Organizing workshop during summer A

[PunamA]

Hi guys,

I would like to help organize a workshop during the summer A period. I think students on campus would benefit from having more regularly spaced workshops available. It also helps that summer is usually more relaxed so there maybe more students willing to learn skillsets in 2 day workshops.

I am thinking that we could space to approximately a month or more after the April 23rd/24th workshop or at the end of June (just before the end of summer A).

Best,

Punam

[justinmillar]

• [x] Reserve space
• [x] Choose lessons
• [x] Reach out to instructors
• [x] Advertise

[PunamA]

Hi all, I've reserved the room for 25th/26th June as discussed. I am still unsure regarding what lesson we should offer for students?

[gklarenberg]

Maybe we should do a Software Carpentry again? There might be people willing to teach Python? Does anyone have any idea whether the January one filled up (fast)?

[mjcollin]

The January workshop did not fill bu that was the last workshop where we only advertised to the UFII list. The March workshop was advertised to the all graduates list and it filled very shortly after that email went out. I like SwC but I'm partial to git. I'm also partial to teaching in Jupyter notebooks but I admit I haven't looked at the Python lessons lately to see if any lend themselves to it. How do others feel? (FWIW I can teach Python if that is needed.)

[justinmillar]

@PunamA Do you have an idea of some people/groups that are interested in attending the workshop? If so, we could reach out to see if they have a preference on the lesson. Another option is we could send out a poll on the list-serv to get an idea of how many people are are interested and which lesson they would prefer. We try to keep the list-serv emails to a minimum, but with lower email traffic during the summer maybe this is a viable option.

I've never done the Python lessons, but I'm definitely willing to teach if needed and/or be a helper. I'd also be interested in Jupyter notebooks as well.

[PunamA]

I think a poll is a great idea using the current list-serv to see an interest. Would you like me to send it out? what list-serv would you use?

[justinmillar]

The best bet is probably the graduate student list-serv (GRADSTUDENT-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU). Otherwise we could target some department lists, if you wanted you could reach out to EPI-ASSOCIATE-MEMBERS-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU which I think is run by Evan Barton.

[PunamA]

I've created this doodle poll. Would that be fine to circulate around? https://doodle.com/poll/p6sucbwdu92ux2db

[PunamA]

Thanks @justinmillar for helping me forward along an email to EPI-list serv. From the few that filled the information 16 voted for R and 11 voted for Python. It seems at EPI there is more interest for R. Again, this is a specific sub-set of folks but perhaps it is best to stick to R ecology tutorials for this. Do you guys agree?

[gklarenberg]

I think R is always pretty popular - and the ecology lesson is a good introduction (even for people that don't study ecology, it's really just the data set). Include Excel as well, maybe SQL? Excel always seems a bit boring but every time I've done it, there's been feedback that people found it useful (in relation to using R later). Any idea if that would resonate with EPI people?

[PunamA]

I think that is a great idea, @mjcollin mentioned that past workshops have included SQL which I think many would appreciate. In my mind, I would assumed following the same schedule as that for the DC workshop in the spring semester would be ideal as it gives you a flavor of R and SQL. What do you guys say? Should we begin sending out an email for instructors?

[ha0ye]

We can always discuss this at Board meeting tomorrow, too... @justinmillar, are you sending out the announcement?

[PunamA]

oh great, is it at 3pm? may I join?

[ha0ye]

@PunamA The meetings are open, so you're always welcome to join! (And please do, to discuss logistics for the upcoming workshop.)

[PunamA]

Hi all, I have been asked by a lab at EPI if there is a group rate. the PI would like to send all her students for the data carpentry workshop (total 5 phd students).

[ha0ye]

@PunamA I don't think we have one... @mjcollin?

Related, we could add some info to the website about how most of the registration cost goes towards catering, much of the rest towards operations, and that the instructors and helpers are all on a volunteer basis.

[mjcollin]

I don't feel that there's space in our pricing for a group rate. $30 is the real cost of lunch + breaks for 2 days, we broke even at that price. If we give discounts basically we're letting the departments skip supporting our instructors' professional development.

I think Hao's right, if departments knew this, they might not ask. We should find a place to say it.

[KristinaRiemer]

Is this workshop full yet, @PunamA?

[PunamA]

Not yet, I believe we have approx 13 people registered. But they sent out to the grad list finally so hopefully shall be full by next week.

[PunamA]

That was fast! It is all full now 😊

[justinmillar]

Great!

[KristinaRiemer]

Oh dang! I'm gonna pretend the tweet about the workshop had something to do with it :joy:

[Cactusolo]

beautifully unpredictable !

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Oh dang! I'm gonna pretend the tweet about the workshop had something to do with it 😂

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