[Yt-dev] Interest in a yt Workshop?

[Matthew Turk]

Hi Dave,

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:53 PM, david collins <antpuncher at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had two dumb ideas:
>
> Do y'all think it might work as a splinter meeting off the winter AAS
> workshop?  As Britton said, a lot of people might be going to that,
> and making it a splinter meeting on Sunday not only allow us to save
> on travel but also get publicity.

Unfortunately, we're a bit too late:

http://aas.org/meetings/winter_session_organizer_deadlines.php

Although I do agree, it would be nice, even if it is a bit late.  (One
point twenty one gigawatts?!)  The other option if we wanted to
emphasize AAS would be to hold it in Austin but somewhere else,
although I can't speak to the feasibility of this.  We may even
overlap with one of the Enthought-sponsored Austin Python User Group
meetings.

That being said, I'm still rooting for Chicago, even if it's not as
feasible.  ;-)

>
> I was talking with someone here who went to a numerical workshop, and
> they handed out thumbdrives with full linux distros on them, so
> everyone had the same environment.  If there's money for something
> like that, it might be fun to have a full yt stack on thumb drives to
> minimize the startup cost at the workshop, if we want an interactive
> portion for new users.

This is a very good idea.  Maybe we could try it with Amazon EC2?  I
have had success building an AMI in the past, and it's very easy to
do...  although not free, and not local.  I do though like the idea of
thumb drives...  and I can't imagine it wouldn't be an interactive
workshop!

-Matt

>
> d.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Alright, so it looks at this point like most people on this list are in
>> favor of having a workshop sometime next year and in a place that is cheap
>> for people to get to.  As discussed earlier in this thread, it would be good
>> to start this whole thing with a users workshop to get more people involved
>> and to get them turned into developers if we can.  I think the next step is
>> to see how interested users would be in attending such a thing.  I will do
>> this now and we can pick up again once we see what users are feeling.
>>
>> Britton
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm also good with Chicago/NY (more towards Chicago).  That said, if
>>> enough people are going to Austin, would there be any point in tacking on to
>>> the end of that?  We might be able to pick up more new folks that are around
>>> for AAS.  Anyways, just a thought.  As I said I'm good with pretty much
>>> anywhere.
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Something else to keep in mind.  There is probably a nonzero number of
>>>> people who will be going to AAS, which is January 8-12 in Austin.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Awesome.  Let's try for Chicago, and it sounds like John wants
>>>>> January, which I would actually kind of prefer (Chicago and NYC are
>>>>> both so beautiful in the Winter!) and then everyone else is largely
>>>>> open to.  I'll reopen discussions in mid- to late-October, after I
>>>>> take a look at what is available during those periods.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > +1
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:31 PM, david collins <antpuncher at gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> +1 for Chicago.  I haven't had good pizza in forever.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> +1 for NYC for the same reason.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I'm good for any time in 2012.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> d.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:26 PM, John Wise <jwise at physics.gatech.edu>
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >> > Hi Matt,
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Both cities would work for me.  Personally I prefer January because
>>>>> >> > I
>>>>> >> > don't
>>>>> >> > have to teach next semester.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > John
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > On 09/06/2011 01:57 PM, Matthew Turk wrote:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Hi Sam, Jeff, Brian, GS et al,
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> I like the idea of an in person workshop in a town with a hub.
>>>>> >> >> Chicago would work well for a couple reasons, although I am still
>>>>> >> >> trying to see if NYC would be viable.  Should we aim to try to do
>>>>> >> >> this
>>>>> >> >> in the Spring, and then backburner discussion until, say, December
>>>>> >> >> or
>>>>> >> >> January?
>>>>> >> >
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