This might be helpful objective information as well: https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-and-trade-controls
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:27 AM Serah Rono <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > There have been pockets of discussion within The Carpentries community > around this subject in the last year or so, and these four events stand out > as our 'why' for putting out a request for community input to jumpstart > more formal conversations around this subject at this time: > > - While writing a communications strategy for The Carpentries in Q1 > 2019, we heard from community members that certain tools and platforms that > The Carpentries uses are inaccessible to community members in certain > countries and regions around the world. > - In December 2019, as our community chatted about The Carpentries > teaching of Git and use of GitHub (see blog post > <https://carpentries.org/blog/2020/05/conversations-teaching-git-github/>), > this issue was also raised in discussions. > - In June 2020, while preparing for 2020.carpentrycon.org, > CarpentryCon Task Force checked in with some community members to determine > what alternative platforms could be used during sessions in order to make > the virtual conference a more inclusive experience. > - In August 2020, Steve van Tuyl posed a question in The Carpentries' > Slack <https://swc-slack-invite.herokuapp.com/> '*about where to find > out what countries restrict access to what software applications/web > applications*' and with an aim to use this to guide the organising of > a virtual hack week with international communities participating > > We would like to hear from you: > > *what tools and platforms used by The Carpentries are inaccessible or > unavailable to people in certain countries or regions around the world?* > > Please share as much detail as you can in response to this email or under > issue > 26 in The Carpentries Conversations repository > <https://github.com/carpentries/conversations/issues/26>, with links > where possible, and remember to mention affected countries / regions in > your response. > > We hope to gather input over the next few weeks, as we work to organise > for community discussions to deliberate, and determine a way forward. > > Thank you all for your time. > > -- > Best, > > Serah Njambi Rono > Director of Community Development and Engagement at The Carpentries > <https://carpentries.org/> > Twitter: @serahrono <https://twitter.com/serahrono> > Pronouns: She/her/hers > > Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/serahrono > > The Carpentries <https://carpentries.org/> *- **We teach foundational > coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.* > carpentries.org | Twitter <http://twitter.com/thecarpentries> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/carpentries/> | Blog > <https://carpentries.org/blog/> > > The Carpentries is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives > <http://communityin.org/>, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organisation > based in California, USA. > We are a global community teaching foundational computational and data > science skills to researchers in academia, industry and government. > > *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/Tc78a657d4ad07e63-M5679bc9c41b97571cdeb3500> > > -- Sean Davis, MD, PhD Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 https://seandavi.github.io/ https://twitter.com/seandavis12 ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc78a657d4ad07e63-M2d856721b9acd6dc0b063c87 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
