Re: [Discuss] [Instructors] workshop at Monsanto in St Louis in April

2015-03-06 Thread Michael Selik
This also makes me think of my old volunteer bicycle repair club. We salvaged abandoned bikes and sold them for $50 or $100, just to pay for parts and to increase the chance we were giving the bike to a good owner. We also offered free repair help. Local bike shops had mixed feelings. We may have

Re: [Discuss] [Instructors] workshop at Monsanto in St Louis in April

2015-03-06 Thread Williams, Jason
My opinion (an and only my opinion) now is that there has been significant discussion on this topic. I would argue that to spare everyone's inbox, it's now the board's responsibility to react with proposals that are sensitive to the dialogue. The board has been meeting weekly (until this week)

Re: [Discuss] [Instructors] workshop at Monsanto in St Louis in April

2015-03-06 Thread Michael Selik
The major question for open-source is how to avoid making a wealth transfer from one set of engineers (the creators of open-source) to another, non-intersecting set (the freeloaders of open-source). For software, there's enough of an intersection between users and creators that the creators appear

Re: [Discuss] Any SWC Folks in and around San Jose (CA)?

2015-03-06 Thread Williams, Jason
It would be nice to have a calendar or some system for helping Instructors identify in-person meet-up possibilities, esp. at conferences. Jason Williams Lead - iPlant Collaborative Education, Outreach, and Training DNA Learning Center Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 1 Bungtown

Re: [Discuss] A useful little Git I just screwed up FAQ

2015-03-06 Thread Erik Bray
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Greg Wilson gvwil...@software-carpentry.org wrote: On 2015-03-05 11:52 AM, Olav Vahtras wrote: To add some humor: the random git man page generator http://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/ What git may look like to novices :-) I am currently seeking

Re: [Discuss] [Instructors] workshop at Monsanto in St Louis in April

2015-03-06 Thread Raniere Silva
Just a note on terminology (sorry, I have OCD) before it all gets confused. To clarify, does the suggestion not-for-profit don't pay mean they pay only admin fee not the market rate? And for-profit pay the market (well, whatever SCF will decide it to be) rate? This would solve (?) the

[Discuss] Any SWC Folks in and around San Jose (CA)?

2015-03-06 Thread Peter Steinbach
Hi - I'll be at the GTC2015 at San Jose Convention Center in about a week from now (March 16th to 20th). I was wondering if other SWC Instructors will be there as well to meet up and exchange experiences on teaching the material? As I'll be there the whole week, meeting somewhere close in the

Re: [Discuss] Any SWC Folks in and around San Jose (CA)?

2015-03-06 Thread Ted Hart
I'm on the Peninsula and I'd be happy to meet-up sometime. I know there's more folks in the city too if we could organize a larger group. Best, Ted On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:21 AM Peter Steinbach stein...@mpi-cbg.de wrote: Hi - I'll be at the GTC2015 at San Jose Convention Center in about a

Re: [Discuss] A useful little Git I just screwed up FAQ

2015-03-06 Thread Joshua Ryan Smith Ph.D.
bad joke On Mar 6, 2015, at 10:14, Erik Bray erik.m.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Greg Wilson gvwil...@software-carpentry.org wrote: On 2015-03-05 11:52 AM, Olav Vahtras wrote: To add some humor: the random git man page generator

Re: [Discuss] Any SWC Folks in and around San Jose (CA)?

2015-03-06 Thread Matt Davis
I emailed Peter off-list, but wanted to point out the SF Python Meetup on March 18 as a possible meeting point: http://www.meetup.com/sfpython/events/220949757/ I'll be giving a tutorial on scientific Python stuff at that meetup if anyone wanted to help with that! Best, Matt On Fri, Mar 6, 2015