[yt-users] who is interested in a yt workshop?

[gso at physics.ucsd.edu]

+1 Interested, but the ability to go might depend on funding level.

From
G.S.

> Hi Marcel,
>
> Thanks for writing back.  This is a good point, though.  I am trying to
> take
> an actual head count here and wish to do as little work as possible, so if
> you previously replied to a different thread, please do so again here.
>
> Britton
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Marcel Haas <mhaas at stsci.edu> wrote:
>
>>   I am interested. I indicated this a long time ago, so I thought some
>> confirmation would be welcome.
>>
>>
>>  Marcel
>>
>>
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>> Marcel R. Haas
>> Postdoc, Astrophysics
>> Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
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>>
>>   From: Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the yt analysis package <
>> yt-users at lists.spacepope.org>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:34:11 -0400
>> To: Discussion of the yt analysis package <yt-users at lists.spacepope.org>
>> Subject: Re: [yt-users] who is interested in a yt workshop?
>>
>>  Hi again everyone,
>>
>> It seems like there is a decent amount of interest in a yt
>> users/developers
>> workshop sometime early in 2010.  It's important to get a good estimate
>> of
>> the number of people who might attend.  If you are interested in such a
>> workshop as was described in this thread and haven't responded, please
>> do
>> so.
>>
>> Britton
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, David Collins
>> <dcollins at physics.ucsd.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> I'll probably attend as well.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Brian O'Shea <bwoshea at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Britton,
>>> >
>>> > To respond to your email:  I am in principle interested in going to
>>> both
>>> > workshops, depending heavily on location and timing.
>>> >
>>> > --Brian
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Britton Smith
>>> <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi everyone,
>>> >>
>>> >> There has been some discussion on the developers list about holding
>>> a
>>> yt
>>> >> workshop within roughly the next six months.  Ideally, this workshop
>>> would
>>> >> have two parts. The first part would focus on education for users,
>>> from
>>> >> basic intro to advanced usage, and perhaps spending time helping
>>> users
>>> craft
>>> >> specific analysis routines.  The second part would focus on
>>> development,
>>> >> where we discuss new features we would like the code to have as well
>>> as
>>> >> existing parts that are in need of some work, and then we actually
>>> get
>>> down
>>> >> to working on these thing and coding.  Since one of the main goals
>>> of
>>> yt is
>>> >> to blur the lines between user and developer, we would try to aim
>>> the
>>> end of
>>> >> the users portion at understanding yt internals and how best to work
>>> on
>>> the
>>> >> code.  The goal here would be to make a natural transition between
>>> the
>>> two
>>> >> parts to maximize the number of people willing to stick around for
>>> the
>>> >> development section.
>>> >>
>>> >> As it's not yet clear what kind of external funding we can get, we
>>> would
>>> >> like to make this as accessible as possible.  This probably means
>>> choosing a
>>> >> city that is a major airport hub, like Chicago, Detroit, etc.  The
>>> timing
>>> >> would be sometime early next year, currently anywhere between late
>>> January
>>> >> and say March.
>>> >>
>>> >> Before any of this can move forward, we really would like to know
>>> how
>>> many
>>> >> people are actually interested in such a thing.  If you are at all
>>> >> interested in participating in a yt users/developers workshop,
>>> please
>>> >> respond to this email in at least the following way:
>>> >> I am [am not] interested in coming to a users workshop.
>>> >> I am [am not] interested in coming to a developers workshop.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any and all other comments are also welcome, as to timing, location,
>>> >> content, etc.
>>> >>
>>> >> Personally, I think this could really be a great thing, but let's
>>> here
>>> >> what you think.
>>> >>
>>> >> Britton
>>> >>
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