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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "53rd regular meeting" |
| 3 | +date: 2026-01-09 |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +7 ppl attended |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## Maintainathon (12-16 January 2026) |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +- The upcoming Maintainathon event was the central topic of this meeting. |
| 11 | +- Motivation and goals: |
| 12 | + - Promote best practices in computational archaeology and the wider research software community. |
| 13 | + - Encourage archaeologists to adopt sustainable coding habits. |
| 14 | + - Demystify maintenance and highlight that even small contributions matter for better accessibility. |
| 15 | +- Website and resources: |
| 16 | + - <https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon> (repository: <https://github.com/sslarch/maintainathon>) |
| 17 | + - Main content so far is the resources page at <https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon/resources.html#optimizing-for-speed-and-efficiency> |
| 18 | +- Social media strategy: |
| 19 | + - Frequent posts during the event through the SIG SSLA Mastodon account (mainly controlled by Zack Batist, with support from other SIG membergs). |
| 20 | + - The SIG SSLA mastodon account is bridged to Bluesky. Matteo Tomasini checks he bridge account in case questions/discussions emerge on Bluesky. |
| 21 | + - All SIG members are encouraged to check Mastodon daily, post, reblog posts, and generally amplify the event! |
| 22 | + - Topics to post about (some SIG members already announced what they want to work on): |
| 23 | + - Highlights from the Maintainathon resources (will be covered by the SIG SSLA account) |
| 24 | + - The upcoming SIG-related CAA2026 workshops: |
| 25 | + - "From Zero to Plotting: R for Anyone" (organised by Petr Pajdla) |
| 26 | + - "Code review and best practices in programming" (organised by Matteo Tomasini) |
| 27 | + - see <https://2026.caaconference.org/workshops-2> |
| 28 | + - Creating or updating roadmaps and README files |
| 29 | + - Removing old and unused dependencies |
| 30 | + - Adding .cff files to repositories (Sophie Schmidt) |
| 31 | + - aoristAAR updates (Martin Hinz) |
| 32 | + - New blog posts (Clemens Schmid) |
| 33 | +- Suggested hashtags: |
| 34 | + - #DigiArchMaintainathon (!) |
| 35 | + - #DigitalArchaeology |
| 36 | + - #ComputationalArchaeology |
| 37 | + - #maintainathon |
| 38 | +- To promote the event even before the week starts we want to reach out to the Digital Archaeology Discord and the archaeo.social matrix chat. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +## Ideas for invited speakers for SIG SSLA meetings in 2026 |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +- Possible overarching themes: |
| 43 | + - Open Source |
| 44 | + - Open Science |
| 45 | + - Agent-based modelling |
| 46 | + - Data storytelling / narrative approaches |
| 47 | + - Digital infrastructure and long-term preservation |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- Brainstorming for potential speakers: |
| 50 | + - Mark Lake: <https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/8693-mark-lake> |
| 51 | + - Sarah & Eric Cansa, Paulina Przystupa (Open Context): <https://opencontext.org/about/people> |
| 52 | + - Dries Daems (NASSA): <https://archaeology-abm.github.io/NASSA-hub> |
| 53 | + - Mike Burton (CoMSES Network): <https://www.comses.net> |
| 54 | + - Any of the contributors of <https://zenodo.org/records/10806319> |
| 55 | + - tDAR project members <https://core.tdar.org> |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +## Next SIG Meeting: Friday, February 6, 2026 |
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