Membership FAQ

• Bronze membership is an excellent option for any organisation starting out with The Carpentries and wanting to quickly bring data and computational training to their community. The Bronze level is also great for introducing your local community to The Carpentries and building interest for Instructor Training.
• Silver and Gold memberships are ideal for organisations wanting to quickly build capacity for training in their community.
• Platinum memberships are best for organisations that would like to continue building capacity for training and already have a group of local Carpentries Instructors capable of running Self-Organised workshops.
• Titanium memberships are suited for organisations who do not need coordinated workshops or Instructor Training seats but would like to maintain their membership status, financially support The Carpentries, and connect with other Members. To be eligible for Titanium membership, organisations must have at least one prior year of membership.
  
  

Organisations supporting Instructor Trainers, who engage in service activities to teach and support newly trained Instructors across our global community, may be eligible for a discount to their membership fee equivalent to six (6) seats in Instructor Training per active Instructor Trainer. Members can choose whether they would like to have the Trainer discount applied as a monetary discount or as added benefits. This discount is available at any membership level, for each trainer who has participated in the following up to 1 year prior to renewal:

• teach at least two (2) Instructor Training events for the global Carpentries community.

How soon after signing my membership can I get started with Instructor Training?

In your 12 month membership period, we will be offering at least 6-8 online events scheduled across various timezones. To view a full list of upcoming training events please see our Instructor Training Calendar. Your trainees are invited to join any event(s) that suits their schedule(s), either as a group or individually, along with new trainees from other parts of our community.
It is difficult to schedule events in every time zone, so your trainees are always welcome to join scheduled online events in adjacent time zones, given the times are reasonable for their schedule. However, knowing this may not be ideal for you, we will work with you to schedule an online event based on your needs and our Trainers’ availability. To ensure that we can meet everyone’s needs, we generally like to schedule these events 2-3 months in advance. Once this event is scheduled, we may invite people from other sites to join as well, to begin to build community in your part of the world.

In the case of no shows, if extenuating circumstances have prevented a trainee from cancelling, contacting, or attending an event, they may request permission to register for an additional event using the same registration code by emailing instructor.training@carpentries.org. IMPORTANT: Requests to re-register must be received within 7 days after the end date of the training.

In the event of partial absences trainees who miss up to 4 hours (1 half day) of an event can schedule a 45-minute 1:1 makeup meeting to complete their training with The Carpentries Director of Workshops and Training.

Ineligibility for Makeup Opportunities: Trainees who miss an event in full without cancelling within 7 days (no-show) or who miss part of an event but do not request a makeup opportunity within 7 days are ineligible to register for a new training event using the same registration code. Trainees interested in completing training may contact instructor.training@carpentries.org to be advised on their options for re-admission.