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title: 'PlasmaPy "Project" Meeting | Wednesday 2021 February 24 at 12:00 PT / 13:00 ET'
tags: [project management, ' minutes']

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# PlasmaPy "Project" Meeting | Wednesday 2021 February 24 at 12:00 PT / 13:00 ET

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### 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-project/tree/master/minutes)
    * ["Project" Sub-directory](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy-project/tree/master/minutes/_project)
* [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. 10-15 minutes of roadmap
    * drafting [roadmap](https://hackmd.io/@plasmapy/ry0mmnj6v)
3. solicit "Project Issues"
    * [Nick] Can I [Erik] get you to expand on the `Simulation`
    * [Status ??]
4. solicit "Project Issues"
5. BMC Student Activity this semester
6. [Status] Zenodo & mini-conf follow up
7. [Status] public zoom link for meeting
    * Do we need a PlasmaPy Zoom account?
8. [Status, Nick] Hackathon
9. [Status, Nick] Clean code video
10. [Status, Nick] how to contribute video
11. ...
12. Issues
    1. ...
    2. ...
13. Pull requests in progress 
    1. ...
    
## Attendees

* Erik
* Ben
* Steve
* David
* Nick

## Action Items

***Erik***
> ***Continuation***
> * re-purpose `Plasma-Education` to deploy on RTD
>     * add the "Project Issue" framework to the repo
> * add `OMFIT` to affiliated pkgs
>     * Sterling has submitted a request
* Roadmap
    * refine
    * start make page for website
* Get `plasmapy-education` up to speed

***Nick***
> ***Continuation***
> * for website make a v0.5.0 news post
> * Create issue on screen reader compatibility for math in PlasmaPy docs
> * look at register.com to see about getting @plasmapy.org email addresses
> * Name for the Zenodo community for DPP mini-conf
>    * How to do Zenodo for DPP mini-conf
>    * see "Zenodo magic" bullet point below
> * look at register.com to see about getting @plasmapy.org email addresses
* Open an issue on clarifying the "Citation" page on plasmapy.org
* Rough schedule should be complete by mid-March

***David***
> ***Continuation***
> * contact mini-conf contributors about uploading to Zenodo
>     * email w/ instructions on how to upload their talks to Zenodo
> * Create new zoom link for "Project" meeting
>     * add us as alt. admins (if possible)
>     * add waiting room
> * post the newsletter to engage.aps.org & social media
> * see Zenodo bullet under Nick's action items
> * Create a "PlasmaPy Project" public Zoom meeting
>     * add us as alt. admins (if possible)
>     * add waiting room
> * Will look at zoom account features to see if they meet our needs
>     * aiming to make a decision on this in 1 - 2 months

## Minutes

* Result of hackaton discussion
    * Friday 2/19 & 2/26
    * [Agenda on Google Drive](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hvyTB4McoUhLB49_oWT5Acr1CpcAZ41Zg7HeVQKH4ZM/edit?usp=sharing) [shared by both meetings]
    * [Brainstorming Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WdSSupRpH8ufYmCkpmxkIZuVlq3tSq15xFtk_nynxlQ/edit?usp=sharing)
    * main convo will happen through Discord
    * Discord will be setup by TBD
    * mid- to late-July
        * this might conflict for Sterling
    * how to have a "virtual social hour"?
    * format
        * a pre-hackathon week that focuses on development fundamentals (git, github, etc.)
        * hackathon week that focuses on content
    * **Aiming to get rough schedule by mid-March**
* BMC students
    * student will join tomorrow's office hours
    * Need to think of a project for the student
        * should be more computer science oriented vs physics oriented
        * Distribution function
        * plasma calculator (David likes this best)
        * accessibility for RTD
        * get `plasmapy-education` organized for deploying RTD
    * ...