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

[Matthew Turk]

I'm interested.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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