Welcome to the 2024 NMFS Openscapes Champions Program for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This is the website for the three NOAA Fisheries Cohorts running concurrently in Fall 2024 with research teams and individuals from across NMFS Centers and Offices.
Cohorts A, B, C will meet via Zoom five times over two months for 1.5 hours each. Agendas are accessible to Cohort participants in our Cohort Google Drive Folders; they are an archive of our live google-doc'ing. Please see https://openscapes.org/series to view blank versions of the agendas.
Cohort A
- Dates: October 8, 22, November 5, 19, December 3
- Times: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT
- CohortFolder
Cohort B
- Dates: October 9, 23, November 6, 20, December 4
- Times: 10:00 - 11:30 am PT
- CohortFolder
Cohort C
- Dates: October 9, 23, November 6, 20, December 4
- Times: 1:00 - 2:30 pm PT
- CohortFolder
| Cohort Calls | Topics | Series Chapters | Seaside Chat Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call 1 | Openscapes mindset | mindset, better science for future us - Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Report process - a SAR Story (recording) | Pathway trailhead; create GitHub accounts |
| Call 2 | GitHub for publishing & project management | publishing, project management | Shared organizing with GitHub |
| Call 3 | Team culture and data strategies for future us | team culture, data strategies - California Current Ecosystem Status Report Automation (recording) | Onboarding documentation |
| Call 4 | Open communities & intro to Cloud workflows | open communities, coding strategies & intro to Cloud workflows | Pathways preparation |
| Call 5 | Pathways share & next steps | pathways |
Coworking sessions are where get our own work done at the same time together. Sometimes, this means quiet work with check-ins to break up focused work and get feedback, and sometimes this involves asking questions and screensharing to learn and problem solve. We will make breakout rooms in Zoom so people working on related themes can meet and learn from each other.
Participants across all three Fall 2024 NMFS Openscapes Champions Cohorts are welcome and encouraged to join a Coworking session in the weeks between Cohort Calls.
Coworking Date-Times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 -1:00 pm PT every second
week: Oct 15, 17, 29*, 31, Nov 12, 14, 26, 28.
*Tuesday Oct 29 will be 11:00 - 12:00 PT.
Some brief information about participants. Please add any edits directly (we’ll learn how in our GitHub Clinic!)
- PIFSC Socioeconomics: My name is Crystal Dombrow and I analyze socioeconomic cost-earnings survey data from small boat fisheries in the Pacific Islands region.
- Alaska HCD: Our team works on EFH in AK. We are interested in learning best practices for data workflow and report writing. You can see more here: Alaska Essential Fish Habitat. Names: Skylar Bayer, Mallarie Yeager, Molly Zaleski, Mason Smith.
Julie Lowndes (@jules32), Openscapes
Stefanie Butland (@stefaniebutland), Openscapes
Eli Holmes (@eeholmes), NMFS Open Science
Jon Peake (@jonpeake), NMFS Open Science
NMFS Openscapes Mentors
- NMFS Openscapes Champions Cohorts
- Our path to better science in less time using open data science tools (Lowndes et al. 2017) - This describes a marine science team’s transition to open collaborative teamwork. It was the original inspiration for creating the Champions Program and heavily influences the Core Lessons. We’ll ask that everyone participating reads it before our first Cohort Call.
- Supercharge your research: a ten-week plan for open data science (Lowndes et al. 2019) - This was co-authored with the inaugural Champions Cohort, capturing the most valuable take-aways for marine and environmental science early career faculty.
- Shifting institutional culture to develop climate solutions with Open Science (Lowndes et al. 2019) - This was co-authored by Openscapes mentors across organizations – including NASA Earthdata, NOAA Fisheries, EPA, California Water Boards, Pathways to Open Science, Fred Hutch Cancer Center.