<div dir="ltr"><img width="238" height="82" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gzia7Yy7N2GLuV5lPLKAZ5cWEQf4ivLxpdPbm8gl9TEgaB46xDCbPMfzL9u9lnW3BRQLA2r79K77YIwvMhzqNSSwbAm4CbzDFLY9xRCiwe01g2u0kZF052hMJj6HOGbKLg" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="font-size: 12.8px; border: none;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What's a Docathon?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It's a week-long sprint where we focus our efforts on improving the state of documentation in the open-source and open-science world. This means writing better documentation, building tools, and sharing skills.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who’s this for?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anyone who is interested in improving the understandability, accessibility, and clarity of software! This might mean developers with a particular project, or individuals who would like to contribute to a project. You don’t need to use a specific language (though there will be many Python and R developers) and you don’t need to be a core developer in order to help out.</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where can I sign up?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out the </span><a href="https://bids.github.io/docathon/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Docathon website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You can sign up as a </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/AaW2b24mMxOutxt02" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">participant</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/0cPpw01zehrEyDDE3" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">suggest a project</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to work on, or sign up </span><a href="https://bids.github.io/docathon/pages/hosting.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to host your own</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> remote Docathon wherever you like. You don’t have to use a specific language - we’ll be as accommodating as possible!</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When is the Docathon?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Docathon will be held </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">March 6 through March 10</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. For those coming to BIDS, on the first day we'll have tutorials about documentation and demos of documentation tools, followed by a few hours of hacking. During the middle of the week, we'll set aside a few hours each afternoon for hacking as a group at BIDS. On the last day, we'll have a wrap-up event to show off what everybody worked on.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where will the Docathon take place?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are a </span><a href="https://bids.github.io/docathon/pages/hosts.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">few docathons being held simultaneously</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, each with their own schedule. At Berkeley we'll have a physical presence at BIDS over the week, and we encourage you to show up for the hours we set aside for doc hacking. However, it is totally fine to work remotely; we will coordinate people via email/GitHub, too.</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where can I get more information?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out an updated schedule, list of tutorials, and more information at our website here: </span><a href="http://bids.github.io/docathon" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bids.github.io/docathon</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions, open an issue on our </span><a href="https://github.com/BIDS/docathon" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GitHub repo</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We look forward to hearing from you!</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-2507425507281187019inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who may be interested. We'd love for other institutions/groups to get involved.</span></p>
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