1" topics that interest you!

• getting open contributors to your project
• rewarding open contributors
• journal clubs (includes preprint journal clubs)
• mental health in academia and/or open source +1/Sara
• other? please add your own topics

Feedback

Any topics/speakers you'd like to see?

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Anything to improve?

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Anything you liked / we should do more of?

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