Onboarding resources for DSWB members

[malvikasharan]

Summary

Here we will discuss and gather information that needs to be provided to new members when onboarding them to DSWB. This will also be helpful for all DSWB members in staying familiar with resources available to them.

What information is needed to onboard DSWB members

• Website with general information about the projects and partners
  • Website is in progress. Different members providing text for their respective work.
• Initial proposal draft and workplans
  • Identify where they are currently stored
• Participation guideline and policies
• Reporting mechanism
• Access to tools and resources
  • APHRC Google drive
  • Discord
  • GitHub organisation: aphrc-dswb
  • Calendar/meeting invites
  • Subscribe to Newsletter (when available):
    • OSPO Now member to provide support as needed Provide support to APHRC on newsletter content, updates, review, or feedback.  #2
• For PhD and postdocs
  • Training materials
    • Zenodo community: dswb-community
    • Other references (where are they listed?)
  • Workshops and event information
  • What funding and support is available to them
  • Mentorship plans
• Project report (where are these located?)
• Do we have a vision, mission and roadmap document yet?

Main contacts from each institution

• LSHTM: Tathagata
• OSPONow: Precious and Malvika
• AHRI: Akililu
• IRRESEF: Moctar
• DGH: Anicet
• CODATA: Jay
• Makerere: Joyce

Policies and procedures

• Travel policies
• Limitation for funding
• Reporting obligations
• Working group remit
• Pathfinders remit

Identify where these are stored and how we can make them findable and accessible.

Any update since the issue was opened

• We will mostly be working with APHRC team on this issue