[OGRUG] R-UG-Ottawa Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

[ProfJCNash]

uottawa is probably "easy" on a Saturday, less so (doors locked) on 
Sunday, and essentially impossible to book rooms other times due to 
regular needs.

When are the dates envisaged?

JN


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> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:07:35 -0400
> From: Tyler Smith <tyler at plantarum.ca>
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> Subject: [OGRUG] software carpentry training in December
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> Hi folks,
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> The Software Carpentry group has announced a new round of R instructor
> training. This is a two-day workshop this December, aimed at proficient
> R users who wish to learn to train others to use R. They also work with
> Bash, Python, Git, SQL, and other tools useful in data analysis. The
> details are here:
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> http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2015/10/call-for-instructor-training.html
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> The training is free, but there is an expectation that instructors will
> host a 2-day training workshop for new R users at their own institution
> in the 6 months following the workshop. The training will actually be
> delivered via web conference, so we can 'attend' wherever we like, given
> we can get 6-8 people together with a reliable web connection.
>
> Questions for the list:
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> 1. Is anyone interested (or know someone who might be) in joining me on
> an application to attend the instructor training?
> 2. If so, are you interested in hosting an R training course sometime
> next spring? I'm happy to coordinate this, or help to do so, however is
> useful. I can host here at Ag Canada (Carling Avenue), but another venue
> would be preferable as we have really spotty internet connection in our
> conference rooms.
>
> Best,
>
> Tyler
>