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<div class="">It is my pleasure to announce, on behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee, that applications are now open for Python in Astronomy 2018, to be held 30 Apr - 4 May 2018 at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute
in New York, NY.</div>
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<div class="">Though the application form will be open until 23:59UTC on Dec 9, 2017, I encourage you to complete the form soon to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.</div>
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<div class="">The application form is at: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/AGuoU8mUFv3WJ8Qn2" class="">
https://goo.gl/forms/AGuoU8mUFv3WJ8Qn2</a></div>
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<div class="">More information about the conference, and links to past years, is available at: </div>
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<div class="">Finally, a brief excerpt from the description of the conference:</div>
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<div class="">In addition to sharing information about state-of-the art Python Astronomy packages, the workshop will focus on improving interoperability between astronomical Python packages, mentoring open-source contributors, and developing educational materials
for Python in Astronomy. The meeting is therefore not only aimed at current developers and users, but also educators or others who are interested in being involved in these efforts. </div>
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<div class="">Participant selection will be made with the goal of enhancing the Python in Astronomy community and we particularly encourage requests to attend from junior astronomers and people who are new to contributing to open source software. Effort will
also be made to select participants who have a demonstrated potential to contribute meaningfully to the Python in Astronomy infrastructure via providing educational materials, documentation, and/or coding. This conference is neither intended to be an introduction
to Python nor only for expert-level Python developers.</div>
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<div class="">Thanks,<br class="">
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Matt Craig, on behalf of the SOC:</div>
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Azalee Bostroem</div>
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Daniela Huppenkothen</div>
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Drew Leonard</div>
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Duncan Macleod</div>
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Brigitta Sipocz</div>
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Erik Tollerud</div>
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