We place value in showing up and staying in touch.
We want to be receptive to ideas from everyone
Sticking to a project timeline to stay on top of tasks will benefit us in the long run.
Shared Expectations
We will be responsive to one another.
We’ll do our best to respond to texts day-of, and ideally within a few hours depending on their urgency.
We’ll have grace for one another as the difficult end of term approaches.
We’ll meet regularly.
Class time
Extra weekly meeting Fridays 3:30-4:30pm
Communication
We have a groupchat through WhatsApp that works for our day-to-day communication.
For documents and larger pieces of information, we have a shared Google Drive folder.
At the moment, we’re working out of a “planning” doc in that folder.
How will we solve disagreements?
Most disagreements can be resolved through direct, honest communication.
Assuming that we all have the best intentions will help keep tensions low.
If one of us has a significant difference of opinion, we will talk through available options.
We are open to compromise.
Division of responsibilities
Datamaster: Julia
Webmaster: Angie
Scribe: Becca
Data Analyst: Maddy
Personal Strengths and Weaknesses
Becca:
Strengths:
I have some experience with looking at textual analysis data and drawing larger conclusions — I can do broad takeaways
I am a Reader of the Carletonian
I’m comfortable writing up our findings and processes
I’m organized and can play a slightly larger administrative / documenting role to help ease the load off of the people who are doing more data-heavy work
I’ve used the archives before and I love sorting through print records and doing ‘analog’ research, if we need to do that
Weaknesses:
I don’t think I have a good handle on data cleaning with regular expressions
I get turned around easily when it comes to thinking through the details of the data transformations we’ll have to do
I am horrendously under the gun with my other projects this term, and it looks like all three will be due around the same time
Julia:
Strengths
I have patience with problem solving and annoying data problems, decent with openrefine and sheets
Good idea of the bigger picture we’re trying to achieve in this project, excited about it
Weaknesses
Tend to have an out of sight, out of mind mindset when it comes to deadlines, I need to make smaller deadlines to get work done
I don’t like asking for help lol
Angie:
Weaknesses:
Too many ideas
Overcommitted in extracurricular activities
Doesn’t really understand OpenRefine
Strengths:
Good at being pragmatic
Enjoys the coding aspect of website building
Takes pleasure in delving into the nitty-gritty minutia of things
Maddy:
Weaknesses:
Takes a while to familiarize self with new tools/technologies
Can be too much of a detail-oriented perfectionist
Sometimes my priorities can be off and I lose sight of the bigger picture in a project
Strengths:
Like to finish projects thoroughly and do quality work
I like organizing information which I think can translate to cleaning data and making a story out of it
Tedious or mind numbing data work doesn’t bother me
