[AstroPy] next astropy coordination meeting

[Perry Greenfield]

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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