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

[David Collins]

Probably.


On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:51 PM,  <gso at physics.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> +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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>>>
>>>   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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