Hi Alejandro, Yes! So sorry about this. It is meant to be Thursday. I've corrected the Etherpad now.
Best, Erin On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 9:36 PM, Alejandro Flores <[email protected] > wrote: > Hey Erin... > > I'm psyched for this and I'm sure many others are as well. One question on > the etherpad, is the 2018-09-27 actually Thursday? The etherpad says > Tuesday. > > Thanks, > Lejo > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:26 AM Erin Becker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> We are excited to announce the first release of the *long-awaited Data >> Carpentry Geospatial lessons* >> <https://datacarpentry.org/geospatial-workshop/>. As with all newly >> developed curricula, this lesson is still in ‘beta’. This means we are >> actively organizing pilot workshops and collecting feedback. The lesson >> Maintainers and Carpentries staff will continue to update and improve the >> lesson based on feedback from Instructors and learners. >> >> This R-based workshop: >> >> · introduces project organisation and management for spatial data >> >> · covers common data structures and storage and transfer formats >> >> · teaches the creation of summary statistics and >> publication-quality graphics >> >> · helps users work with and plot vector and raster format spatial >> data in R. >> >> Find more information on *the workshop homepage* >> <https://datacarpentry.org/geospatial-workshop/>. >> >> For this first release, we are looking for Instructors who want to teach >> it – we will onboard you to help you get started – and institutions who >> would like to pilot a workshop for their researchers. >> >> Sign up for an onboarding session on *this Etherpad* >> <https://pad.carpentries.org/geospatial-onboarding>. If you want to >> pilot a geospatial workshop at your institution, you can *request a >> workshop here* <https://amy.software-carpentry.org/forms/dc/request/>. >> >> >> You can also self-organise a geospatial workshop. Use *our checklists* >> <https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/hosts_instructors/index.html> >> to help you plan and organise it. >> >> >> The new lessons were developed by the Carpentry community. A big thanks >> to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for hosting the 2016 >> hackathon that kickstarted these lessons, and thanks to the many >> contributors along the way who have got the lessons ready for teaching >> broadly. Read the blog post >> <https://datacarpentry.org/blog/2018/08/geospatial-launch> for more >> details. >> >> Best, >> Erin >> >> > > -- > Alejandro N. Flores, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences > Director, leaf at Boise State > ERB-4151 > Boise State University > 1910 University Dr. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1910+University+Dr.+Boise,+ID+83725&entry=gmail&source=g> > Boise, ID 83725 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1910+University+Dr.+Boise,+ID+83725&entry=gmail&source=g> > -1535 > Phone: 208-426-2903 > Cell: 208-570-3097 > Fax: 208-426-4061 > > http://leaf.boisestate.edu/ > > [email protected] > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8539168dc765dd99-M6bf96dacfc755d41564cd678> > -- Associate Director, The Carpentries Pronouns: she/her/hers ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8539168dc765dd99-M7b8107ed0ac0e4ec29c97dae Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
