Greetings to all members of the CaRCC People Network and to our friends and colleagues in the RCD ecosystem!
We can’t resist a little end-of-year fun… and neither should you! Join our Annual CaRCC Party, Thursday, December 12th from 1 – 2:30p ET (10 – 11:30a PT) during the Researcher-Facing time slot (NB the later ending time). In our ever-ongoing efforts to promote networking and introductions, we’ll host regional mingling groups, drop-ins from other organizations in the RCD ecosystem, and breakout discussions on SuperComputing, People Network feedback, and some CaRCC Interest Groups. You can count on CaRCC swag prizes for “best attire” and random selection among attendees.
Strategy & Policy-Facing will hold its December call – no call on Jan 1st. The other Tracks will resume their usual calls in January, so mark your calendars (Zoom details at the end); for handy calendar entries, try the CaRCC People Network Calendar (GCal view; integrate). And please also note other calls from our RCD Ecosystem partners and collaborators. If you’re not on our mailing lists, you can join here and join our Slack channels.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. And we look forward to seeing you both at our End of Year Party and in the coming new year.
Happy Holidays!
Your People Network Coordinators, Track Coordinators, & Steering Committee Members
(care of Bob Freeman)
Monthly CaRCC Welcome
Tue, 12/3, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT
Come to learn more about CaRCC’s community-powered organization and opportunities, and feel free to bring along or pass the word to colleagues! These use the same Zoom coordinates as our People Network calls (see further below).
CaRCC People Network Calls
Annual CaRCC Party (cross-track)
Thu 12/12, 1-2:30p ET/ 12-1:30p CT/ 11am-12:30p MT/ 10-11:30a PT
Join this year’s party in your most festive attire to partake in casual fun and reflections! We’ll thank our People Network contributors from the year, meet fellow neighbors in regional breakouts, and hear from other organizations in the broader ecosystem. We’ll also vote for “Best attire”, pick attendees in raffles for CaRCC swag prizes, and sprinkle in opportunities for conversation. We also invite you to provide input to the People Network, reflect on the recent Supercomputing conference, or partake in discussions with one or more CaRCC Interest Groups. The Call doc and our Zoom room will be distributed via email, as usual. C’ya there!
Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
Updates from RCD Staff Workforce and RCD Student Workforce Interest Groups
Wed 12/4, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT
We’ll hear from members of the CaRCC Staff and Student Workforce Development Interest Groups about the groups’ work, including recent explorations of Mentoring for RCD Professionals.
Note: the Strategy and Policy-Facing Track will have no call in January 2025 (it would fall on New Year’ Day).
Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays) No Call in December
Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays) No Call in December
Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays) No Call in December
Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays) No Call in December
Additional Community Opportunities
In chronological order, monthly to weekly…
Tue 12/10, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours. Have questions about getting started, completing, or viewing benchmarking data with the Research Computing and Data Capabilities Model? Or are you already working with it and want to discuss suggestions for improvements you’d like to see? Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the capsmodel-discuss@carcc.org mailing list or send questions to capsmodel-help@carcc.org.
2nd Tuesdays, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT: RCD Staff and Student Workforce Development Interest Groups. No December Call; please join us at the Year End CaRCC Party and share your thoughts and ideas. Join the Interest Group mailing list.
Fri 12/13, 12p ET/ 9a PT (2nd Thursdays/2nd Fridays): US Research Software Engineers monthly community call. See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
Thu 12/05, 1p ET/ 10a PT (4th Thursdays of even months): Note the earlier date than usual! EDUCAUSE Research Computing and Data Community Group will have its monthly community call. See the Events tab within EDUCAUSE Connect for more information.
Mon 4p ET/ 3p CT/ 2p MT/ 1p PT (every Monday): OSG Consortium / PATh Project host weekly Campus Office Hours, Mondays at 3:00–3:30 pm US Central Time. You are invited to join us any week. https://osg-htc.org/campus-office-hours-zoom. For more information, please contact Christina Koch.
Wed 12/11, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays): Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions. For December, the topic will be Trusted CI Resources & RRCoP’s Next 5 Years. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
CaRCC Calls and Zoom
All CaRCC People Network calls will take place within a Zoom room communicated via email and visible in the CaRCC People Network google calendar (see top). Please help us keep these details secure (non-public), but feel free to share with a colleague.
Interested members of the People Network need not subscribe to a particular track to participate in calls. Additional details for track members, including notes documents and any pre-call activities, will be distributed ahead of the call via the email lists and other communication channels within each track.