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title: 'PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2022 January 25 at 19:00 UT'
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# PlasmaPy Community Meeting | Tuesday 2022 January 25 at 19:00 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. ZenHub
5. [Nick] USBPO ITER [call for papers](https://www.iterresearch.us/community-input)
6. 
7. Issues
    1. [1402](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/issues/1402): Epic fo r Swept Langmuir Overhaul
    2. [1400](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/issues/1400): Add units to "First Steps" section in the Documentation
9. Pull requests in progress 
    1. [PR 1380](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1380) Units notebook
    2. [PR 1382](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1382): Particles notebook
    3. [PR 1389](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/pull/1389): `test_validators`

## Attendees

* Alexander Murphy
* Tien Vo
* Erik Everson
* Nick Murphy

## Action Items

***Erik***
* Reviw PRs (in priority)
    * 1389
    * 1287
    * 1364
    * 1399

## Minutes

* Discussion about ZenHub
    * We're using ZenHub to try to keep organized
    * Does not appear we can have a public read-only view of a ZenHub workspace...arg
* units notebook
    * Link to it from the first steps section of docs
        * see issue [1400](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy/issues/1400)
    * Contents section (manually create; don't nest sections)
        * fit functions notebook
    * Break up the stuff into discrete sections
    * Change flow from stream of thought to teaching
    * Possible sections
        * Unit basics
            * basic principles
            * no reference to plasmapy
            * how to create a variable
            * compound units
            * Astropy Quantity is a subclass of numpy arrays
        * Converting units
            * basic km -> m e.g.
            * using equivalencies
        * Stripping units (i.e. `.value`)
            * possibly stripping value `.unit`
            * this is just a `numpy` scalar or array
        * How are units used in PlasmaPy
        * Advanced Topics
            * What are Physical Types
            * Unit math is slow!!!!!!!!
            * Optimizing ← linking to `astropy.units` section
    * Should link to astropy.units page not the module
        * page link: https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/units/index.html
* Cold plasma wave notebook
    * Revamping it
    * Still needs some discussion of the physics
    * Look at Appendix B of Chen textbook for discussion on plasma waves
    * Tien is potentially interested in adding a discussion of physics
    * Should talk about polarizations for discussion of physics as well
    
