[TriZPUG] Volunteer for SciPy 2015

[Matthew McCormick]

Hi,

Chris Calloway just did a great job of leading by example with his
message to the scipy-organizer at scipy.org list volunteering to help at
SciPy 2015.


>From his message:

"""
3) Help the organizing or program committees:  do you have domain
expertise in this year's tracks or mini-symposia? Want to give back to
the community? We still need committee volunteers and program reviewers
- contact us at scipy-organizers at scipy.org for more details.
"""

I attended SciPy 2014 where I felt, after many years of being bored at
PyCon, I had found my people.

I attended an event at AMS where Jonathan Rocher encouraged me to
volunteer for a SciPy program committee. My domain expertise is
oceanography (and by way of that, somewhat in GIS, visualization, and
data analysis and management). How can I help?



SciPy [1] is a fantastic conference where you can learn a lot about
science, open science, Python, meet and chat with exceptional people,
and make a big impact. You are highly encouraged to attend.

Even if it is your first year at the conference, please also volunteer
with the organizers.  I have helped organize for many years, and it is
very rewarding. The conference has seen exponential growth in
attendance, but it is struggling to scale in organizational power.  A
good way to get your feet wet is by volunteering to review submissions
with the organizing committee.  This is a low time commitment, but it
is very helpful to the success of the conference.


Thanks,
Matt

[1] http://scipy2015.scipy.org/