[AstroPy] Co-ordinating Python astronomy libraries?

Perry Greenfield perry at stsci.edu
Thu Jul 8 09:17:34 EDT 2010


On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Kelle Cruz wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> As a newbie to Python and a spoiled IDL user: Geez, what a mess!
>
> - I think a AAS Splinter is a great idea...looks like the deadline  
> isn't until Dec 1 for Seattle, but we should get on it since they  
> are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis based on room  
> availability.  It might make more sense to do Boston in May 2011  
> because people won't be as busy with other meeting things and it  
> should be nice there in spring. I nominate Perry to lead the  
> proposal.  (It's not a big deal....main thing will be to figure out  
> total cost/expected number of participants = fee...or find someone  
> to pay for it.  STScI, maybe?)
>
Sure if there is serious interest, I can look into having it funded. I  
didn't see anything  specifically mentioning the fees involved. Anyone  
have an idea of that? (I'll email them as well asking).

Perry




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