CaRCC Newcomer Welcome and Orientation
August 11 2026 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 first Tuesday of the even months at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/ 12pm 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 8/4, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
PEARC26 Recap
Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
Wed 8/5, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT
PEARC26 Recap
Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays)
Thu 8/13>, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
Topic TBD
Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays)
12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT/ 7a HT
No meeting in August
Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays)
Thu <8/20>, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
PEARC26 Recap
Additional Community Opportunities
RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours: Tue 8/11, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays):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.
RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up: Thu 8/6, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11am MT/ 10a PT (1st Thursdays): Join us for our May RCD Mentoring Working Group session as we continue building out our mentorship program! This month we’ll continue to have breakout conversations around the three teams developing the program: the applications process, mentor details, and mentee details. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the workforce-mentoring-wg@carcc.org mailing list or send questions to RCD Staff and Student Workforce Mentoring Coordinators.
RCD Workforce Development Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up: Tue 8/11, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT (2nd Tuesdays): Next steps from RCD Nexus Day’s “Building Onramps: Developing a Guide to Facilitate Entry into the RCD Profession” Workshop. Join us to discuss outcomes from RCD Nexus Day at PEARC. If you attended and want to follow up on developing a guide, join to plan next steps. If you didn’t attend Nexus Day, come to learn more about what was discussed and consider joining the ongoing effort. See Zoom details below. Join the Interest Group mailing list.
AI Facilitation Interest Group Monthly Gathering. Wed 8/12, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Wednesdays): NSF NCAR AI Initiative Community of Practice. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join here: https://carcc.org/ai-facilitation-ig/
Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions: Wed 8/12, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays)This month, the topic will be UCF’s Approach to CMMC Level 1: with the processes & tools that also support CMMC Level 2. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
US Research Software Engineers Monthly Community Call: Fri 8/14, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Thursdays/2nd Fridays): See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
EDUCAUSE Research Computing and Data Community Group Monthly Community Call: Thu 08/27, 1p ET/ 10a PT (4th Thursdays of even months). See the Events tab within EDUCAUSE Connect 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.