<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Mark Laufersweiler on The Carpentries</title><link>https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/author/mark-laufersweiler/</link><description>Recent content in Mark Laufersweiler on The Carpentries</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:02:38 -0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/author/mark-laufersweiler/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Library Carpentry Advisory Group Call for New Members</title><link>https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2020/12/call-for-new-members-library-carpentry-advisory-group/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2020/12/call-for-new-members-library-carpentry-advisory-group/</guid><description>&lt;p>The &lt;a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/advisory/">Library Carpentry Advisory Group&lt;/a> acts as a key friend to The Carpentries governance and Core Team and advises on ways to foster greater participation in the Library Carpentry community. The Advisory Group discusses, plans, and pursues strategies for involving new and current members in Library Carpentry. Members of the Group volunteer to serve three year terms, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership each year.&lt;/p>
&lt;h3 id="benefits-of-being-on-the-advisory-group">Benefits of Being on the Advisory Group&lt;/h3>
&lt;p>Advisory Group members have the opportunity to work closely with a global community of librarians, archivists, and information professionals dedicated to expanding data and computational skills in library and information science communities.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Workshop Participant Fees</title><link>https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2019/06/carpentries-workshops-fees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2019/06/carpentries-workshops-fees/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="workshop-participant-fees">Workshop Participant Fees&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>A frequently asked question by people running their first Carpentries workshop is whether or not they can (or should) charge people to attend.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>This blog post outlines some of the workshop organisation logistics that can help determine whether or not it makes sense to charge for a workshop.&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="workshop-costs">Workshop Costs&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>One of the major reasons to charge for a workshop is to cover costs. Common costs for a workshop can include:&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>