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title: 'PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2022 March 1 at 19:00 UT'
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# PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2022 March 1 at 19:00 UT

### Video Conference Information
* [Zoom link](https://zoom.us/j/91633383503?pwd=QWNkdHpWeFhrYW1vQy91ODNTVG5Ndz09)
* Instant messaging: [Matrix](https://app.element.io/#/room/#plasmapy:openastronomy.org) and [Gitter](https://gitter.im/PlasmaPy/Lobby)
* [GitHub Minutes Repository](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy-project/tree/master/minutes)
    * ["Community" Sub-directory](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy-project/tree/master/minutes/_community)
* [PlasmaPy on GitHub](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy) ([pull requests](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy/pulls), [issues](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy/issues))
* [PlasmaPy Enhancement Proposals on GitHub](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy-PLEPs) 
* [PlasmaPy Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_sqqq390s24jjfjp3q86pv41pi8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York)

## Agenda (please feel free to edit or add items)

1. Introductions
2. 10-15 minutes for [roadmap](https://hackmd.io/@plasmapy/ry0mmnj6v)
3. solicit "Project Issues"
4. RTD has added a cancel button for PR builds (for admins)
   https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/8850
5. `sphinx-hoverxref` has a patch for tooltip scrapping
   https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-hoverxref/pull/171
6. Decomposing `plamsapy.formulary.parameters`
7. When should we aim for a `v0.8.0` release?
8. Admonitions in notebooks
   * https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1392#discussion_r811457043
   * https://nbsphinx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/markdown-cells.html#Info/Warning-Boxes
9. ...
10. Issues
    1. [#1433](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/issues/1433): Decomposing `plasmapy.formulary.parameters`
11. Pull requests in progress 
    1. [#1380](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1380) `astropy.units` notebook
    2. [#1456](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1456) Make `Z` and `mass_numb` keyword-only in `Particle`
    3. ...
12. [**MERGED**] Pull Requests
    1. [#1366](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1366): Fix bug with proton equality
    2. [#1415](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1415): Repair links in changelog entries
    3. [#1430](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1430): Update `gyroradius` FutureWarning and refactor tests
    4. [#1434](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1434): `plasmapy.formulary.lengths`
    5. [#1437](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1437): Configure `sphinx-hoverxref`
    6. [#1439](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1439): `plasmapy.formulary.frequencies`
    7. [#1440](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1440): Privatize some `plamsapy.particles` modules
    8. [#1444](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1444): `plasmapy.formulary.dimensionless`
    9. [#1448](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1448): `plasmapy.formulary.speeds`
    10. [#1453](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1453): `plasmapy.formulary.misc`

## Attendees

* Nick
* Erik
* Alexander

## Action Items

***Person***
* ...

## Minutes

* Alexander will do a review on PR 1380 (`astropy.units` notebook) and probably PR 1382
* From `plasmapy.formulary` refactoring
    * A lot of our formulary tests need refactoring
    * Some tests are non-existent, or just not real tests (issues were raised about `hall_parameter` and `quantum_theta`)
    * Inside formulary modules, should import the module directly and not `plasmapy.formulary` to avoid circular import
* In our documentation, should we encourage:
    * Importing the functionality
    * Import the module
    * Import straight from formulary (most robust)
    
