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title: 'PlasmaPy "Project" Meeting | Wednesday 2021 March 10 at 12:00 PT / 13:00 ET'
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# PlasmaPy "Project" Meeting | Wednesday 2021 March 10 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. [Status, David] BMC student
5. [Status] Zenodo & mini-conf follow up
6. [Status] public zoom link for meeting
    * Do we need a PlasmaPy Zoom account?
7. [Status, Nick] Hackathon
    * Email and update group ahead of Friday meeting **??** 
    * website repo created [`plasma-hack-week`](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasma-hack-week)
    * website hack.plasmapy.org
8. [Status, Nick] Clean code video
9. [Status, Nick] how to contribute video
10. `plasmapy` v0.6.0 schedule for release between 3/9 and 3/16
    * Newsletter
11. End of Q1 is ~3 weeks away, [Status] of Roadmap goals
12. ...
13. Issues
    1. ...
    2. ...
14. Pull requests in progress 
    1. ...
    
## Attendees

* Erik
* David
* Steve
* Ben
* 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
* email to Hackathon group
    * link to Discord channel
    * update on next meeting

***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
* Upload Nick's DPP contributing video to YouTube.
* Create hackmd doc for entering Newsletter section info.

## Minutes

* Does GitHub page allow for dynamic websites?  Where do we go to deploy a dynamic website?
* **Newletter**
    * David will create a hackmd template/doc so we can start populating it.
    * Aim to post newsletter in 2-3 from now (i.e. 1-2 weeks after release)
* **Hackathon**
    * Nick will email group today/tomorrow
    * To be consistent we need to decide on Hackathon vs Hackweek.  Should be decided in the Friday Meeting.
    * Associated repo created [`plasma-hack-week`](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasma-hack-week)
        * for website
        * for storing docs associated with the Hackathon
    * website deployed, but still needs to be written hack.plasmapy.org
    * Agenda items for next week...
        * decide on hackweek vs hackathon
        * advertise discord channel
        * registration form
        * website update hack.plasmapy.org
        * How many pre-hackathon topics do we want? [Erik] feels more than 3 would be excessive.
        * Try to well-define the scope of the Hackathon
        * After defining scope, solicit presenters.
        * Really need to get participant so Nick and I [Erik] are not doing all the work.
        * ...
    * Can we use the DPP newsletter to advertise the Hackathon?
* **Q1 Roadmap Status**
    1. Hackathon
        > * Form planning committee
        > * Research implementation
        > * Action items for planning committee
        >     * Pick date (tentatively in Q3)
        >     * Determine duration of meeting
        >     * Will tutorials be before the hack week?
        > * Create hack week website
        > * Announce the hack week
        * Complete
            * We have a nebulous group formed
            * Have ideas for Hackathon format, but not defined yet
            * Date is week of June 28, 2021
            * We will have some pre-hackathon tutorials focused on development fundamentals
            * website framework in place, but not populated
            * Discord channel created
        * TODO
            * website still needs to be populated
            * Have not announced the Hackathon yet
    2. Education
        > * Outline topics for 1st plasma series
        > * Repurpose `Plasma-Education` repo
        > * Establish working group
        * Complete
            * some connection have been made but no formal working group established
        * TODO
            * solicit working group participation
            * form working group (slip to Q2)
            * re-purpose `plasma-education`
            * outline topics (probably need to happen after working group formation)
    3. YouTube **NONE**
        * David will be posting Nick's conference video
    4. Analysis and Diagnostics
        > * Create the `plasmapy.analysis.swept_langmuir` analysis pkg
        > * Contribute functionality for...
        >     * find the floating potential
        >     * finding the ion-saturation current
        * Complete
            * `swept_langmuir` was created
            * `find_floating_potential` was added
        * TODO
            * in the process of writing `find_ion_saturation_current`
    5. Dispersion
        > * Add Bellan analytical expression for two-fluid dispersion relation
        > * Create `plasmapy.dispersion.analytical`
        * All items complete
    6. Transport **NOT WELL-DEFINED**
        * Dominik started a Neo-classical PR
    7. Simulation
        > * Establish 1st PlasmaPy working group
        > * Outline required features for simulation interfaces
        > * Compile use cases for plasma simulation
        * [Nick] Can you please fill out your Q1-Q4 Simulation goals?
        * Completed
        * TODOs
            * add working group to request to newsletter
            * push items to be complete in early-Q2
    8. ParticleTracker **NOT WELL-DEFINED**
        * Dominik has done a few patches to what currently exists
        * `numba`-fying has not happened yet
        * a relativistic Boris pusher is in the works 
* Contributing video
    * Have David upload Nick's video from DPP.
