End of 2018 Reminders: Admin Training, GCC2019 Training Topic Nominations, and GalaxyAdmins meetups topics
by Dave Clements
Happy Holidays all!
A couple of reminders before 2019 arrives:
- *Galaxy Admin Training
<https://galaxyproject.org/events/2019-admin-training/>*, January
28-February 1. Learn best practices for installing and supporting your own
Galaxy service. Split into a 2-day intro session, and a 3 day advanced
session. *Advance registration ends December 31, and then rates go up
by, um, a lot. Register by Monday.*
- *GCC2019 Training Topic Nominations
<https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-gcc2019-training-nomination/> end
31 December! * Nominated topics will be voted on by the community in
January. Topics nominated thus far are here
<https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2019/training/#training-topic-nominat...>.
Please nominate new topics here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fBPjEmw7Td52rhBnC0SvflnQCD7Ue5IMJ9RkM0Sj...>,
and if you want to expand on existing nominations
<https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2019/training/#training-topic-nominat...>
you can edit the hub directly, or send the edits to me. (Note: I suspect,
but don't know, that we'll extend this deadline into early January.)
- *GalaxyAdmins meetups
<https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-admins/>* will resume in
2019 <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-admins/>. If you
have ideas for meetup topics, please nominate them
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv257YcdQQO7gp3K4USoBzqkd-UDEbl...>
.
- We need your project ideas for *Google Summer of Code 2019*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv257YcdQQO7gp3K4USoBzqkd-UDEbl...>*.
*Please add your project ideas to the proposal, either directly on this
page <http://gmod.org/wiki/GSOC_Project_Ideas_2019> (requires an
account), of via this online form <http://bit.ly/gsoc-2019-ogi-propose>.
Finally, for those of you not on Twitter, I can't resist sharing this post
from Martin Čech
<https://twitter.com/martenson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtime...>
.
See you in the new year,
Dave C
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Fwd: Please nominate training topics for GCC2019 by Dec 31
by Dave Clements
Hi All,
In case you missed it, the call for training topic nominations is now
open. See below for details. I would particularly like to encourage
people on this list to consider nominating topics.
Thanks,
Dave C
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Dave Clements <clements(a)galaxyproject.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:40 PM
Subject: Please nominate training topics for GCC2019 by Dec 31
To: Galaxy Dev List <galaxy-dev(a)lists.galaxyproject.org>
Cc: Bérénice Batut <berenice.batut(a)gmail.com>
Hi All,
The *2019 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2019)*
<https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2019/> will be held in be held in
*Freiburg,
Germany, 1-6 July*. Like previous Galaxy Community Conferences
<https://galaxyproject.org/gcc/>, GCC2019 will feature invited keynotes,
accepted talks, posters, demos, birds-of-a-feather gatherings and *training*.
The format of GCC2019 will be a bit different than the previous years: it
starts with 1 day of training and then 3 days with more specialized
training sessions aligned with talks. *You can read more about the new
format on the conference FAQ
<https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2019/faq/#what-will-be-the-format-for...>.*
*The training topics that are offered are determined by the community so BY
YOU!
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fBPjEmw7Td52rhBnC0SvflnQCD7Ue5IMJ9RkM0Sj...>*
Please give some thought to what topics you would like to see offered, or
that you would like to offer, and then submit them as topic nominations
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fBPjEmw7Td52rhBnC0SvflnQCD7Ue5IMJ9RkM0Sj...>
.
Nominated topics can cover a wide range. For example:
- Introduction to Using Galaxy
- Scientific topic oriented trainings
- Community specific trainings
- Development and administration around Galaxy
- Train the trainers
This list only shows some examples. *Any topic of interest to the Galaxy
Community can be nominated and you are encouraged to nominate more than one
topic.* If you are looking for ideas, see the topic nominated in: 2016
<https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-update/bit.ly/gcc2016noms>,
2015
<https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-update/bit.ly/gcc2015vote>,
2014 <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-update/bit.ly/1s6NtMN>,
2013 <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-update/bit.ly/1i2j1gN>
and the Galaxy Events page
<https://galaxyproject.org/news/2018-12-galaxy-update/galaxyproject.org/ev...>
.
Training nomination is open from *December, 1st* to *December, 31*. Topics
will be compiled into a uniform list by the GCC2019 Organizing Committee,
and topics will be voted on by the Galaxy Community from *January,
15th* to *January,
31st*.
8 months, 2 weeks