malvikasharan/task-forces

A repository for The Carpentries Task Force charters

The Carpentries Task Forces

The Carpentries uses Task Forces to explore ideas and make updates in policy, procedures and guidelines. Task forces bring together a small group of people focused on a particular topic for a set period of time. Task forces are proposed by the community, Lesson Programs, Carpentries Core Team and Executive Council, and are approved by the Executive Council.

Each Task Force includes:

• A Task Force Charter that outlines the context, objectives and deliverables of the Task Force
• A set timeline for the start and completion of the task force work
• An associated public facing GitHub project for information about the Task Force during its work

A Task Force report is shared with the Executive Council upon completion of the work, and deliverables are developed and shared as outlined in the Task Force Charter.

Task Force Charter template

The current mechanism for creation of a Task Force is for the Executive Council or Core Team to identify needs for information gathering or updates in current policies, guidelines or products, and collaboratively draft a Charter with relevant members of the community. Members of the community interested in proposing or leading a Task Force should get in touch with the Executive Council at [email protected].

This is a repository for our Task Force Charters and associated GitHub project boards.

2020 Task Forces

• COVID-19 Response Task Force

2019 Task Forces

• Incidents Outside The Carpentries Code of Conduct Committee Task Force
• Sponsorship Exploration Task Force
• Articulating The Carpentries Values Task Force

2018 Task Forces

• Code of Conduct Reporting and Enforcement Guidelines Task Force

• The Carpentries Instructor Feedback Report Working Group