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Research Computing and Data (RCD) Monthly November 2025
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2025 CaRCC Leadership Retreat Final Report Now Available
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A comprehensive report from the 2025 CaRCC Annual Retreat is now publicly available on Zenodo.
Held September 18-20, 2025 in Rosemont, Illinois, this year’s retreat brought together CaRCC leadership during a pivotal transition period for the organization. The report captures the strategic discussions, collaborative problem-solving, and concrete action items that will shape CaRCC’s future as it formalizes into an independent 501(c)(3) organization.
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Nominations Now Open! First Annual CaRCC Contributor of the Year Award
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Am I an RCD Professional?: Understanding the CaRCC Facings
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We’re excited to launch a new tradition: the inaugural CaRCC Contributor of the Year Award. This annual recognition will honor someone who has gone above and beyond in their service and commitment to CaRCC’s activities and mission. Nominate someone today!
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From time to time, we like to rerun this (one of our favorite blog posts!) to help you better understand the RCD profession and find your peers within this varied and growing community.
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November Events And Call Topics At-a-Glance
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Save-the-Date for the End-of-Year CaRCC Party!
Thursday, December 11 from 1-2:30pm ET (calendar invite to CaRCC subscribers) This annual tradition will include prizes for festive attire, hobby-based mingling breakouts, and topical breakouts, including opportunities to get more involved and provide feedback to CaRCC!
Monthly CaRCC Welcome
Thu, 11/6, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 12:30p PT (1st Thu)
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 bottom of this post).
CaRCC People Network Calls
- Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays) Tue 11/4, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT Topic TBA
- Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays) Wed 11/5, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT Reports and Discussions from Relevant Fall Community Meetings
- Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays) Thu 11/13, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT Topic TBA
- Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays) Wed 11/12, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT/ 7a HT **Note it’s 2nd Wednesday this month to avoid SC25 Getting Started with Science DMZs, Ken Miller, Keystone REN (Research and Education Network)
- Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays) No call this month in support of SC25 attendance. For December, S-F will be participating in the annual End-of-Year Party. See you at the first S-F call of 2026 on January 15th!
Additional Community Opportunities
CaRCC Calls and Zoom
All CaRCC People Network and Monthly Welcome calls will take place within the Zoom room below, also visible in the CaRCC People Network Google calendar (see above). Please help us keep these details secure (non-public), but feel free to share with a colleague.
https://utah.zoom.us/my/carcc?pwd=TjFuR3VVM2d5eE5zWnEvWWxDTFBCUT09
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A quick-hit listing of upcoming events and training related to the NAIRR Pilot and other AI initiatives
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Help with student engagement, support the next RCD Nexus Day’s Workforce Track, and see several other open volunteer opportunities this month!
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CaRCC is an organization of research computing and data (RCD) and related professionals. Joining CaRCC is free.
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RCD Monthly is a newsletter dedicated to the Research Computing and Data (RCD) professional community and others who work to support research using technology. This work is supported by grants OAC- 2436057 and OAC-2100003. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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