From tcaswell at gmail.com  Mon Apr  4 23:54:44 2022
From: tcaswell at gmail.com (Thomas Caswell)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 23:54:44 -0400
Subject: [Matplotlib-devel] RSE job posting and DEI survey
Message-ID: <CAA48SF9VPUhiH3Qru_-_X8+q0Aq8XOYd2494NJ26arVhaMq8zQ@mail.gmail.com>

Folks,

Cross posting two important things from discourse to the mailing list:

1. We will be closing the application form and start interviewing for the
RSE position at the end of next week (2022-04-15).  See
https://discourse.matplotlib.org/t/research-software-engineer-roses-2020-position/22597/3
for more information on the position and how to apply.
2. We are working with NumFOCUS to understand the barriers to contributing
to open source projects.  If you are interested in being interviewed about
your experiences please see
https://discourse.matplotlib.org/t/looking-for-interview-participants-for-dei-study/22723
for details on how to sign up.

Tom

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Thomas Caswell
tcaswell at gmail.com
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From swfiua at gmail.com  Thu Apr  7 14:22:42 2022
From: swfiua at gmail.com (swfiua at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 14:22:42 -0400
Subject: [Matplotlib-devel] Blume update
Message-ID: <CAO4m3cK9gu-U_t6n4BbZ-271ODG2gdc-CuNqMNxFfoO5=TUJ+Q@mail.gmail.com>

I have slowly got my blume project to the point where enough of it works
that I can use it to give a brief tour of the bits of matplotlib I've been
exploring along the way.

I'm afraid there's still no new table, but  there are mosaics of axes.

Is anyone interested in a mini tour of Legends, Tables, mosaics, rcparams.
Offsetbox and Cells too.

I'm using it all to explore the universe.

That part I have split off into a separate project, gotu, which in turn
uses blume -- so I now have a need for a stable blume, which I am hoping to
have by the end of the month.

Is anyone interested in a mini tour of Legends, Tables, mosaics, rcparams.
Offsetbox, Cells and related curiosities?

Johnny Gill
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From story645 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  8 17:54:57 2022
From: story645 at gmail.com (Hannah)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 17:54:57 -0400
Subject: [Matplotlib-devel] Blume update
In-Reply-To: <CAO4m3cK9gu-U_t6n4BbZ-271ODG2gdc-CuNqMNxFfoO5=TUJ+Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAO4m3cK9gu-U_t6n4BbZ-271ODG2gdc-CuNqMNxFfoO5=TUJ+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOuQ7j1zfhQKHZv1+gc+-ATxDi9GZN_v6frJKh95rJi+fAEV_w@mail.gmail.com>

I think it'd make a fantastic blog post for
https://blog.scientific-python.org/ or are you thinking one off event type
thing?

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 2:22 PM swfiua at gmail.com <swfiua at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have slowly got my blume project to the point where enough of it works
> that I can use it to give a brief tour of the bits of matplotlib I've been
> exploring along the way.
>
> I'm afraid there's still no new table, but  there are mosaics of axes.
>
> Is anyone interested in a mini tour of Legends, Tables, mosaics, rcparams.
> Offsetbox and Cells too.
>
> I'm using it all to explore the universe.
>
> That part I have split off into a separate project, gotu, which in turn
> uses blume -- so I now have a need for a stable blume, which I am hoping to
> have by the end of the month.
>
> Is anyone interested in a mini tour of Legends, Tables, mosaics, rcparams.
> Offsetbox, Cells and related curiosities?
>
> Johnny Gill
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From hello at noatamir.com  Wed Apr 20 13:20:40 2022
From: hello at noatamir.com (Noa Tamir)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:20:40 +0000
Subject: [Matplotlib-devel] Contributor experience and community meetings
Message-ID: <7BAD218B-3012-45F1-8131-B1EFC6845715@noatamir.com>

Hello ?,

As some of you may know, recently we have been awarded a joint grant for NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib and Pandas, aiming to improve contributor experience and hopefully explore and execute actions that help sustain and improve our communities. You can read the full grant proposal here [1].

As part of this grant I will be collaborating with Matplotlib and Pandas, working as a Contributor Experience Lead. I just started dedicating some time to Matplotlib in March, and already received a warm welcome by the project maintainers. I look forward to engaging with the rest of the community more proactively soon!

One action that we think might be beneficial to the project is considering the Matplotlib Community Meeting [2] frequency and time. We recently had a request to change the weekly meeting time, and we'd like to take the opportunity to see if we can find a time slot that works for more people.

For this, we must first decide on a time and date. If you can, please answer this availability survey with your preferred times, by the end of April:
https://www.when2meet.com/?15401465-rmuaG
The specific dates are less important important, simply mark times of the week when you are usually available.

Depending on the poll results we can figure out frequency, but initially we would be happy to keep a meeting every week, alternating time zones if we feel this would include more people. Later on, we might add dedicated, less frequent, meetings for recurring topics such as triage, and so on.

We will keep using the hackmd that Matplotlib has been using for the agenda and notes: https://hackmd.io/jd_7FjxNQ4y7XgNknvmvGQ
Feel free to add to this hackmd anything you think might be worth discussing to the agenda. Of course, the maintainers have the final word here, but I'd like to offer help with coordination, and whatever else you all feel might be helpful ??

Please let me know if there are any questions, concerns or suggestions - I am looking forward to getting more involved and helping in any way I can.

Cheers,
Noa
(she/???/sie)
@noatamir [3]

[1]
https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Advancing_an_inclusive_culture_in_the_scientific_Python_ecosystem/16548063

[2]
The Matplotlib Community Meeting is **a regular sync meeting for the project's maintainers which is open to the community.** Everyone is welcome to attend and contribute to conversations.

[3]
https://www.github.com/noatamir
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