Steering Committee Meeting No.19

[nrmay]

Meeting Details:

Chair: Manodeep Sinha

Date: Tues. 24th August 2021

Time:

• Auckland, New Zealand: 4:00 pm (NZST)
• Brisbane, Australia: 2:00 pm (AEST)
• Melbourne, Australia: 2:00 pm {AEST)
• Perth, Australia: 12:00 noon (AWST)

Meeting link: Join Zoom Meeting

• Meeting ID: 853 6814 2158 ~- Password: 401992~

Proposed Agenda:

1. Approval of Minutes:

• Minutes from Meeting No. 18

2. RSE Skills

• ARDC question about appropriate RSE skill set.
  • Feedback on draft skill set required for researchers transitioning into RSE space.

    How can we represent that transitional space?

  • [NM] to report on a discussion with ARDC representatives.
  • Slides - ARDC Skills Landscape (draft) - see slide 8 (Research Software Engineering)

3. National Research Software Agenda

• ARDC has asked for concrete ideas on how they can provide resources to help put RSE-AUNZ on a path to sustainability and growth.
• Note: a proposal has been submitted to eResearch Australasia 2021 for a BoF on Sustainable Communities, which may develop into a 'community of communities' that are also dealing with the issues of sustainability.

4. Planning Activities

• NZRSE Birds of a Feather session
• Steering Committee Election 2021

5. Actions From Previous Minutes:

• [NM] Finalize and forward 'RSE-AUNZ response to the Agenda' to the ARDC - done
• [NL] Follow up with the candidate for a Casual Vacancy and arrange to have them submit an entry in the nominations page.
• [All] Posts for Website: outcome of sessions at conferences, RSE Stories, International RSE Council, etc.

6. Website

Folder and template for draft website posts: Website Posts

7. Any Other Business

• Proposed next meeting: 2pm (AEST) on Tues. 28th September, 2021.

(MS: Edited to update zoom details)

[manodeep]

We need these additional items:

• Plan the NZRSE BoF
• Plan the elections

We have not heard back about the eRA BoF right?

[nrmay]

Done. eRA'21 proposal results are due at the end of August.

[manodeep]

Submit a pull request to mark RSE-AUNZ not as a temporary organisation and instead a full-fledged

[manodeep]

Adopt a governance