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title: 'PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2021 August 31 at 18:00 UT'
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# PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2021 August 31 at 18:00 UT

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### 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. Release of `v0.7.0`
    * status of PRs 1219, 1134, 1114
    * status of issues 1068 
5. Formation of Simulation Group
6. Next Dispersion meeting
    * Friday (9/3) at 1pm PT
7. ...
8. Issues
    1. [#1068](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1068): Write better "Start Using PlasmaPy" notebook
9. Pull requests in progress 
    1. [#1252](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1252): Stix dispersion solver
    2. [#1219](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1219): Edit change log for 0.7.0 release
    3. [#1189](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1189): Hollweg dispersion solver
    4. [#1145](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1145): Lite-Functions Ep. 1
    5. [#1134](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1134): charged particle radiography saving
    6. [#1114](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1114): index page updates
10. Pull requests **MERGED**
    1. [#1249](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1249): add property based tests using hypothesis to the dispersion functions
    2. [#1248](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1248): Bump RTD to build on py38
    
## Attendees

* Erik
* Nick
* Elliot

## Action Items

***Nick***
* email official time for the simulation working group meeting

***Erik***
* Open issue on a cron job release of development versions

## Minutes

* Simulation group
    * Erik was really late is filling out the survey :(
    * Nick will send out an email with the chosen time...by tomorrow
    * [Nick] standard API for simulations cam up in the PyHC planning workshop this week...will also talk about this concept in the PlasmaPy sim group
* ...
