[yt-dev] 2nd yt workshop

[Casey W. Stark]

Hi Matt.

I would definitely go to a little west coast meetup.

- Casey


On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Okay, what about the second set of dates?  March 4-8?
>
> Although, to be perfectly honest, after how active the list has been
> and how many things there have been discussed that would benefit from
> -- or may even *require* -- in person contact, I am a bit bummed that
> we can't get together sooner, to do things like talk about testing,
> release schedules, better SPH/particle support, codifying analysis
> modules and figuring out some packaging issues.
>
> In December there's a scientific software workshop at TACC:
>
> http://scisoftdays.org/meetings/2012/
>
> Is anyone interested in going, and if so, perhaps having an in-person
> meeting in the area held in conjunction with this?  Or, if not, then
> maybe triyng to have a west coast meeting in December?  By then I
> think the job scramble should have subsided considerably (certainly I
> am counting on it for myself!) even if it picks up again a bit later.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would prefer not the first set of dates.  I have a thing in Austin, TX
> on
> > February 17.
> >
> > Britton
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> Okay, after a week or so we've had 13 positive responses.  January is
> >> the worst month, so I'd like to suggest we investigate either February
> >> or March.  California is the clear winner for locations, which I think
> >> will also help out a lot with funding and with overall atmosphere.
> >>
> >> I'd like to propose we start talking about one of the following three
> >> weeks -- we should then narrow down to a subset of days in the week.
> >> Can anyone think of existing conflicts for, or obvious preferences
> >> among:
> >>
> >> 1) February 18-22
> >> 2) March 4-8
> >> 3) March 25-29
> >>
> >> (An advantage of this time frame is that the elephant seals will be at
> >> Año Nuevo, if we end up spending time at Santa Cruz.)  Once we have
> >> narrowed down the week, we can write a proposal to HIPACC as Chris
> >> suggested, and proceed from there.
> >>
> >> I think this could be a very, very successful meeting for our community.
> >>
> >> -Matt
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Christopher Moody <cemoody at ucsc.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> > Sorry to join this conversation late. I've talked about this (very
> >> > briefly!)
> >> > with Joel Primack for HIPACC funding, and he was very supportive that
> >> > this
> >> > we should write up a proposal. He comes back from China next week, so
> I
> >> > can
> >> > bring it up again then.
> >> >
> >> > Santa Cruz is a bit warmer than Chicago in January...
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> We've had a good number of responses so far, all of them "Yes!".  If
> >> >> you're a regular contributor to either the mailing list or the code
> >> >> base, it would be really beneficial to submit a "Nope" response if
> you
> >> >> know you wouldn't be able to attend.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0
> >> >>
> >> >> -Matt
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Turk <
> matthewturk at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I like this idea a lot.  We had a really good success with this
> >> >> > year's
> >> >> > workshop, and I think we can build on that with a
> development-focused
> >> >> > workshop sometime early next year.  I particularly like the way
> >> >> > Nathan
> >> >> > posed it:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "...to have a group of us in a room together for a few days to hash
> >> >> > out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear about the
> >> >> > science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving
> the
> >> >> > code."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > My life is going to be a little bit complicated for a couple
> months,
> >> >> > but I think aiming for a Winter quarter workshop would be best, as
> I
> >> >> > think that will minimize conflicts with the usual fall
> >> >> > obligations/cycle.  Unless there are strong arguments to hold the
> >> >> > workshop in New York / Boulder, we should probably look into
> hosting
> >> >> > in California somewhere.  (One respondent to the usage workshop we
> >> >> > had
> >> >> > this year was, "Chicago in January?  Really?")  I think we should
> >> >> > certainly investigate HIPACC as an opportunity for funding, as well
> >> >> > as
> >> >> > the NSF; once we have figured out if we're going to hold it and
> >> >> > where,
> >> >> > we can begin those processes.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Before we start digging in to properly planning something, we
> should
> >> >> > definitely get a better idea of who would be interested in
> attending.
> >> >> > I've set up a little survey here:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Responses both for and against are useful information.  In a few
> days
> >> >> > we'll see how things have turned out and we can take it from there.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -Matt
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Anthony Scopatz <
> scopatz at gmail.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> Matt and I talked about doing a yt-dev workshop at some point in
> the
> >> >> >> near-ish future.  I am definitely +1 to this idea.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Be Well
> >> >> >> Anthony
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Nathan Goldbaum
> >> >> >> <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Hi Kacper,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Right now there are no official plans for a yt workshop.
>  However,
> >> >> >>> a
> >> >> >>> few
> >> >> >>> of us have discussed the possibility of having a
> >> >> >>> development-focused
> >> >> >>> workshop for ~20 people at UC Santa Cruz for 3-4 days sometime in
> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >>> Winter
> >> >> >>> quarter (Jan - Mar 2013).  I put forward UCSC as a possible
> >> >> >>> location
> >> >> >>> since
> >> >> >>> there are a decent number of active users/developers here and in
> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >>> Bay
> >> >> >>> area, however I think a meeting in Boulder or NYC probably makes
> >> >> >>> just
> >> >> >>> as
> >> >> >>> much sense.  For any of the options, we will need to look into
> >> >> >>> funding
> >> >> >>> for
> >> >> >>> travel, hotels, etc for the participants.  I know that we applied
> >> >> >>> for
> >> >> >>> an NSF
> >> >> >>> grant for the users workshop, is that still possible this time
> >> >> >>> around?
> >> >> >>> If
> >> >> >>> it's going to be in California and we can make a case that there
> >> >> >>> will
> >> >> >>> be a
> >> >> >>> good number of participants from UCs, we can probably apply for
> >> >> >>> funding from
> >> >> >>> HIPACC, although we need to discuss this possibility further with
> >> >> >>> Joel
> >> >> >>> Primack.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> I guess this is as good a time as any to ask: how do people feel
> >> >> >>> about
> >> >> >>> having a dev workshop sometime in the Winter quarter?  If you're
> >> >> >>> supportive,
> >> >> >>> do you have any preference for a location?  Personally I think it
> >> >> >>> will
> >> >> >>> be
> >> >> >>> very productive to have a group of us in a room together for a
> few
> >> >> >>> days to
> >> >> >>> hash out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear
> about
> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >>> science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving
> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >>> code.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Cheers,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Nathan
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Kacper Kowalik wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> > Hi all,
> >> >> >>> > I'd like to ask if there are any plans on organizing 2nd yt
> >> >> >>> > workshop?
> >> >> >>> > It's this time of the year when I need to apply for grants at
> my
> >> >> >>> > university and I'd very much like to include such event in the
> >> >> >>> > application :)
> >> >> >>> > Cheers,
> >> >> >>> > Kacper
> >> >> >>> >
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