Proposal: Social meetup for Nordic and Baltic

[naoe-tatara]

Title of the session: Nordic&Baltic get-to-gether

Session details

• Session type: Informal meetup

• Keywords: Nordic, Baltic, community building

• Permission to record this session: No

Abstract

A great opportunity to meet, reconnect Carpentries community members in Nordic and Baltic countries! We would like to have something between social meetup and breakout discussion where we will discuss interesting and useful topics by sharing our experiences. Ideas for topics would include but not limited to:

1. Who's who in the Nordics? Get to know our fellow Carpenters in the Nordic and Baltic countries, brainstorm CarpentryConnect 2021
2. How can be better describe the skill level for our participants?
3. How can we increase the number of institutions in our region regularly offering Carpentries workshops?
4. How can we recruit a more diverse - and more sustainable instructor and helper base?
5. Community Building for local communities: Events, meeting places (online, IRL), engagement
6. How can we address our learners' needs beyond the "basic" Carpentries workshops?
7. Hands-on: Let's make a website for our community: Inviting for new people, informative, fun, and reliably

Please comment and suggest any new ideas in the issue!

Personal details

• Name or pseudoname of the session lead: @naoe-tatara

• Co-leads' names (we recommend involving 2 helpers/co-leads): @arockenberger (We will recruit one more.)

• Email or other ways to contact the session leads/co-leads:

• Country of residence and/or compatible Time Zones (provide options): GMT/CEST/EEST

• Would you like to present this multiple times, in other time zones: No

• Would you like to volunteer to be listed as a wrangler/host for your time zone: No, but @naoe-tatara can be a host for this session.

Is there any help you would like to invite from the community? Please provide below in bullet points.

• No at the moment. We will update co-lead information as a comment to this, but if we cannot recruit any, we may need some help.

• Other comment:

  • We would like to have this event in August.
  • Comments and inputs for topics to discuss are welcome!