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tags: project management, CSSI, minutes
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# PlasmaPy CSSI Meeting | Tuesday 2020 December 15 at 13:00 PT / 16:00 ET

[](https://hackmd.io/HZXSYgUpRKuDAjXHxYRXUQ)

### Video Conference Information
* Instant messaging: [Matrix](https://element.im/app/#/room/#plasmapy:openastronomy.org) and [Gitter](https://gitter.im/PlasmaPy/Lobby)
* [GitHub Minutes Repository](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy-meeting-notes)
* [CSSI Sub-directory](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy-meeting-notes/tree/master/CSSI_2020-present)
* [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?cid=bzVsb3ZkcW0zaWxsam00ZTlrMDd2cmw5bWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ)

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

1. Introductions
2. Review David's email draft
* v0.5.0 just released
* affiliated pkgs now on PlasamPy.org
* advertise office hours (skip 24 & 31)
* creation of "Plasma Community" chat room
4. Takes from FESAC
5. How to broaden the CSSI meeting so the community can participate?
6. Affiliated Packages added to website
7. signing up for NumFOCUS donations
8. 10-15 for roadmap discussion
9. Sterling suggested creating a Plasma stackexchange.com "site"
* https://stackexchange.com/sites#science for science sites
* stackoverflow is a stackexchange site
* we would just create one for Plasma (instead of using our discourse channel)
10. ...
11. Issues
1. ...
2. ...
12. Pull requests in progress
1. ...

## Attendees

* Erik
* Steve
* Ben

## Action Items

***General***
* discuss return meeting during next week's meeting

***Erik***
* review David's draft email
* what does it take to create a new stackexchange site?

***Nick***
* take the helm on applying to NumFOCUS...look into applying
* Look into if NSF would complain about them funding us and us joining NumFocus
* Bring up a looping mentorship program at a future one of our meetings
* Post in DPP form & discourse on plasma hack week

## Minutes

* Update webpage
* announce skip of "office" hours for the 24th and 31st
* CSSI meeting should become a "PlasmaPy Project" meeting in early 2021
* we should do one-off private CSSI meetings when needed
* Should we have a mailing list associated with this meeting, or ping everyone on the general PlasmaPy mailing list? maybe have...
* general PlasmaPy project management
* CSSI management
* general PlasmaPy (our current Google mailing list)
* `plasmapy-meeting-notes` will be repurposed and named as `plasmapy-project`
* will contain documents for the PlasmaPy Project
* Dominik will make the change in the next few days
* Afterwards, Erik will will start the roadmap sub-directory
* Affiliated Packages
* launched on the webpage https://www.plasmapy.org/affiliates
* Sterling has submitted for OMFIT
* products (gorilla style advertising)
* t-shirts
* t-shirt gun for conferences?
* sweatshirts
* hats
* sticker packs
* fridge magnets
* stress balls
* pamphlets with QR codes
* business cards with QR codes
* bouncy balls
* pins
* Donations and other revenue sources (NumFOCUS, Patreon, etc.)
* NumFOCUS due date Jan. 15th
* Funded vs Affiliated...which to do first
* is there conflict between NSF and NumFOCUS funding?
* selling apparel (like the product list above)
* Discord as an alternative or additional option vs StackExchange