CaRCC Monthly Meetups & Community Gatherings – October 2026

CaRCC Newcomer Welcome and Orientation
Tue 10/13, 3:30p ET / 2:30p CT / 1:30p MT / 12:30p PT (second Tuesday of each even-numbered month)

Whether you’re new to CaRCC or looking to learn more and get more involved, join us on the second Tuesday of each even-numbered month at 3:30p ET / 2:30p CT / 1:30p MT / 12:30p PT for a welcome session and overview of CaRCC groups, tracks, events, and volunteer opportunities. We love meeting our newcomers, and everyone is welcome! Register now for call details.

CaRCC People Network Calls

Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays)
Tue 10/6, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: Panel on Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for RCD Resources (Revisited): Discussion on Creation & Adoption

Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
Wed 10/7, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Topic: TBD

Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays)
Thu 10/8, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: Anaconda, Inc. Academic Agreement

Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/21, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT / 7a HT
Topic: TBD

Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays)
Thu 10/15, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: TBD

Additional Community Opportunities

RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours (2nd Tuesdays)
Tue 10/13, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
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 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.

RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up (1st Thursdays)
Thu 10/1, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Join us as we continue building out our mentorship program. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the workforce-mentoring-wg@carcc.org mailing list, or send questions to the RCD Staff and Student Workforce Mentoring Coordinators.

RCD Workforce Development Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (2nd Tuesdays)
Tue 10/13, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: Student Engagement with CaRCC
As a new group of volunteers begins to focus on student engagement, join an interactive discussion to brainstorm how CaRCC can engage students, how students can benefit from participation in CaRCC, and more.
Meeting coordinates: See Zoom details below. Join the Interest Group mailing list.

AI Facilitation Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (2nd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/14, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: AI Facilitation Handbook
Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the Interest Group.

Research Cybersecurity Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (4th Thursdays)
Thu 10/22, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: PEARC & CaRCC Leadership Retreat Recap

Quantum Computing Interest Group
Write to quantum-ig@carcc.org to join the group and receive meeting information.

Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions (2nd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/14, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: Don’t Overengineer CMMC L2, and Regulatory Round-Up with Laura Raderman – Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.

US Research Software Engineers Monthly Community Call (2nd Wednesdays, even months)
Thu 10/14, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Topic:Cost Models for regulated research
See the US-RSE calendar for more information.

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.

CaRCC and the People Network 

If you have received this email NOT via CaRCC’s People Network, and you would like to join the People Network, which includes the above tracks, you can join here and join our Slack channels!

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.