Hi Matt.<div><br></div><div>I would definitely go to a little west coast meetup.</div><div><br></div><div>- Casey</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Matthew Turk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthewturk@gmail.com" target="_blank">matthewturk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
Okay, what about the second set of dates? March 4-8?<br>
<br>
Although, to be perfectly honest, after how active the list has been<br>
and how many things there have been discussed that would benefit from<br>
-- or may even *require* -- in person contact, I am a bit bummed that<br>
we can't get together sooner, to do things like talk about testing,<br>
release schedules, better SPH/particle support, codifying analysis<br>
modules and figuring out some packaging issues.<br>
<br>
In December there's a scientific software workshop at TACC:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://scisoftdays.org/meetings/2012/" target="_blank">http://scisoftdays.org/meetings/2012/</a><br>
<br>
Is anyone interested in going, and if so, perhaps having an in-person<br>
meeting in the area held in conjunction with this? Or, if not, then<br>
maybe triyng to have a west coast meeting in December? By then I<br>
think the job scramble should have subsided considerably (certainly I<br>
am counting on it for myself!) even if it picks up again a bit later.<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Britton Smith <<a href="mailto:brittonsmith@gmail.com">brittonsmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I would prefer not the first set of dates. I have a thing in Austin, TX on<br>
> February 17.<br>
><br>
> Britton<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Matthew Turk <<a href="mailto:matthewturk@gmail.com">matthewturk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> Okay, after a week or so we've had 13 positive responses. January is<br>
>> the worst month, so I'd like to suggest we investigate either February<br>
>> or March. California is the clear winner for locations, which I think<br>
>> will also help out a lot with funding and with overall atmosphere.<br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to propose we start talking about one of the following three<br>
>> weeks -- we should then narrow down to a subset of days in the week.<br>
>> Can anyone think of existing conflicts for, or obvious preferences<br>
>> among:<br>
>><br>
>> 1) February 18-22<br>
>> 2) March 4-8<br>
>> 3) March 25-29<br>
>><br>
>> (An advantage of this time frame is that the elephant seals will be at<br>
>> Año Nuevo, if we end up spending time at Santa Cruz.) Once we have<br>
>> narrowed down the week, we can write a proposal to HIPACC as Chris<br>
>> suggested, and proceed from there.<br>
>><br>
>> I think this could be a very, very successful meeting for our community.<br>
>><br>
>> -Matt<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Christopher Moody <<a href="mailto:cemoody@ucsc.edu">cemoody@ucsc.edu</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi everyone,<br>
>> > Sorry to join this conversation late. I've talked about this (very<br>
>> > briefly!)<br>
>> > with Joel Primack for HIPACC funding, and he was very supportive that<br>
>> > this<br>
>> > we should write up a proposal. He comes back from China next week, so I<br>
>> > can<br>
>> > bring it up again then.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Santa Cruz is a bit warmer than Chicago in January...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > chris<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Matthew Turk <<a href="mailto:matthewturk@gmail.com">matthewturk@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hi all,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> We've had a good number of responses so far, all of them "Yes!". If<br>
>> >> you're a regular contributor to either the mailing list or the code<br>
>> >> base, it would be really beneficial to submit a "Nope" response if you<br>
>> >> know you wouldn't be able to attend.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Matt<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Turk <<a href="mailto:matthewturk@gmail.com">matthewturk@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >> > Hi everyone,<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > I like this idea a lot. We had a really good success with this<br>
>> >> > year's<br>
>> >> > workshop, and I think we can build on that with a development-focused<br>
>> >> > workshop sometime early next year. I particularly like the way<br>
>> >> > Nathan<br>
>> >> > posed it:<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > "...to have a group of us in a room together for a few days to hash<br>
>> >> > out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear about the<br>
>> >> > science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving the<br>
>> >> > code."<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > My life is going to be a little bit complicated for a couple months,<br>
>> >> > but I think aiming for a Winter quarter workshop would be best, as I<br>
>> >> > think that will minimize conflicts with the usual fall<br>
>> >> > obligations/cycle. Unless there are strong arguments to hold the<br>
>> >> > workshop in New York / Boulder, we should probably look into hosting<br>
>> >> > in California somewhere. (One respondent to the usage workshop we<br>
>> >> > had<br>
>> >> > this year was, "Chicago in January? Really?") I think we should<br>
>> >> > certainly investigate HIPACC as an opportunity for funding, as well<br>
>> >> > as<br>
>> >> > the NSF; once we have figured out if we're going to hold it and<br>
>> >> > where,<br>
>> >> > we can begin those processes.<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Before we start digging in to properly planning something, we should<br>
>> >> > definitely get a better idea of who would be interested in attending.<br>
>> >> > I've set up a little survey here:<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0</a><br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Responses both for and against are useful information. In a few days<br>
>> >> > we'll see how things have turned out and we can take it from there.<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > -Matt<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Anthony Scopatz <<a href="mailto:scopatz@gmail.com">scopatz@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> > wrote:<br>
>> >> >> Matt and I talked about doing a yt-dev workshop at some point in the<br>
>> >> >> near-ish future. I am definitely +1 to this idea.<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> Be Well<br>
>> >> >> Anthony<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Nathan Goldbaum<br>
>> >> >> <<a href="mailto:nathan12343@gmail.com">nathan12343@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> >> wrote:<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> Hi Kacper,<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> Right now there are no official plans for a yt workshop. However,<br>
>> >> >>> a<br>
>> >> >>> few<br>
>> >> >>> of us have discussed the possibility of having a<br>
>> >> >>> development-focused<br>
>> >> >>> workshop for ~20 people at UC Santa Cruz for 3-4 days sometime in<br>
>> >> >>> the<br>
>> >> >>> Winter<br>
>> >> >>> quarter (Jan - Mar 2013). I put forward UCSC as a possible<br>
>> >> >>> location<br>
>> >> >>> since<br>
>> >> >>> there are a decent number of active users/developers here and in<br>
>> >> >>> the<br>
>> >> >>> Bay<br>
>> >> >>> area, however I think a meeting in Boulder or NYC probably makes<br>
>> >> >>> just<br>
>> >> >>> as<br>
>> >> >>> much sense. For any of the options, we will need to look into<br>
>> >> >>> funding<br>
>> >> >>> for<br>
>> >> >>> travel, hotels, etc for the participants. I know that we applied<br>
>> >> >>> for<br>
>> >> >>> an NSF<br>
>> >> >>> grant for the users workshop, is that still possible this time<br>
>> >> >>> around?<br>
>> >> >>> If<br>
>> >> >>> it's going to be in California and we can make a case that there<br>
>> >> >>> will<br>
>> >> >>> be a<br>
>> >> >>> good number of participants from UCs, we can probably apply for<br>
>> >> >>> funding from<br>
>> >> >>> HIPACC, although we need to discuss this possibility further with<br>
>> >> >>> Joel<br>
>> >> >>> Primack.<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> I guess this is as good a time as any to ask: how do people feel<br>
>> >> >>> about<br>
>> >> >>> having a dev workshop sometime in the Winter quarter? If you're<br>
>> >> >>> supportive,<br>
>> >> >>> do you have any preference for a location? Personally I think it<br>
>> >> >>> will<br>
>> >> >>> be<br>
>> >> >>> very productive to have a group of us in a room together for a few<br>
>> >> >>> days to<br>
>> >> >>> hash out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear about<br>
>> >> >>> the<br>
>> >> >>> science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving<br>
>> >> >>> the<br>
>> >> >>> code.<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> Cheers,<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> Nathan<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Kacper Kowalik wrote:<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> > Hi all,<br>
>> >> >>> > I'd like to ask if there are any plans on organizing 2nd yt<br>
>> >> >>> > workshop?<br>
>> >> >>> > It's this time of the year when I need to apply for grants at my<br>
>> >> >>> > university and I'd very much like to include such event in the<br>
>> >> >>> > application :)<br>
>> >> >>> > Cheers,<br>
>> >> >>> > Kacper<br>
>> >> >>> ><br>
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