[Yt-dev] Interest in a yt Workshop?

david collins antpuncher at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 11:53:52 PDT 2011


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.

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.

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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