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title: Hack week planning meeting | Thursday 2022 July 07 at 11 am ET
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# Hack week planning meeting | Thursday 2022 July 07 at 11 am ET

## Agenda

1. We're **0.3 weeks** away
2. Releasing PlasmaPy `v0.8.1`
3. Lightning Talks
    * status of eamil
    * status of replies
    * start sorting talks
4. Resource materials
    * status on writing resource material
    * https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/issues/18
    * What non-"lecture" material do we need to add?
5. Project Issues
    * **Reminder: Please create project issues!!!**
6. Outline topics for "How this week will work?" presentation
7. Setup Zoom
8. Annoucements
9. Hack Week repo
    * Cover change from the past week?
    * What else needs to be done?
    * **[Creating issues](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/issues/new) for Hack Week projects!!!!**
    * resources directory...how should we utilize?
10. Resurrect the Discord channel
    * what needs to be done?
    * How should channels be organized
11. Documentation for the hack repo
    * https://docs.hack.plasmapy.org/
    * need to link to documentation on the hack.plasmapy.org page
12. [Schedule]
    * Review current schedule
    * When to post to website?
    * What are our next steps?
13. Status of advertisement/spreading the word (David)
    * how/when do we do follow up messaging?
14. Status of registration (Ramiz)
    * on website
    * responses so far

[Google Drive]: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LaxMGDt1fPhJP9D9XtefFB2sOoVtFUEy?usp=sharing
[Distribution List]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PN4_R3Rdv-h_BEDem9wknWZY5K4WwO8KJMq4bzuG3Ug/edit?usp=sharing
[schedule]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OixK8fN8QOy0bKnXcZugayiuHzmQrMhAB0-etm9dIQk/edit?usp=sharing


## Action Items

* ...

## Minutes

* PlasmaPy 0.8.1 was released this week, and there was much rejoicing
* Lightning talk
    * Emails went out this week
    * Two people responded and said yes
    * About 12 people requested lightning talks, but were going to give talks that were not very relevant to hack week
    * Six lightning talks spread out over ∼1–2 days
    * Prevent people from needing to give a talk on Friday, when the attendance will probably have dropped significantly
    * More presentations on Tuesday than we had bargained for
    * Can have impromptu lightning talks if people are interested
    * There's a lightning talk room on Discord
    * Steve & David will respond to `hack@plasmapy.org` emails to 
* Resource materials
    * Still in progress!
    * VSCode: Will & Ramiz will talk about it
        * Will got the VSCode started
    * Setting up virtual envs 
        * Should probably cover `venv` & `conda`
    * Anaconda by David with Nick as backup
        * Brief: this is here, how to install a package
        * David has a videos to be posted

* **Schedule**
    * Day 1
        * Welcome: Valentina
        * Code of Conduct: Valentina
        * PlasmaPy Showcase: Nick
            * showing functionality
        * "How this week will work": Will
            * [brainstorm talking points](https://hackmd.io/@plasmapy/r1CY9dVj9)
        * Installing Python with Anaconda Nav: **David**
        * IDEs:
            * Overview: Erik
            * PyCharm: Erik
            * VSCode: Will
            * Spyder: Steve/David
        * Terminals:
            * Mac/Linux: Nick
            * Windows: Will
        * Virtual Environments: Ramiz & Reynaldo
            * [Last years's walkthrough](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/blob/hack-week-2021/tutorials_and_notebooks/virtual_environments_tutorial.md)
            * [slide stack from 2021](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MqcyzutGT5RdhfRZL85uPSMV76tZj14KLx9EQG04scc/edit?usp=sharing)
            * [2021 YouTube Talk](https://youtu.be/amT_xtZhInQ)
            * Reynaldo: venv
    * Day 2
        * `git` & GitHub: Nick (CLI), Erik, & Will
            * Need to coordinate
            * Visualizing branches
                * [`gitk`](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/gitk)? 
                * GitHub 
            * [Last year's walkthrough](https://hackmd.io/@rocco8773/HJlwJSShO)
        * PlasmaPy Deep Dive: Erik
            * [2021 YouTube](https://youtu.be/mzTqewGXa1E)
            * [2021 Slide Stack](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fq9ERRY3CW-HZDjpKGNu3ucC6mXWDHkArT19hK7h8sc/edit?usp=sharing)
            * showing pkg structure
            * how to access documentation
        * Lightning Talk: Steve moderates
    * Day 3
        * Demo: Nick lead, David guinea pig :hamster: 
        * Breakout rooms:
            * Main: distributor, Q&A, general help - Valentina
            * speeds: Erik
            * frequencies: Nick
            * lengths: Will
            * misc: Pawel (TBC)

