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Thanks to these folks for hosting Scientiae in 2010!

March: A Lady Scientist

After some discussion in the Scientiae supporters google group, we've decided to move Scientiae to a quarterly system for the year, and then reevaluate whether Scientiae should retire in 2012. We've got hosts for March 15, June 15, and September 15 and December 15. The March 15 host will get the call up soon. Thanks for your continued support of Scientiae!

I am so pleased to announce the hosts for (most of) 2010!
March: A Lady Scientist
April: Biochem Belle
May: Patchi
June: RocketScientista
July: Jane B
August: Mrs. Comet Hunter
September: Karina, Aspiring Ecologist
October: Podblack Cat
November: EcoGeoFemme
December: Pat @ FairerScience

I'm so pleased to announce the new hosting lineup for the 2009 Scientiae season! Check out these great bloggers:

January: acmegirl at Thesis - With Children
February: Pat at FairerScience
March: Liberal Arts Lady -- ANNIVERSARY EDITION :-)
April: Candid Engineer
May: Katherine Haxton at Endless Possibilities 2.0
June: Science Woman at Sciencewomen
July: Patchi at My Middle Years
August: [waiting for confirmation]
September: Academic at Journeys of an Academic
October: [waiting for confirmation]
November: Cherish at Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's Cat
December: [waiting for confirmation]

Thanks so much to these volunteer hosts! Scientiae wouldn't be heading towards its THIRD YEAR without you.

The next intended host for Scientiae was going to be lost clown, but she has let me know she can't do it. So I'm looking for someone to take over the Dec 1 carnival IMMEDIATELY -- the call for posts needs to be submitted and then the carnival compiled to be published for Dec 1. Please please please if you can help, email Scientiae directly. I'll send you a hosting guide, and be happy to answer any questions you have.

I am also looking for hosts for 2009 -- if you'd like to host Scientiae, please also email Scientiae along with months that would be good for you and I'll do my best to coordinate.

Thanks to all volunteers, and particularly to someone who is willing to step in at the last minute for December...

Update: It's going to be ISIS! She volunteered first, and I'm psyched. Thanks to all the folks who volunteered at the last minute -- I'm going to follow up with you to see if you'd be willing to host some other month. THANKS again!!

Everyone, I am not sure what happened to the October Scientiae. I know Jen has been dealing with a bunch of personal stuff, so she may have decided that dealing with Scientiae was too much.

So that we don't lose two months, I've just invited Jane of See Jane Compute to start the November Carnival. Depending on what we hear from Jen and what Jane is willing to do as host, those of you who submitted posts for October might have them rolled into the November, or there might be a much-delayed October carnival posted sometime. I'll let you know.

Thanks for your patience. After all, sometimes RL gets in the way of blogging, and blogging is supposed to be fun or helpful but can also be a burden. If you're so inclined, send a shout-out of good wishes to Jen as she struggles with her real life burdens.

Cheers.

Wow, can you believe that Scientiae has been going for almost a year??! It was back on Feb 13 that I proposed a carnival on women in STEM, and there was tremendous and immediate enthusiasm. The first carnival was posted on March 1, and it hasn't stopped since (although it has slowed a little - now compiled once a month rather than twice).

So what should we do to mark this occasion? Jokerine has already hosted a reflective party, and very nice it was too.

Instead, let me reflect on the fact that March is the beginning of spring (yes, really!), a season for new beginnings. Let me solicit in particular posts that focus on "renewal." In particular, I'm thinking about discussions about what you find compelling about the science/work that you do, or what will get you through this next year, and what you hope for yourself (or for your profession, or for your discipline, or...) this time next year.

As always, general posts or posts that otherwise don't follow the theme are also welcome.

Send in your posts via the normal methods by Feb 29 5 pm EST (that's a freebie day!). And, if you'd like to be a host for Scientiae in Year 2, let me know also.

Hooray, hooray, Scientiae! Now entering its Terrible Twos!

2/23/08: Edited to add: I have just been alerted to the fact that I forgot to say WHERE the March Scientiae was being hosted. Oops. It will be at my blog, Rants of a Feminist Engineer. Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks to the folks who volunteered to host Scientiae this fall. Your hosts will be:

Oct 1: Wayfarer Scientista
Nov 1: Green Gabbro
Dec 1: A K8, A Cat, A Mission
Jan 1: Jokerine

Get your posting hats on for these folks, and thanks for participating!!

It's that time again where Scientiae needs a few good bloggers to host the carnival over the fall!  I'm looking for people to host the now-once-monthly carnival, so if you would be willing to help out, please email Scientiae (the email is in the sidebar) with the dates that would work best for you.  We can also be a little flexible for the publish date - a day or so either side of the 1st of the month is fine if it would make your life easier and more likely to volunteer to host. ;-)

Hope to hear from you soon!

January: acmegirl at Thesis - With Children
February: Pat at FairerScience
March: Liberal Arts Lady -- ANNIVERSARY EDITION :-)
April: Candid Engineer
May: Katherine Haxton at Endless Possibilities 2.0
June: Science Woman at Sciencewomen
July: Patchi at My Middle Years
August: Abel Pharmboy at Terra Sigillata
September: Academic at Journeys of an Academic
October: Mad Chemist Chick
November: Cherish at Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's Cat
December: Jokerine at Loveletters

Volunteer to host Scientiae

We're always looking for a few good hosts for Scientiae. If you're interested, then email us (email is in the sidebar) and we'll schedule you in, give you some hosting tips, and add you to the Scientiae Past Hosts list. Hope to hear from you soon!

Upcoming hosts
March: A Lady Scientist
April: Biochem Belle
May: Patchi
June: RocketScientista
July: Jane B
August: Mrs. Comet Hunter
September: Karina, Aspiring Ecologist
October: Podblack Cat
November: EcoGeoFemme
December: open

December 1: A k8, a cat, a mission
Nov 1: Green Gabbro
Oct 1: Wayfarer Scientista
September 1: Thus Spake Zuska
August 1: Twice
July 1: Amelie's Welt
June 15: Fairer Science Weblog
June 1: FemaleCSGradStudent
May 15: On being a scientist and a woman
May 1: Clarity
April 15: See Jane Compute
April 1: Lab Cat
March 15: post doc ergo propter doc
March 1: Rants of a Feminist Engineer

We're almost at the end of the list of folks who volunteered to host Scientiae way back when we started this gig - thank you so much to all those great hosts!

If you are interested in hosting Scientiae after FemaleCSGradStudent, please email me directly at skookumchick at gmail. Or leave a note in the comments here or at my blog. Thanks!

I'll try and update the Scientiae Blogrolls soon, sorry about the delay...

January: Jokerine
February: Fairer Science
March: Anniversary Edition, Rants of a Feminist Engineer
April: Women in Science
May: A Cat Nap
June: Thus Spake Zuska
July: Podblack Blog
August: Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's Cat
September: Lab Cat
October: no carnival, boo!
November:See Jane Compute
December:On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess