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

[Sam Skillman]

interested.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Eve Lee <elee at cita.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> I'm interested depending on location/time and probably limited by the
> amount of funding.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Eve
>
>
> On 09/12/2011 03:28 PM, j s oishi wrote:
>
>> very likely yes
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Cameron Hummels
>> <chummels at astro.columbia.edu>  wrote:
>>
>>> Will be there.
>>>
>>> On 9/12/11 3:22 PM, Mike Butler wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm interested, but depends on location/time.
>>>>
>>>>  I'm interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Britton Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  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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