As a number of non-UK people (including some URSSI PIs) started attending UK RSE conferences, the SSI also supported activities to grow the international community. These self-developed and SSI-supported activities have led to RSE groups in Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries, the US, Canada, and South Africa, some of which have now held national workshops and conferences. The US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) formed in 2018, with the support and participation of three of the five URSSI PIs, and has 340 members as of February 2020. The US-RSE Association is centered around three main goals
Section 2.6.2, second para: you can add Australia and New Zealand and, since a few days ago, Belgium, to that list of RSE national associations. You might want to add that US-RSE is either the third (or possibly the second: go talk to the Germans) biggest association, despite being one of the younger ones.
As a number of non-UK people (including some URSSI PIs) started attending UK RSE conferences, the SSI also supported activities to grow the international community. These self-developed and SSI-supported activities have led to RSE groups in Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries, the US, Canada, and South Africa, some of which have now held national workshops and conferences. The US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) formed in 2018, with the support and participation of three of the five URSSI PIs, and has 340 members as of February 2020. The US-RSE Association is centered around three main goals