[AstroPy] next astropy coordination meeting

[Kathleen Labrie]

Alright then.  It was just a thought.   Tom's presence is probably a lot more
important than mine.   :)

Kathleen

On May 3, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Tom Aldcroft wrote:

> I'm on travel Oct 28 - Nov 11, so time alignment with ADASS would be bad for me.
> 
> - Tom
> 
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Perry Greenfield <perry at stsci.edu> wrote:
>> I meant time as well. It will be here (STScI) regardless.
>> 
>> On May 3, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Kathleen Labrie wrote:
>> 
>>> Personally, I was talking in time.  Like the week before or after
>>> ADASS.
>>> Coming from Hawaii, once I'm on the mainland, it's a lot easier to
>>> hop around.
>>> 
>>> Kathleen
>>> 
>>> On May 3, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Adrian Price-Whelan wrote:
>>> 
>>>> In time or space?
>>>> 
>>>> I could do it at STSCI if it were in November, but probably
>>>> couldn't make it
>>>> to Illinois.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> - Adrian
>>>> 
>>>> On May 3, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Perry Greenfield wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Are there many others that would attend if it were near adass? Let
>>>>> me
>>>>> know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 3, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Kathleen Labrie wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Perry,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am a bit disappointed that there are no slots around ADASS.
>>>>>> For those of us who come from afar, combining trips helps
>>>>>> reduce the cost of travel and makes it a lot easier to participate
>>>>>> to efforts like astropy.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kathleen
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 3, 2012, at 5:24 AM, Perry Greenfield wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We would like to hold the second Astropy Coordination meeting in
>>>>>>> October at
>>>>>>> STScI (the first was held last October at CFA; the minutes can be
>>>>>>> viewed at:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/astropy/astropy/wiki/CfAMeeting2011Minutes.)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The goal for the meeting is to coordinate software efforts in
>>>>>>> improving and
>>>>>>> expanding astropy. It is planned as a two-day meeting. Currently
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> three
>>>>>>> sets of dates are available:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tuesday - Wednesday  Oct. 2-3
>>>>>>> Tuesday - Wednesday  Oct. 9-10
>>>>>>> Tuesday - Wednesday  Oct. 23-24
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We'd like to know who is interested in attending the meeting and
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> dates
>>>>>>> are acceptable. A doodle poll has been set up; only the first
>>>>>>> day of
>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>> week has been given as a choice to indicate you can make the
>>>>>>> meeting
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> week. Please fill out the poll if you are interested in
>>>>>>> attending the
>>>>>>> meeting but can't make any of dates. The poll will be kept open
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> just over
>>>>>>> two weeks and will close at the end of Friday, May 18.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The link to the poll is: http://www.doodle.com/auvfbs6f4iiyt9cb
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tentative topics to be addressed at the coordination meeting
>>>>>>> (subject to revision depending on interest of attendees):
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> * The current state of the Astropy core package
>>>>>>> - What subpackages need to be improved?
>>>>>>> - What new subpackages need to be made?
>>>>>>> - How should we phase out stand-alone versions?
>>>>>>> * Advocacy and communication to the community
>>>>>>> * Highest priorities for additions to astropy
>>>>>>> - who will be the advocate/coordinator for each?
>>>>>>> * What existing packages should we target for making affiliated
>>>>>>> packages?
>>>>>>> - What offer will they not be able to refuse?
>>>>>>> * Improving interoperability of affiliated packages
>>>>>>> - E.g., supporting standard data objects (ND-datasets, spectra...)
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>  metadata conventions
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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>>>> --
>>>> Adrian Price-Whelan
>>>> Department of Astronomy
>>>> Columbia University
>>>> 
>>>> 
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