Thanks for sharing this Amanda! Just a note - the list that you shared is indeed defunct. We do have this list. While there hasn't been much volume there, the list is active so you might reach people there.
https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/local-lansing Maneesha Sane *Quality Assurance Manager* *Instructor and Trainer* Meet with me: https://calendly.com/maneesha/ Pronouns: Any pronoun is acceptable The Carpentries | www.carpentries.org --- *While I may be sending this email outside my normal office hours, I have no expectation to receive a reply outside yours. Your time, personal and professional, is valued.* On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 2:09 PM Charbonneau, Amanda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there! > > There are several of us in Michigan, there are just very rarely events > around here. We used to have a fairly active community at Michigan State, > but a lot of the bioinformatics-focused PIs left the university, and so > there’s not really anyone left to host. There was also a reasonably active > group at U of M, but I think a lot of the grad students that were driving > it have moved on. I tried for a while to keep organizing events at MSU > after the PIs left, but had little success, and I since I’ve graduated I’m > not officially associated with them anymore anyway. I typically go teach > out of state now. But, I’m always up for local events! I work remotely, and > have a flexible schedule, so I can teach almost any time. > > One final thing, we set up a very low traffic…and possibly defunct > Michigan mailing list several years ago: > [email protected] > > It might be worth sending a mail there and seeing who’s left around here :) > > -Amanda > > > > On Mar 9, 2020, at 1:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Good afternoon! > > Since starting a new position in Michigan about 6 months ago, I've been > keeping my eye out for any Carpentries activity in the area without much > success. To my knowledge, I am the only instructor at my university, but > based on the website map it looks like there might be a few others in the > area. I would love to start a community of instructors that will help each > other run workshops (full or modified) every once in awhile. Let me know if > you are interested! > > In addition, I would love suggestions about building up a program at a > (for lack of better wording) "Carpentries-naive" campus. Did you get > started with single modules or did you jump straight into a full 2-day > event? Ff you started with modified workshops, when did you feel > comfortable transitioning into a 2 day workshop? And from where did you > recruit your non-certified helpers and instructors? > > Thanks! > > Daria > > --------------- > > Daria Orlowska > Data Librarian and Assistant Professor > Waldo Library > Western Michigan University > [email protected] > she/her/hers > > > *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/T25b6a6f2e81c8dee-Ma338cadbf900f877f8783a7e> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T25b6a6f2e81c8dee-Mad3e1569bb2596326ba0a139 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
