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# PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2021 October 19 at 18:00 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. Release of `v0.7.0`
* Last PR 1219: changelog review
5. DPP meeting
6. Lite-Function Framework
7. Decompose `parameters.py`
8. Issues
1. ...
9. Pull requests in progress
1. [1219](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1219/): changelog review
2. [1145](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1145): Lite-function framework and `thermal_speed_lite`
3. [1308](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1308): plasma_frequency_lite
4. [1312](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1312): Decompose `plasmapy.formulary.parameters`
5. [1316](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1316): Testing guide parametrization
10. Pull requests **MERGED**
1. ...

## Attendees

* Erik
* Nick
* Dominik

## Action Items

***Person***
* ...

## Minutes

* Release of `v0.7.0`
* Dominik targeting end of the week
* Just need to reviw and merge PR 1219
* Lite-Function frame work
* initiated with PR 1145...this is readay for review
* Next two lite-functions will be `plasma_frequency_lite` (PR 1208) and `chemical_potential_lite` (PR yet to be opened)
* This is need to get Thomson scattering in `plasmapy.diagnostics` (PR [974](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/974))
* Last lite-function PR will be adding to `plasmapy_sphinx` to properly document the functionality
* Decompose `parameters.py`
* `parameters.py` has become very monolithic, along with `test_parameters.py`
* PR 1312 was opened to start the decomposition
* Everyone agreas option 2 in the PR description is the way to go
* This should be implimented for `v0.8.0`
* Several other PRs need to be mreged before the associated one is
* DPP
* Niether Nick or Erik will be attending in-person